Our Stenhouse Facebook Event concludes today with a final downloadable and printable writing tip is entitled "Record-Keeping Systems That Make Sense for You." You can find this tip on our Facebook Event. Here's what you need to do to participate: 1) Go to our Facebook Page. Click on the link that will take you to… Continue reading Facebook Event – Day 5
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Facebook Event – Day 2
Our Stenhouse Facebook Event continues today. Today's downloadable, printable writing tip is entitled "Collecting Bits of Life." You can find this tip on our Facebook Page. Here's what you need to do to participate in our Facebook Event. 1) Go to our Facebook Page. Click on the link that will take you to the Stenhouse… Continue reading Facebook Event – Day 2
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Facebook Event – Day 1
Our Stenhouse Facebook Event begins today and we hope you'll join us. This week we'll be sharing five downloadable, printable writing tips to get you thinking about the writing workshop you will lead during the upcoming school year. Today's tip is entitled "Creating a List of Classroom Expectations." You can find the first of the… Continue reading Facebook Event – Day 1
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Settling in to Write
A procedure I appreciate in many writing workshops is the use of a quiet writing time (Some teachers call in No Walk No Talk. It happens after the minilesson in order to give the writers in the room a chance to settle into their writing. Here are some reasons I like this procedure. It provides… Continue reading Settling in to Write
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Beginning Procedures
I'm a believer in routine. When writing workshop is predictable everyone is able to work more efficiently. It takes several weeks to build the procedures necessary to create the culture of writing workshop. Over the past two weeks I've collected some footage of routines in primary classrooms. One of the important things about developing routines… Continue reading Beginning Procedures
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Two Weeks.
Two weeks from today and my school will be back in session. I am ready. I'm craving the sense of security that comes with routine. Now is a good time to consider some of the essential routines that make writing workshop successful. It is important to establish routines from day one. Do you know your… Continue reading Two Weeks.
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Procedures
My school is putting together pertinent lessons for the first few weeks of school to make launching Reading and Writing Workshop more succinct. So for the past few weeks I've been considering the most important procedures to ensure a solid Writing Workshop. I believe procedures will make or break Writing Workshop. So, I'm wondering, what… Continue reading Procedures
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Getting Back to Basics: Structures & Routines (Part of TWT’s Big Pictures Series)
Structures and routines need to be clear in your head so they can be implemented when you start Writing Workshop. You can shift to a new routine or modify one that's not working mid-year, but explaining WHY you're doing it to your students is important. If you're unsure of whose model you wish to adapt,… Continue reading Getting Back to Basics: Structures & Routines (Part of TWT’s Big Pictures Series)
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Well-Wishes for the Holidays
All warpped-up with positive social-emotional wishes Originally uploaded by teachergal This year my classroom has had an "It's not easy being green" theme. (And yes, I felt a bit old in September when the kids informed me they weren't familiar with that Kermit the Frog Song!) The reason is that I went back to using… Continue reading Well-Wishes for the Holidays
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Routines I Teach So Things Run Smoothly
Ruth, and many other TWT Readers, have been back-to-school with the kids for weeks. My students, on the other hand, start classes this Tuesday. I was cleaning out my closet the other day when I came across this paper, which I created before the start of the last school year. I found it fascinating to… Continue reading Routines I Teach So Things Run Smoothly
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Want your W.W. to run (nearly) seamlessly? If so, consider putting some or all of these structures in-place.
Yesterday's post about structures and routines scratched the surface. THIS post gets nitty-gritty with the structures I try to put in-place, with regard to Writing Workshop, every September. Transitions to and from the Meeting Area Be on-time and be prepared! Create a short list of things that you always expect students to bring to the… Continue reading Want your W.W. to run (nearly) seamlessly? If so, consider putting some or all of these structures in-place.
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What’s a “Conferring Scarf?”
I wrote a post about structures and routines to teach kids in September within the context of Writing Workshop yesterday morning. There have been a few questions about "The Conferring Scarf." Therefore, I wanted to find a photograph (of two of my former students from NYC who decided to act out a conference, for fun,… Continue reading What’s a “Conferring Scarf?”
