student work · summer vacation · teaching tools

A Writing Teacher’s Summer Project: Building a Teaching Toolkit 

Looking for a summer project? Spruce up your teaching toolkit.

summer vacation · tcrwp · vacation · writing workshop

Summer Institutes Here We Come!

Whether it's an institute put on by your own district, or an expert is coming to town, or if you'll be traveling many miles to take part, I hope that you are as excited about attending your institutes as I am about teaching them.

authors · giveaway · grammar · illustrators · professional books · professional development · public education · summer vacation

Five on Friday + Book Giveaways

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!

digital writing · independent writing · independent writing projects · summer vacation

Summer Writing for You, the Teacher

You've got to practice writing to teach writing!

primary grades · summer vacation

Quick and Easy Summer Writing Idea for our Youngest Students

This nighttime drawing journal is the perfect summer keepsake for our youngest writers.

management · summer vacation · writing workshop

How Are You Going to Read All That?

It's almost summer! Time for sunshine, flip-flops, barbecue grills, and reading student writing.

summer vacation

Success Tips for Summer

Four tips to set yourself up for summer writing!

independent writing · Independent Writing Blog Series · independent writing projects · summer vacation · writing workshop

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.

blogging · summer vacation

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.)

blogging · summer vacation

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

guest blogger · reading · summer vacation

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

books · reading · summer vacation

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