Getting Unstuck

Wednesday November 19, 2014Tuesday November 18, 2014 Stacey Shubitz4 Comments

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." -Jack London

common core · goals · plan · publishing · units of study · writing workshop

Get Out Your Calendars! It’s June Planning Time!

Monday June 2, 2014Sunday June 1, 2014 BethMooreSchool6 Comments

If we do nothing else, we do this one thing…Read this post to find out what it is!

early childhood · goals · sequence · writing workshop

Writing in Preschool: Scope and Sequence

Saturday February 22, 2014Thursday October 4, 2018 Betsy Hubbard9 Comments

Writing is a big animal. A subjective animal as well when it comes to teaching our youngest writers.

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Ruth’s OLW: Reflection 2011 + Word 2012.

Wednesday January 4, 2012Tuesday January 3, 2012 Ruth Ayres8 Comments

First a little reflection on OLW '11... I chose this word because I felt like it encompassed everything in my life. The list of words in the tape along the bottom of the image, shows the connections I was interested in making. I was surprised to find the online connections I make just as integral… Continue reading Ruth’s OLW: Reflection 2011 + Word 2012.

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Intentions.

Wednesday December 29, 2010Monday December 27, 2010 Ruth Ayres9 Comments

Many years ago I began making a list of intentions instead of resolutions for the new year. It is just a slight word change and yet it makes a difference in my mind. What do I intend for the new year? Here were my intentions for 2010. Clearly with the new year on the brink,… Continue reading Intentions.

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Living Like a Writer: Goals for the Upcoming School Year

Friday August 21, 2009Friday August 21, 2009 Stacey Shubitz3 Comments

Raise your hand if your administration makes you do goal setting at the beginning of the school year? Okay. Now raise your hand if your administration collects the goal setting you do as a way to help you monitor those goals throughout the school year. Did you raise your hand both times? It's great to… Continue reading Living Like a Writer: Goals for the Upcoming School Year

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Teacher Testimony: Christi Overman.

Monday August 4, 2008Tuesday August 5, 2008 Ruth Ayres3 Comments

Today, Christi Overman spoke to the teachers in the Beginning Writing Workshop Training. A year ago, Christi occupied a seat in the workshop. At the time she thought she would be teaching kindergarten . . . a few days before school started, she learned she would be in first grade. Along with the whirlwind grade… Continue reading Teacher Testimony: Christi Overman.

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Summer Goals Meme

Monday June 9, 2008Monday June 9, 2008 Stacey Shubitz3 Comments

Megan from Read, Read, Read tagged Ruth and I for a summer goals meme. I guess I'll get to it for the Stacey part of "Stacey at Ruth at Two Writing Teachers." Here are my honest-to-goodness summer goals: 1. To spend time with my family. 2. To submit at least one manuscript to a publisher… Continue reading Summer Goals Meme

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Rolling out my Hopes & Dreams for 2008

Wednesday January 2, 2008Wednesday January 2, 2008 Stacey Shubitz

What are your hopes and dreams for this new year? Leave a link (to your blog post) with your 2008 H&D's by posting a comment.

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taking away from today.

Tuesday September 4, 2007 Ruth Ayres

In Stacey's last post (right below this one), she wrote, "So what I'm taking away from today is . . . " and I thought, what a good reflection for the end of every day. Then I thought, what did I take away from today? Hmmmm. I suppose it's we matter to one another. As… Continue reading taking away from today.