love is - line breaks Originally uploaded by teachergal One of my students experimented with other genres this week, one of which was poetry. She wrote a gorgeous poem about what love is in her notebook. At first, I thought, What does a nine year-old know about love? But then, after reading it a few… Continue reading Encouraging Students to Use Line Breaks
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LINE BREAKS!!!!! So important and so mystifying for kids who are just starting to write poetry. They see them all the time, they know what they are, but they don't use them when they're drafting! I found "You can break a line" mini cards I gave my very first class a few years ago. Hence,… Continue reading Tomorrow’s Mid-Workshop Teaching Point will be about…
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Stumbling into a first grade classroom
I stumbled into a colleague's classroom on Tuesday and found a chart posted about line breaks. It included a poem by Zoe Ryder White, whose work I was unfamiliar with. (I'm a bit embarrassed by this since she's from NYC and has done lots of work with the TCRWP. I'm surprised I haven't been to… Continue reading Stumbling into a first grade classroom
