Look no further than In Other Words, which is a site that posts a quote daily and asks you to write off of that quote. Today's quote comes from Norbert Platt and is particularly inspiring. (You can also view the quote on Catchwords.) Enjoy and happy writing!
Author: Stacey Shubitz
Stacey Shubitz is a K-6 literacy consultant and former elementary teacher. She is the author of CRAFT MOVES and other professional books on writing workshop. Her new book, MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES (Guilford Press, 2026), empowers parents to navigate the special education system.
Today is NOT just another day off!
Today is not a day for loafing around in pajamas. Today is not just a day for surfing the web. Today is not just a day for reading magazines on the couch. No, no. Today is a day for reflection. Today is a day when we celebrate one of the greatest men who ever lived.… Continue reading Today is NOT just another day off!
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Self-Assessing Their Notebooks
Inspired by Davis and Hill's Book The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing: Strategies, Structures, and Solutions, which is published by Heinemann, I began giving my students weekend writing assessments last year. One of the girls in my class suggested that I change-up the Weekend Writer's Notebook Assessment Form (which I had already modified from Davis… Continue reading Self-Assessing Their Notebooks
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News & Announcements Charts
I'm a big proponent of Responsive Classroom, which places as much value on the social curriculum as the academic curriculum. (I attending a Responsive Classroom Institute during the Summer of 2006. It was excellent, informative, and exceedingly helpful to me as a teacher!) Even if you're teaching in a school that doesn't do R.C., you… Continue reading News & Announcements Charts
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Word Up Ruth!
Ruth liked the idea of keeping all of my OLWs in the same binder. Hence, I decided to go back to the 2007 OLW Word Up List and created pages that illustrate the following words: my delight perfect balance (This is my OLW for 2008.) seek I'm hoping to finish (over the course of the… Continue reading Word Up Ruth!
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STEPS: One Little Word
steps Originally uploaded by teachergal I'm took the first OLW Challenge of the New Year this evening. I know I'm not submitting this for the OLW Contest since the "Steps" Contest ended a two weeks ago. However, I thought it would be neat to do a whole year's worth of these OLW Challenges (and to… Continue reading STEPS: One Little Word
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Stumbling into a first grade classroom
I stumbled into a colleague's classroom on Tuesday and found a chart posted about line breaks. It included a poem by Zoe Ryder White, whose work I was unfamiliar with. (I'm a bit embarrassed by this since she's from NYC and has done lots of work with the TCRWP. I'm surprised I haven't been to… Continue reading Stumbling into a first grade classroom
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STILL: One Little Word
I tried out the "One Little Word" Challenge and came up with this. Not great, but not bad for my first time participating, right? STILL: One Little Word Originally uploaded by teachergal
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“Everything and everyone goes on and on.”
I've read Jacqueline Woodson's Book Sweet, Sweet Memory to three classes now. However, I've never had such an intense discussion with any other group of children about Sweet, Sweet Memory as I did with my class today during Interactive Read Aloud (aka: IRA). One of the boys in my class, who sits right next to… Continue reading “Everything and everyone goes on and on.”
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Getting Organized for a “Report” Writing
Th entire fourth grade is going to be doing a report writing within science class (separate from our Writing Workshop). (It's not actually a report since the final form will be an illustrated 10 page non-fiction picture book.) They're also reading nonfiction books about the Solar System in Science Class. Hence, we needed to teach… Continue reading Getting Organized for a “Report” Writing
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Still
For those of you who enjoyed our "One Little Word" Thing (which we borrowed from { A }'s blog), please go to the One Little Word Blog, where they have bi-weekly contests for working with a word and creating a visual representation of it. The most recent word contest is for the word still. Edited… Continue reading Still
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WNW About Routines Is Here!
Link your entry about routines to us with Mr. Linky or post a comment. Click here for Stacey's post. And here for Ruth's (after dinnertime tonight).
