If you teach with curriculum that isn’t workshop based, but know that those missing workshop elements would increase your students’ writing development, then it’s time to “workshopify” the curriculum!
Author: Shawnda Fukano
I am a biliteracy coach at a Spanish-English dual language elementary school and an OCDE Project GLAD trainer. My son and twin daughters keep me pretty busy, but when I have a spare moment you can find me digging in my garden, baking in my kitchen, exploring at the beach, or writing in my journal.
Making the Case for Paper Charts (Plus Some Tips)
Charts have become less common in the classroom as slides become more prevalent. But paper charts serve specific purposes that slides can't serve. Here’s why we all should be making more charts.
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One Topic Writers: The Importance of Interest in the Writing Workshop
What do we do when a student wants to write about the same topic every day? Let them be! Keep reading to explore why interest is so important for our student authors.
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Year-Long Planning: Keep the Big Picture in Mind from the Beginning
Don’t lose sight of the big picture with all the things to do at the beginning of the year! Read on for reasons why making a year-long pacing plan for yourself is so important, and use the included calendar templates to get started on your year-long plan as well as monthly unit planning.
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Year-End Reflections & Next-Year Goals
Reflection is at the heart of teaching. It is the springboard for improving teacher practice and becoming a more effective educator. Here are some questions to think about as you reflect on the year that is wrapping up and start thinking about goals for the year to come.
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Engagement Continuum: Trending Topic
Student engagement is a critical foundation to student learning. The Continuum of Student Engagement helps teachers and students identify and improve engagement and, ultimately, learning.
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Learning Logs: Straight from the Classroom
Learning Logs are a low-prep, highly transferable, and easily adaptable strategy that helps students process new learning and make personal connections to their learning through writing.
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Stronger & Clearer: A Partnership Protocol
The Stronger & Clearer protocol incorporates oral rehearsal, peer feedback, and revision into the writing process. Check out the steps to try this partnership protocol in your own classroom.
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Oracy: What & How
Have you ever read a student’s writing and thought, they write the way they talk? Find out how oracy development supports students to write in more sophisticated ways.
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AI Generated Minilessons
Can AI write minilessons, too? Find out how Google's Gemini lived up to my minilesson challenge and has been helping me be more efficient at writing minilessons.
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Celebrate Spelling with a Spelling Bee
Spelling bees bring fun and joy to the often disliked subject of spelling. Learn how to host one at your school.
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Getting to Know You: Building Classroom Community Through Shared Writing
Get to know each student and build classroom community with this beginning-of-the year shared writing activity that also includes language development for multilingual learners.
