One of my favorite things about being a classroom teacher was taking educational field trips with my students. One year, I took my fifth grades on 20-25 field trips around the five boroughs of New York City. We walked, rode buses, and took the Subway to museums, zoos, parks, and botanical gardens. I loved supplementing… Continue reading Notebooks on Field Trips: Discovering the Writer’s Life
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Infusing Information Writing Throughout the Day: Diving Into Information Writing
A recovering hater of information writing, this post is my first step towards bringing information writing to life for my third graders! It is a vision and collection of possibliities for infusing information writing across the curriculum through the day.
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5 Ideas to Create a Classroom of Writers
How do you help your students establish their identity as writers?
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Independent Writing: 10 Ways to Get Students Published in the Real World
Some students want to write more than what is required of them in writing workshop. Enter independent writing projects! But how do you go from being another set of eyes on some additional writing a student does to helping him/her go public with their work?
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Assistance After Super Storm Sandy + Service Learning Projects
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
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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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Watch a Video & Then Enter to Win a Gift Card
Longtime readers of this site know that I'm a big proponent of DonorsChoose. During my years as a classroom teacher I had over 65 proposals funded on DonorsChoose thanks to the generosity of citizen philanthropists and corporations who chose to fund my proposals I wrote for classroom supplies, books, writer's notebooks, field trips, and special… Continue reading Watch a Video & Then Enter to Win a Gift Card
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Do you use DonorsChoose?
I've talked to quite a few public school teachers here in Pennsylvania in the past few weeks who've never heard of DonorsChoose. I'm always shocked when I hear about teachers who don't know about this incredible organization since DonorsChoose enabled me to create the type of classroom I wanted when I was teaching full-time. In… Continue reading Do you use DonorsChoose?
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Portable Writer’s Notebooks
I've written a couple of mini-grant proposal on DonorsChoose.org in the past couple of years for real writer's notebooks (i.e., Bluelines and Moleskines) for my students to use so that they wouldn't have to carry around clunky writer's notebooks since adult writers don't (so why should kids if we're asking them to take their notebook… Continue reading Portable Writer’s Notebooks
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DonorsChoose & the Members Project
Today's the last day to vote for in the AmEx Members Project. If you haven't cast your vote yet, then I hope you'll support DonorsChoose today! [clearspring_widget title="Members Projects" wid="489381e14f271d66" pid="48f35ac41b979417" width="405" height="305" domain="widgets.clearspring.com"]
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Just Seven Days Left to Vote!
If you haven't voted yet, then please vote for DonorsChoose in the AMEX Members Project Contest! [clearspring_widget title="Members Projects" wid="489381e14f271d66" pid="48e9d94099a046a9" width="405" height="305" domain="widgets.clearspring.com"]
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Members Projects
Get out the vote! I hope you'll join me in supporting DonorsChoose by voting for them in the Members Project Competition, which is sponsored by American Express. [clearspring_widget title="Members Projects" wid="489381e14f271d66" pid="48caeb4596c0bdcd" width="405" height="305" domain="widgets.clearspring.com"]
