Deb Day has been teaching English and reading classes in northeast Iowa since 1989. In her current position she teaches speech, creative writing , ninth grade English, and coaches contest speech. She is married, the mother of two, grandmother of six, and is owned by Chloe, a one and a half year old Golden Doodle.… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: How Can I Be A Teacher of Writers?
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GUEST BLOG POST: Starting The Year As Writers
Linda Baie just moved from the classroom after 20 years of teaching gifted students in an independent progressive school in Denver, Colorado. She is starting her second year as the school’s literacy coach, helping teachers in varied positions at the school with their goals in literacy. Always passionate about empowering students as writers and readers,… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Starting The Year As Writers
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GUEST BLOG POST: Self-Advocacy Begins with Reflection
Angela Stockman is the founder of the WNY Young Writers’ Studio, a community where teachers and young people come together to discover what good writing is, how to create it, and how to inspire others to do the same. Studio is a place where all teachers write and all young writers teach. Middle and high… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Self-Advocacy Begins with Reflection
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GUEST BLOG POST: Growing as Writers through an Author Study
Stella Villalba teaches English as a Second Language at Beechwood Elementary in Columbus, Ohio. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she started her career in education teaching ESL in Asuncion, Paraguay. Stella also publishes articles on the topic of teaching ELLs at Choice Literacy and is a teacher consultant for the Columbus Area Writing Project. Stella… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Growing as Writers through an Author Study
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GUEST BLOG POST: The Journey
Caroline Gonzalez currently works as an Instructional Support teacher for grades 1-3 in South Brunswick NJ. After 21 years of teaching, she is completing coursework to attain an Administrator's License. She is the proud mother of three children who is entering a new stage in my life as she prepare to send her child off… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: The Journey
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GUEST BLOG POST: Savor a Book: Reading like a Writer
Edited by Ruth: Pssst...today is Mary Helen's birthday! Won't you join me in leaving comments on her blog post about one of her very favorite books? Mary Helen Gensch is currently a literacy coach and Title I interventionist for Pierceton Elementary School in Indiana. Her journey as a writing coach began with the AllWrite!!! Consortium… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Savor a Book: Reading like a Writer
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GUEST BLOG POST: Say It Like a Writer
Karren Colbert is an educational consultant and founder of Write Brained Learning. She works with elementary teachers across the country and also presents at state and national conferences. Karren blogs at The Write Brained Teacher and occasionally tweets @karrencolbert. This is a story of a boy named Alex. Maybe you know him. He is the boy… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Say It Like a Writer
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GUEST BLOG POST: Writer’s Notebooks: Traveling as a Pathway to Writing More (for You!)
Sarah Mulhern Gross has been a middle school language arts teacher and currently teaches 9th and 12th grade English. She has a keen interest in young adult fiction and nonfiction and strives to connect her students with authors outside the classroom. Her classroom library holds over 1,000 books which she lends out to students and… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Writer’s Notebooks: Traveling as a Pathway to Writing More (for You!)
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GUEST BLOG POST: Fostering a Love of Writing
Maureen Ingram has taught in cooperative preschools in the Washington, D.C. suburbs since September 2000, working primarily with three year olds, and mentoring adults – both parents and teachers – in their work with young children. She has a keen interest in open-ended, exploratory learning, conflict resolution and problem-solving with young children, and understanding different… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Fostering a Love of Writing
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GUEST BLOG POST: Ending with Independence
Lindsay Reyes began her teaching career seven years ago in South Carolina where she taught 4th and 5th graders. Following her heart for urban education and literacy reform, she moved to New York City where she taught middle school in the South Bronx. She has experience teaching General Ed and Special Ed (as a Collaborative… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Ending with Independence
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GUEST BLOG POST: Taking Time for Reflection.
Julie Johnson, the author of Raising Readers and Writers, has taught for 20 years in both special and general education. She currently teaches third grade in Hilliard City Schools where she finds great pleasure integrating reading and writing workshop with technology. She is the 2010 recipient of the Donald Graves Excellence in Teaching Writing Award… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Taking Time for Reflection.
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GUEST BLOG POST: Avenues for Differentiation Through Writing Workshop
Amanda Villagómez is a 6th-8th grade language arts teacher in an eastern Oregon dual immersion charter school. She alternates teaching in English and Spanish on a weekly basis and delights in having the opportunity to watch her students continue emerging as confident bilingual, bicultural and biliterate individuals in a reading and writing workshop setting. She… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Avenues for Differentiation Through Writing Workshop
