Want to obtain some high quality professional development at no cost to you? Need some books to sink your teeth into this summer? Feel like kicking back and just enjoying some time off? If you answered "yes," to one of these questions, then read on!
Category: summer vacation
Summer Writing for You, the Teacher
You've got to practice writing to teach writing!
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Quick and Easy Summer Writing Idea for our Youngest Students
This nighttime drawing journal is the perfect summer keepsake for our youngest writers.
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How Are You Going to Read All That?
It's almost summer! Time for sunshine, flip-flops, barbecue grills, and reading student writing.
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Success Tips for Summer
Four tips to set yourself up for summer writing!
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Independent Writing Blog Series Starts Now!
Today launches our Independent Writing Blog Series! Join us all week long as we write about writing projects, summer writing, getting published in the real world, multi-genre projects, pulling back to let kids write on their own, and much, much more! Also join us for a Twitter chat on Monday, May 12 at 8:30pm EST with the hashtag #TWTBlog.
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July Vacation
In an effort to make sure summer doesn't pass us by, we've decided to take a month off from blogging here at Two Writing Teachers again this summer. Today is the last non-Slice of Life Story Challenge post you'll see until Monday, August 5th. (NOTE: We'll still be hosting the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge during the entire month of July.)
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Taking Some Time Off
Summer means a slower pace. Summer means longer days to spend with family and friends. Summer means more extra time to fall into a good book and write about the world around us. As educators, summer rarely means time off. Ruth and I spent the first couple weeks of summer busy. She was speaking at… Continue reading Taking Some Time Off
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Good Teacher: A Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Eastmond
Elizabeth Eastmond teaches English at a local community college near her home in Southern California. You can find her writings at peninkpaper.blogspot.com or occasionalpiece.blogspot.com. I remember that day pretty clearly. The brilliant and dazzling lesson plan fell on its face. The students were more bored than I was. The silence that met a non-starter discussion… Continue reading Good Teacher: A Guest Blog Post by Elizabeth Eastmond
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Stave-off summer reading loss
The folks at Penguin Books recently alerted me to a fantastic new program you should tell your students about if school is still in session. We Give Books is a website that provides access to books for anyone who has a computer. If the library is inconvenient to get to and money isn't there for… Continue reading Stave-off summer reading loss
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Poetry for the Summer Birthday Kiddos
Yesterday afternoon, I was fishing around for permanent markers in my classroom supply closet when I noticed the birthday pencils. I ordered a gross of pencils from a teacher supply company five years ago and there are still quite a few left? Why? Well, until 2007, I only gave birthday poem cards to kids whose… Continue reading Poetry for the Summer Birthday Kiddos
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Summer is Here — Kind of!
For me, summer started a week ago. For Stacey, summer starts in nine more school days. Here's what you can expect on Two Writing Teachers throughout the summer months (beginning June 29). Mondays -- Memoir Monday (Won't you join us?) Tuesdays -- Slice of Life Story Challenge (Share your summer mishaps, laughs, and eccentric moments!)… Continue reading Summer is Here — Kind of!
