Slice of Life Story: Pancakes for Breakfast

Sunday February 17, 2008Sunday February 17, 2008 Stacey Shubitz

When I transferred the pancake mix into an airtight container last month, I forgot to cut out the directions from the side of the box before I threw out the box. Oops! This morning I made pancakes for the first time since I threw out the directions. I started thinking 'one cup of mix +… Continue reading Slice of Life Story: Pancakes for Breakfast

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Slice of Life Writing

Saturday February 16, 2008Saturday February 16, 2008 Stacey Shubitz2 Comments

One of my students and her mom spent some time with me after school yesterday afternoon. (Yep, made it through the day even though I was sick!) She claimed that she had nothing to write about in her notebook, which is why she wasn't writing. I referenced my entry to Whole Foods and told her… Continue reading Slice of Life Writing

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Writing Fiction

Sunday February 10, 2008Sunday February 10, 2008 Stacey Shubitz

I haven't been blogging much lately since I've been drafting my short fiction story that I'm writing alongside my students for the unit of study we're in right now. This is the first page of my first draft.

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RIWP Spring Conference

Wednesday February 6, 2008 Stacey Shubitz3 Comments

I just received an e-mail today to find out that my proposal to do a session at the Rhode Island Writing Project's Spring Conference was accepted. 🙂 The session's title I proposed when I submitted my proposal was, "Inspiring Children to Write By Living Like a Writer: Teaching Writing Workshop with Our Notebooks Wide-Open." The… Continue reading RIWP Spring Conference

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New WN

Thursday January 31, 2008 Stacey Shubitz

I purchased an extra Moleskine Notebook in August when I was buying for my students since they come in packs of three. I wasn't sure I'd ever use the 21st one for myself, but kept my mind open to it (Remember the "master writer's notebook" idea!?!?!). However, after that whole thing didn't work out, I… Continue reading New WN

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WNW: Pride

Wednesday January 30, 2008Sunday February 3, 2008 Stacey Shubitz1 Comment

A charge for today's Writer's Notebook Wednesday: Think about how proud you are of someone or something you're proud of and write about it. My entry can be found by clicking here. Ruth's entry can be located by clicking here. Please leave a comment or use Mr. Linky to link your WN Entry to this… Continue reading WNW: Pride

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My Master Writer’s Notebook Is A…

Wednesday January 23, 2008Wednesday January 23, 2008 Stacey Shubitz1 Comment

Well, it's a disaster! Remember this past summer when I had this idea to recopy all of my old entries into one master writer's notebook to use for demonstrations in my classroom? Well, I started recopying and found it tedious. But I kept at it and then started using the remaining pages for new writing.… Continue reading My Master Writer’s Notebook Is A…

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Need Inspiration?

Tuesday January 22, 2008 Stacey Shubitz

Look no further than In Other Words, which is a site that posts a quote daily and asks you to write off of that quote. Today's quote comes from Norbert Platt and is particularly inspiring. (You can also view the quote on Catchwords.) Enjoy and happy writing!

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Self-Assessing Their Notebooks

Sunday January 20, 2008Sunday January 20, 2008 Stacey Shubitz

Inspired by Davis and Hill's Book The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing: Strategies, Structures, and Solutions, which is published by Heinemann, I began giving my students weekend writing assessments last year. One of the girls in my class suggested that I change-up the Weekend Writer's Notebook Assessment Form (which I had already modified from Davis… Continue reading Self-Assessing Their Notebooks

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STEPS: One Little Word

Saturday January 19, 2008Saturday January 19, 2008 Stacey Shubitz4 Comments

steps Originally uploaded by teachergal I'm took the first OLW Challenge of the New Year this evening. I know I'm not submitting this for the OLW Contest since the "Steps" Contest ended a two weeks ago. However, I thought it would be neat to do a whole year's worth of these OLW Challenges (and to… Continue reading STEPS: One Little Word

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WN Entry: Je me leve…

Wednesday January 16, 2008Wednesday January 16, 2008 Stacey Shubitz1 Comment

I had a little trouble deciding the routine I'd write about today. However, I wanted to pay hommage to my third and fourth grade French Teacher, so I chose the first routine of my day. WN Entry: Routines 011608 Originally uploaded by teachergal

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Narrative Feedback to a Student

Monday January 14, 2008Monday January 14, 2008 Stacey Shubitz1 Comment

Narrative Feedback to a Student Originally uploaded by teachergal When we returned from Winter Recess I had my students complete self-evaluations of their Writer's Notebooks. (They do this in the middle and at the end of the year. This idea was inspired by Aimee Buckner's Book on Writer's Notebooks.) Each and every student receives a… Continue reading Narrative Feedback to a Student