Alan Wright is an Australian education consultant who has worked extensively in the United States and Australia. Based in New York for almost six years, Alan worked across primary, middle and high schools. supporting teachers, school districts, regions and school leadership teams to improve learning outcomes for students in literacy. Alan is currently providing school… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: The Way Forward With Brainstorming
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GUEST BLOG POST: Assessment + Writing = Closure
For the nearly 20 years, Lisa Dewey Wells has taught early childhood (three-year-olds through third grade) at independent schools in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland, including the past 12 years at St. Anne’s School of Annapolis. Her passion for teaching includes a commitment to knowing each learner as an individual and creating a classroom community… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Assessment + Writing = Closure
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Guest Bloggers
We'll be starting our summer Friday guest blogger posts a little earlier than last year. In fact, our first guest blogger, Lisa Dewey Wells, will be posting next Friday, May 13th. I've lined up ten out of 17 of our guest bloggers this summer. That means there are seven spots left. Would you like to… Continue reading Guest Bloggers
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Thumb Love Blog Tour
Elise Primavera is the author of Thumb Love, a humorous look at Lulu who goes through a 12-step program to quit thumb-sucking. Elise's guest blog post deals with writing Thumb Love, which deals with the universal theme of thumb sucking, as well as with getting published as an author. Click here to view the book… Continue reading Thumb Love Blog Tour
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Recap: Guest Blog Posts
Tomorrow will be the first Friday in over three months that there will not be a guest blogger posting. Ruth and I are going back to posting on alternating Fridays. However, I wanted to take a moment to recap all of the guest blog posts in case you missed one. They're ALL worth reading, as… Continue reading Recap: Guest Blog Posts
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Happy New Year! Using Celebration to Restore and Build our Identities as Writers
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 Happy New Year! Using Celebration to Restore and Build our Identities as Writers
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Best Practices and Tests CAN Go Together
This week's guest blog post is written by Lynnelle Snowbarger who is in her tenth year of teaching fifth grade in the Jenks Public Schools. A frequent participant in the Slice of Life Story Challenge, Lynelle also documents her journey with her students at the Bohemian Teacher Blog. Teachers don’t join the profession because of… Continue reading Best Practices and Tests CAN Go Together
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Launching Writing Workshop in the Primary Grades: A Guest Blog Post by Mary Brothers
Mary Brothers is starting her tenth year of teaching with Dublin City Schools where she has taught first, second, and fourth grades. Last year she was a Technology Support Teacher for the district and started her blogging journey. She blogs about her learning, as well as that of her students’, at Teaching in the Tech… Continue reading Launching Writing Workshop in the Primary Grades: A Guest Blog Post by Mary Brothers
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Imagining Possibilities: A Guest Blog Post by Ryan Scala
Ryan Scala has been teaching 4th grade (both as a general educator and a co-teacher working alongside a special education teacher in an inclusive setting) for the past nine years in Springs School, a small K-8 school located on the eastern end of Long Island in New York. He has worked as a teacher consultant… Continue reading Imagining Possibilities: A Guest Blog Post by Ryan Scala
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Confessions of a Lurking Writer: A Guest Blog Post by Kristine Michael
Kristine Michael taught fourth grade for fifteen years before becoming the Curriculum Director for Granville Exempted Village Schools in Ohio. Kristine is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher in middle childhood who loves talking books, literacy, and school. A newly confident writer, she’s currently developing character sketches for a fiction book inspired by her years of… Continue reading Confessions of a Lurking Writer: A Guest Blog Post by Kristine Michael
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Boy Writers: A Guest Blog Post by Caroline Gonzalez
Caroline Gonzalez began her teaching career in New York City. During her 15 years in New York, she taught K, 1, 2, Transitional Bilingual, and Reading Recovery. She has completed her fifth year of teaching in South Brunswick, NJ and is currently working as an Instructional Support Teacher. During her time in South Brunswick, she… Continue reading Boy Writers: A Guest Blog Post by Caroline Gonzalez
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Guest Blog Post: A Blogging Adventure
Amanda Villagómez is a 6th-8th grade language arts teacher at a dual immersion school in Ontario, Oregon. She blogs about her teaching and learning at Snapshots of Mrs. V. Her current areas of interest include workshops, technology, and biliteracy. I am gearing up to blog with my 8th graders this fall, a venture I am… Continue reading Guest Blog Post: A Blogging Adventure
