As summer approaches, our blog will feature posts on Tuesdays, encouraging our community to share slice-of-life stories. A new monthly Substack newsletter will launch, featuring links to timely blog posts, podcasts, books, and education articles.
Category: summer vacation
Preserving Community: Summer Writing Traditions
I’ve grown to appreciate summer as a way to continue growing a writing community with my students. Over the school year, my students and I have built something good, and I don’t want us to lose it. Hopefully, the ideas I'm sharing will inspire you and your students to do the same.
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Time For A Summer Break
Summer break is upon us! As the TWT team gets ready for a few months of much-needed rest, it's time to look back on a fantastic year, look forward to sharing new ideas in the fall, and look inward to reflect.
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Time to Recharge Our Batteries: A Summer Break and Some Ways to Keep Learning
TWTBlog and TWTPod are taking a summer break. Read on to learn about ways to stay connected this summer and to glimpse a sneak peek of our fall blog series!
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One Line a Day Journals
This year I am wondering if the old saying “less is more” might be true when it comes to summer journals for my students.
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Supporting Caregivers in Setting Up Writing Routines for Summer
Read about tips to pass along to caregivers to support writers in continuing to strengthen their writing identities all summer long!
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The Power of a Guided Journal: Reflective Practice
Encouraging children to write regularly and independently is important. Providing children with guided options for writing outside of school can help them develop daily writing habits and become more confident and expressive writers.
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Treat Yourself to a Summer of Writing
If you’ve determined that carving out space for your own writing life is important this summer, here are a few tips for making it happen.
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Summer Writing Ideas
A common question at this time of year is a welcome one! How can we encourage children's writing lives over the summer? Here are a few ideas to share.
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Handwritten Letters & Summer Snail Mail
Letter writing is a fun way to end the school year and launch students into summer writing. Bonus: personalize the postcard template and set up a class/school summer writing challenge!
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End the Year with a Comma: Building Excitement for Summer Writing
The last days of school don’t only have to be about closure. What if we treat the end a little more like the beginning of the year, building writing excitement instead of winding down? What if we plant the seed of being a writer both in and out of school?
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A Moment to Inspire Summer Writing
Consider this an invitation. An invitation to seek out the magic happening in your own environment. An invitation to fuel your writing life with small moments that help you to appreciate all that is worth writing about. An invitation to encourage a young writer (or a group of young writers) to do the same.
