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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 forthcoming book, MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES (Guilford Press, 2026), empowers parents to navigate the special education system.
Tuesday Slice of Life
Serve up your slice of life story today.
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Flash-Drafting Leads to Large-Scale Revision
Flash-drafting helps get thoughts down on the page quickly so writers are open to large-scale revisions.
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A Picture Book That Pushes the Growth Mindset
The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires will help you to initiate a conversation with about the importance of possessing a growth mindset. It's also a fantastic mentor text for writing workshop!
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Five on Friday + Book Giveaways
Want to obtain some high quality professional development at no cost to you? Need some books to sink your teeth into this summer? Feel like kicking back and just enjoying some time off? If you answered "yes," to one of these questions, then read on!
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The Writers’ Exchange
The Writers' Exchange makes writing fun for kids while building their confidence. Want to know how they're doing it? Read this Q&A with the organization's co-founders.
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Five on Friday: Travel Edition
A recent visit to San Francisco inspired me to think about oral story telling, publishing, an persuasive writing. Here are five things my trip left me thinking about. PLUS, leave a comment on this blog post for a chance to win a copy of a new picture book from Chronicle Books.
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My Writing Work Space
I want to know where do you write. At a computer or on paper? At a desk or on a couch? At home or at a coffee shop?
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Five on Friday: Picture Books Edition
Find out which five, NEW picture books I'm fawning over this Friday.
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Independent Writing: 10 Ways to Get Students Published in the Real World
Some students want to write more than what is required of them in writing workshop. Enter independent writing projects! But how do you go from being another set of eyes on some additional writing a student does to helping him/her go public with their work?
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Five on Friday
Five things I'm reading, enjoying, and thinking about this Friday.
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Connecting with Other Writers
I had the pleasure of speaking about "Curating and Cultivating a Virtual Community of Writers" with the members of the Chester County Reading Association this afternoon. I talked about the ways blogging, microblogging, other digital technologies allow teacher-writers to interact with each other worldwide.
