Oops, this was suppose to post yesterday. I'm thankful for . . . Silly jokes that make giggles come alive Ordinary moments captured with words Photos documenting life The privileged work of education A full refrigerator Hugs Toasty fire crackling dry logs More white Christmas lights Two daughters and a son The ability to read A… Continue reading Gratitudes
Category: lists
Living Like a Writer: Someday
Yesterday morning I received a promotional e-mail from The Daily Planner, a company that sells oodles of interesting writerly supplies. I perused around their site for a few minutes, find an "8 Days a Week" Tear-Off Pad that included space for the seven days of the week + an extra section for someday. The word… Continue reading Living Like a Writer: Someday
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The Power of a Good List
Naomi Leon keeps lists. Lots of them. However, she's not real. Our students are real and quite frankly need to be taught the power in keeping lists. Over at my classroom blog, I'm suggesting that my students keep a variety of ongoing lists in their Idea Notebooks. Hence, if and when they get stuck for… Continue reading The Power of a Good List
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POETRY FRIDAY: This sheet is for my class’s Morning Meeting
Poetry Friday 030708 Originally uploaded by teachergal Every Friday we read a poem together. I found this one in a poetry book I just got and thought I'd share it with my kids since it's written by another child. Additionally, I thought it would be neat to see who would take-on the weekend challenge. Poetry… Continue reading POETRY FRIDAY: This sheet is for my class’s Morning Meeting
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100th Day of School
Today was the hundredth day of school. As usual, I overplanned: The good news is that we got to all but two of these things. The bad news is that we never did the 10 x 10 descriptive words and the shopping spree at Scholastic with my kids' checkbooks (i.e., checkbook math checkbooks). However, we… Continue reading 100th Day of School
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Poetry Friday: Another Wedding One
Another wedding poem... an original (of course) list poem. Debacles (that really don't matter) In the end, who really cares that... My wedding ring got stuck on my finger the day before the wedding and therefore it had to be enlarged? I left my lip gloss in Rhode Island? My suite wasn't as bright as… Continue reading Poetry Friday: Another Wedding One
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Thanksgiving: A List Poem
On this day, I am thankful for so many things. I figured I'd create a list poem, with my ideas clustered in stanzas, of what I am thankful for. (I decided not to use ending punctuation for this poem.) Freedom Being an American The right to practice my own religion Driving where I want, when… Continue reading Thanksgiving: A List Poem
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A List Poem for Poetry Friday
As I've stated many times, I'm not a great poet. It's an area I'm trying to improve upon. However, how hard is a list poem, right? Well, here goes my shot at a list poem about the way I talk and the way most Rhode Islanders pronounce words. (I've noticed that I really do have… Continue reading A List Poem for Poetry Friday
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Gimmicks
I've been known to use lots of gimmicky things to get kids to write in their notebooks. For instance, I'll create mini-charts (aka: cheat sheets) of the large strategy charts I have hanging in the classroom. Then, I'll have the kids tape them into their writer's notebook to help them get started or to assist… Continue reading Gimmicks
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ruth’s wn entry: loving the start of school.
Last week I met with a group of teachers in a study group and we began with a writer's notebook entry of all the things we love about the start of school. In honor of Stacey's (and many others too) first day back, I thought I'd post my list. School Clothes New Shoes Clean, Organized Rooms… Continue reading ruth’s wn entry: loving the start of school.
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power of place.
Today in a fourth grade classroom, the teacher let me experiment (play) a bit. We focused on places for our notebook entries. After all of the wn entries Stacey & I have posted about place (click here or here or here or here to read a few), the strategy has been yearning to get out… Continue reading power of place.
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more on generating writing ideas.
Like Stacey, I think it's imperative that kids have lists in their notebooks about writing ideas. I think one of the most powerful lessons we can give students in regards to finding writing ideas is to help them find topics they can mine. What I mean by this, is finding topics that have many topics inside of them. For… Continue reading more on generating writing ideas.
TWO WRITING TEACHERS 