I tried to announce a working snack time, like I always do, at the end of Writing Workshop today. However, my students didn't budge. Every single child in the classroom stayed-put where they were sitting and continued to write! What were they writing? Well, they were writing down the logical reasons they'll use to try… Continue reading Amazing Reasoning
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Practice What You Preach
My husband (that feels cool to write) took this photo of me on our honeymoon. He captured me writing an entry, on the beach, in my writer's notebook. I think this picture is significant because it shows me living like a writer, which I ask my students to do (on a daily basis). It shows… Continue reading Practice What You Preach
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Creating Folders for “Patches of Thought”
During my first year of teaching I attended a Calendar Day hosted by the TCRWP where I got the idea for creating portable folders for my students to use in Writing Workshop to assist them with collecting "patches of thought" for each of their subordinate ideas during the personal essay unit of study. Though Lucy… Continue reading Creating Folders for “Patches of Thought”
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WN Entry: A gift that really sticks in my memory
My grandmother passed away nearly seven months ago. In the days prior to her death she was lucid. I tried asking her lots of questions about her life, but she was in pain and didn't really feel like answering me. I even asked her, "Tell me something you've never told me before." She came up… Continue reading WN Entry: A gift that really sticks in my memory
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I’ve started collecting…
Pages 3 and 4 of my collecting entry on Miketz Originally uploaded by teachergal ...and this is some of what I have. I'm trying to take on this task methodically, by going through each step of the writing process just like I teach my students to do. However, this is hard when you're interpreting a… Continue reading I’ve started collecting…
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A writing challenge I volunteered for… and it’s going to be challenging!
Every week my synagogue attaches a D'var Torah, which is an interpretation of the week's Torah portion, to the weekly newsletter. I decided to volunteer to write a D'var Torah on the occasion of our upcoming Auf Ruf. [Auf-ruf is a Yiddish term, taken from German, which means "to be called up." An Auf Ruf… Continue reading A writing challenge I volunteered for… and it’s going to be challenging!
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more on generating writing ideas.
Like Stacey, I think it's imperative that kids have lists in their notebooks about writing ideas. I think one of the most powerful lessons we can give students in regards to finding writing ideas is to help them find topics they can mine. What I mean by this, is finding topics that have many topics inside of them. For… Continue reading more on generating writing ideas.
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WN Entry: Collecting Seashells at the Seashore
We just returned from Cape Cod and Nantucket where I had the privilege of spending some time at the seashore breathing in the fresh, clean, New England Air. Ahhhh! We walked to Brandt Point Lighthouse this morning where I brought a paper shopping bag with me so that I could continue to collect seashells. Marc… Continue reading WN Entry: Collecting Seashells at the Seashore
