Minimal Marking Originally uploaded by teachergal I'm trying a Vopat Editing Technique called "Minimal Markings." It's basically where you put check marks in the margin of a student's paper, which signals them that there's a misspelled word on a line. Then, it's up to the student to use resources (e.g., word wall, high frequency word… Continue reading Instead of fixing my kids’ spelling errors…
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Playing with Time
Since my students are quickly publishing a small moment story this week, I only had one day (yesterday) to teach a revision strategy. I chose to teach them how to play with time, which is an idea I adapted from Jim Vopat's Micro Lessons for Writing book. I gave my students a mini-chart for the… Continue reading Playing with Time
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Peer Conferences
Peer Conferring... it's one of the most important things I think we can teach our students how to do in a Writing Workshop. Hence, I've been doing a lot of thinking about it this morning since my students have one more day of instruction before they begin publishing their personal narratives onto white paper (with… Continue reading Peer Conferences
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Revising… Editing… Publishing…
My students are in the revision stage for their personal narratives. I'm anticipating a November 15th Publication Date. Hence, I've been working all morning to put together revision minilessons, an editing checklist, an about the author page, and more. I've also spent some time reading Jim Vopat's "Big Ideas for Editing and Publishing," which is… Continue reading Revising… Editing… Publishing…
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Writing Center
My Classroom's Writing Center Originally uploaded by teachergal In the six-plus hours that I spent in my classroom today, I spent at least an hour tweaking the way the Writing Center looked. I think I finally got it right (and yes, I realize the kids will touch it and it won't look like this forever… Continue reading Writing Center
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CWP Bulletin Board
Unlike New York City, my school doesn't require me to put a task card or list the standards for things I place on bulletin boards. Hence, I'm at a loss for what to do with the big open space on the Celebrity Writer Profile Bulletin Board I put in the hallway outside of my classroom.… Continue reading CWP Bulletin Board
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ruth’s cwp (celebrity writer profile)
A week ago Stacey posted an idea for Celebrity Writer Profiles. I thought this was such a great idea, and had to make a sample one for myself too. (Then I forgot to post the darn thing! Oops!) So here's mine -- you should try one too & send us the link. Name: Ruth Ayres Brief biographical sketch: Mrs.… Continue reading ruth’s cwp (celebrity writer profile)
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The first month of school
I met with the other teacher on my grade level today to plan our Reading and Writing Workshops for the first month of school. Our writing teaching points were inspired by five professional book authors: Aimee Buckner, Lucy Calkins, Ralph Fletcher, JoAnn Portalupi, and Jim Vopat. Would you have a look over what we created… Continue reading The first month of school
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Getting Started: Creating CWPs
Heinemann just published a lovely series of three booklets by Jim Vopat entitled Micro Lessons in Writing. I am so excited about infusing these micro lessons into my classroom, starting with some of the ideas presented in the first of the three booklets, Big Ideas for Getting Started. In fact, I loved one of the… Continue reading Getting Started: Creating CWPs
