drafting · stamina · volume

The Comic Sans Trick

The internet has proved itself useful and has given us the Comic Sans trick. Read on to learn how the font we love to hate can help you cure writer's block.

Craft Moves · mentor texts · minilesson · poetry · stamina · The Poem Farm · writing workshop · writing workshop routines

Finding Time: With Craft Moves on The Poem Farm

Poetry month in my opinion (and my students’) is a celebration of writing! It’s a time when we writers welcome new beginnings and hone the art and crafting of our writing skills. I watch my students take wings and write with grace and confidence during poetry month.

preschool · stamina

Stamina in Our Youngest Writers

Believe it or not, even four-year-old writers can work on their writing for 45 minute stretches of time! Here's a peek into a preschool classroom to show you how stamina can increase throughout the school year.

stamina · student engagement · writing workshop

Pump Up the Volume! -Part of #TWTblog’s Throwback Week

In this throwback week post, Beth Moore brilliantly shares great ideas to help students "pump up their volume"- just what my 3rd graders need!

primary grades · stamina

Building Stamina in Primary Writers

My Kindergarten Classroom in October of 2011 Looking around the room…… “I’m done,” echoes as a line forms. I begin looking at the work, making my way down the line. The drawings lack detail, some letter or squiggles are quickly put down and overall the oral story is weak. They were just trying to get… Continue reading Building Stamina in Primary Writers