Be sure to have a poem you love inside of your pocket this-coming Thursday, April 29th, 2010 since that's Poem in Your Pocket Day. This day is such a big deal in New York City that the City Government created an entire website for their 8th Annual Celebration of Poem in Your Pocket Day. The… Continue reading Poem in Your Pocket Day is Less Than a Week Away!
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.
Make It Unique. Make It Your Own.
Last weekend I re-watched "With Honors," the 1994 film starring Joe Pesci and Brendan Fraser. If you haven't seen it, "With Honors" is about a Harvard senior who develops a relationship with a homeless man who unexpectedly lands up with the draft of his senior thesis. In order to get his thesis back, a page… Continue reading Make It Unique. Make It Your Own.
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Slice of Life Story Challenge
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Love is in the Air: Poetry in Middle School
Springtime not only brings more poetry into our classroom, but it also ignites a desire for many middle school students to ask each other out. When I taught fifth grade, I noticed some of my students were often lovestruck during the final months of school, even though they were just little kids a few months… Continue reading Love is in the Air: Poetry in Middle School
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Spilling Ink in the Classroom
Nearly every professional book I've ever read has encouraged me to include guides about writing in the classroom writing center. Year-after-year, I tried to search for books about writing for kids to stock in the classroom writing center. Year-after-year I found copies of said guides and placed them in the writing center once the school… Continue reading Spilling Ink in the Classroom
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Join us for the weekly SOLSC.
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Organzing Teaching Materials
I recently received an e-mail asking me: How do you organize your material (mentor texts, charts, minilessons, etc.) for Writing Workshop? I have just collected so much stuff this past year to do with Writing Workshop, but I just can't figure out a way to organize it. Most teachers are nearing the end of the… Continue reading Organzing Teaching Materials
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You Be the Poet!
My husband and I spent last week visiting our families in the NY Metropolitan Area. When we returned to our home in Central Pennsylvania, we were greeted by bursts of yellow on our street. The forsythia bushes had bloomed while we were gone. In the past five days, I've noticed April springing into action with… Continue reading You Be the Poet!
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Weekly SOLSC Begins Again!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Third Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge. Ruth and I were delighted to have new people join our growing writing community for the challenge last month. Click here to view the recipients of the drawings. We hope you'll continue writing anecdotes about little slices of your life by… Continue reading Weekly SOLSC Begins Again!
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And the giveaways go to…
It's time to announce the recipients of the Third Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge Giveaways. Unlike last year, my ability to make a silent movie (or any kind of video) is gone due to a camera malfunction that happened last night. While I shot a video of the drawing*, I'm unable to upload it… Continue reading And the giveaways go to…
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Teach Students How to Grow Theories About Poems (During National Poetry Month & All Year Long)
Just as I have to think about how I can mentor myself after poets when I want to write vivid poems, I encourage children to make reading-writing connections with the poems they encounter. Young poets can be taught how to develop theories, or hunches, about what they’re noticing poets do in poems they admire. Teaching… Continue reading Teach Students How to Grow Theories About Poems (During National Poetry Month & All Year Long)
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Day 28 of 31: SOLSC
Welcome to the 28th day of the Slice of Life Story Challenge. Please link your Slice of Life Story, using the exact URL of the post you're submitting today, to this post by leaving a comment before 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time today. Scroll to the bottom of this post to leave the link to your… Continue reading Day 28 of 31: SOLSC
