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How can we help?

I noticed that the First Year Teacher Page is one of the second most-popular "post" on our blog. Since we're about one month into the school year, I wanted to ask HOW we can really help you more? Are there forms or templates you want to see? What kind of things can Ruth and I… Continue reading How can we help?

first year of teaching · Pat Werner · pay it forward · personal narrative · sharing · teaching tools

Take a new teacher by the hand and PAY IT FORWARD!

Pay it forward! It wasn't just a movie and it's not just an expression in my world. Those three little words are ones I try to live by at work, on the open road, and in my personal life. If someone does something nice for me, then I thank them, but I ALSO try to… Continue reading Take a new teacher by the hand and PAY IT FORWARD!

conferring · fiction · literary essay · memoir · personal essay · personal narrative · persuasive writing · poetry · small moment · strategy lesson · teaching tools · writer's notebook

One notebook or many?

Last week I blogged about a Recipe for Conferring Success. I've done some more thinking about it in recent days and am left pondering the following questions for myself as a teacher of writing: 1. One notebook or many? a. How many notebooks should teachers of writing keep to use in conferences and strategy lessons… Continue reading One notebook or many?