process · writer's notebook

moving from notebooks to drafts.

It's that time of the year in many classrooms.  Check out the discussion (via the comments) in Jen Barney's post:  A Moment.  Great discussion & ideas.

process

process.

I'm working in some  primary classes (first & second grade) this week.  One thing I've been reminded of is the big difference between first and second grade.  Although they are only one year apart, developmentally there is a world of difference. One of the biggest difference in these young writers is their writing process.  At… Continue reading process.

conventions · craft · process · reflections · writing · writing workshop

the balance of teaching writing.

Do you ever feel like you're being pulled in different teaching directions -- conventions and craft and process?  Do you sometimes feel guilty when you're teaching about craft that you should be teaching conventions?  Or in a conference when you compliment on the great focus of the writing, that you should be correcting the spelling? … Continue reading the balance of teaching writing.