Throwback week continues on Two Writing Teachers. Today, Anna throws back to Deb, who shared how to foster deep writing community bonds back in August.
Category: back to school
Where Do We Go Next? Use a Checklist!
Do your on-demand writing samples go into a folder or do they help you plan your next steps?
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A Parent’s Guide To Writing Workshop
Back to School Night is around the corner! When it comes to writing workshop, what do we need families to know?
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Back to School Posts on TWT
We've curated some of our top 'Back to School' posts to help you plan and launch your writing workshop.
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Give Heart Maps a Rest! Try Writing Territory Maps
The heart map is a great tool for helping students find personally meaningful topics, but used year after year, it might feel a little stale. Writing territory maps is another option!
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Writing Mantras for the New School Year
What can we say to ourselves to affirm the power of writing? What words will help us move forward when the going gets tough? Thinking about class writing mantras...
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Essential Thoughts- Building a Community of Writers
Writers within a community understand the importance of their writing community and work to maintain its existence. Because the students value their writing community, they also feel accepted and free to try new ideas, take risks, and push themselves to be their personal best. They feel encouraged internally and externally.
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Okay, But What Would You Do?
This week has been full of writing workshop conundrums and dilemmas!
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Back to School
I've culled the TWT archives for posts you might want to read during the first month of the school year.
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Beginning Year Read Alouds
A list of beginning of the year read aloud books to set a positive climate and kick start your workshop.
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There Are More Ways Than One To Teach A Minilesson
Last week I wrote a post titled How To Plan A Minilesson From Scratch, and I outlined a very simple way to plan minilessons, based on the work of my wonderful colleagues at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. Now, I am going to backtrack a bit and revisit just a teensy weensy bit of what I said. I wrote, "Every minilesson can pretty much go the same way." And this is absolutely true, most of the time. Except for those times when it's not true.
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Visual Writer Introductions
Fostering a nurturing writing community at the beginning of the school year means taking the time to build a community of writers. Here's an artistic way you can have students introduce themselves, and their quirks, to their peers.
