It's been hard for me to watch the news reports of the devastation Hurricane Sandy caused for the New York Metropolitan Area. My hometown and the state I grew up in were ravaged by the storm. So many people lost property and memories when the water came rushing into their houses and apartments. Living three… Continue reading Assistance After Super Storm Sandy + Service Learning Projects
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.
The Call for Slice of Life Stories
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Please help a teacher whose classroom was impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
DonorsChoose has created a page on their website where citizen philanthropists, like YOU, can go to fund a project for a teacher whose school was impacted by Hurricane Sandy. As you may know, numerous schools along the Jersey Shore, New York City, and Connecticut are coping with power outages and flooding as a result of… Continue reading Please help a teacher whose classroom was impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
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An Inspiring Mentor Text, an Interview, and a Giveaway
I love, LOVE, L-O-V-E Ralph Tells A Story (Amazon Children’s Publishing, 2012), which is a story about a boy, Ralph, who has trepidation about writing. (It’s already become a book I suggest to teachers when I speak about mentor texts!) Ralph is that kid in your writing workshop who claims he doesn’t have anything to… Continue reading An Inspiring Mentor Text, an Interview, and a Giveaway
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A Month of Thanks Begins Today.
Every day in November, I mine my day in order to craft a thankful status update on Facebook. I approach this task like a writer. I walk through my day with a heightened awareness – just like I do when I craft slice of life stories. I savor a funny joke or the feel of my daughter's hand in mine. This allows me to capture moments and live with a sense of gratitude for the little things.
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Slicing Early: Thanks to Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy is looming. Excessive rain, high floods, and massive flooding are very real threats for over 60 million people who live in the Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Therefore, I've decided to host our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge early this week. While I could simply set a SOLSC post to automatically go… Continue reading Slicing Early: Thanks to Hurricane Sandy
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Crafting a Tribute Poem
Did you read Katherine Sokolowski's Slice of Life post this past Tuesday? She crafted a poem that was a tribute to a dear family-friend, Vel, who passed away. Crafting the poem was a way for Katherine to practice what she preached, by writing beside her students during independent writing time. The poem she wrote was… Continue reading Crafting a Tribute Poem
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What kinds of online technology are you using in writing workshop?
I was searching for something in our blog's archives when I came across a video Ruth and I made about Bubbl.us, an online brainstorming tool, nearly four years ago. (Click here to watch that video. It's one of the first ones we placed on TWT. We also created our first digital story on Movie Maker,… Continue reading What kinds of online technology are you using in writing workshop?
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It’s time to share your slices.
Please link the Slice of Life Story you write today to this post by leaving a comment. Be sure to check out other bloggers’ writing by clicking through the links in the comment section of this post. Come back later today (or even tomorrow) to read through the links of a few other Slicers who… Continue reading It’s time to share your slices.
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The Essential Role of Writing in Contemporary K-12 Classrooms
We're delighted to be speaking at the Penn State York Summer Institute, which will take place in York, PA in June. We'll be delivering a keynote speech, "Teachers as Writers: Two Perspectives of How Writing Can Change Your Instruction," together on the morning of June 27th. Throughout that day, we'll be leading separate breakout sessions. Ruth's… Continue reading The Essential Role of Writing in Contemporary K-12 Classrooms
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Celebrate the National Day on Writing! #WhatIWrite
I write... a lot. I blog every day on a private, family-only blog I created for my daughter when she was born. I blog about the teaching of writing here and about early childhood literacy over at Raising a Literate Human. I Tweet and use Facebook. I make lists. I craft letters and jot notes… Continue reading Celebrate the National Day on Writing! #WhatIWrite
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Informational Writing that Dazzles + a Giveaway
A couple months back I promised to be more intentional about finding nonfiction picture books to recommend as mentor texts for writing workshop. I've been looking at a lot of informational texts in that time and found a few books by the same author and illustrator team that have dazzled me. A Rock Is Lively,… Continue reading Informational Writing that Dazzles + a Giveaway
