I'm going to be putting these little buttons, as well as the Bagert poem on notebooks, inside my kids Moleskine Notebooks, which they'll be decorating on Monday. I showed my students their new notebooks and they were excited. They wanted to decorate them right then and there, but I said they had to wait until… Continue reading Getting ready for the notebook launch
Category: writer’s notebook
Selecting a variety of notebook entries…
My fourth grade colleague and I have decided to share the photocopying responsibilities. Since my week is next week, I went to her today to find out if she'd be interested in having me photocopy some of my former students' notebook entries (I have permission, in writing, so long as their identity is protected.) so… Continue reading Selecting a variety of notebook entries…
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Twin Bubbles: Poetry Friday
As I was recopying some poems into my master writer's notebook, I came across this one, which I wrote alongside my students after doing some close observations of bubbles. TWIN BUBBLES An original poem by Me They float through the air like a passing cloud. Bobbing up and down -- twin bubbles joined together traveling… Continue reading Twin Bubbles: Poetry Friday
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power of place.
Today in a fourth grade classroom, the teacher let me experiment (play) a bit. We focused on places for our notebook entries. After all of the wn entries Stacey & I have posted about place (click here or here or here or here to read a few), the strategy has been yearning to get out… Continue reading power of place.
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more on generating writing ideas.
Like Stacey, I think it's imperative that kids have lists in their notebooks about writing ideas. I think one of the most powerful lessons we can give students in regards to finding writing ideas is to help them find topics they can mine. What I mean by this, is finding topics that have many topics inside of them. For… Continue reading more on generating writing ideas.
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They can never say that they don’t know what to write about anymore!
Sample List Originally uploaded by teachergal Encourage your students to keep a list of things they can write about in their writer's notebooks (an idea I took from The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing by Judy Davis and Sharon E. Hill). Here's a page out of a former student's notebook. You can see the specificity… Continue reading They can never say that they don’t know what to write about anymore!
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writer’s notebook decorations.
Just wanted to let you know Z-Scrap has all K & Company products on sale right now (as well as other goodies). Here's a link to all of Z-Scrap's sale items. I've ordered from this online store a few times & have always been pleased with the results. Thought some may be interested as you… Continue reading writer’s notebook decorations.
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Drumroll please…
I took Cliff and Jen's advice and turned my time (after I recopied a bunch of poems though) into something productive for my students. I bought the Moleskine Cahiers at a Barnes & Noble Store yesterday since I realized I could use my Educator Discount since they were for my class. I personalized them, added… Continue reading Drumroll please…
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Scanning, Cutting & Pasting, or Rewriting?
I've come to realize that this whole "I'm going to recopy all of my writer's notebooks into one" thing has become exceedingly tedious. I found another old Miquelruis Notebook yesterday and realized I need to be putting that into my master notebook. This is just one of MANY entries from 2006: Aaaagggggh! What did I… Continue reading Scanning, Cutting & Pasting, or Rewriting?
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Steppin’ It Up: Real Writer’s Notebooks
No longer will my students be using composition notebooks or spiral-spined notebooks with perforated edges in Writing Workshop this year. I'm making a move and providing them with REAL writer's notebooks (read: Moleskine Cahier Notebooks). I found them at a pretty affordable price at Moleskines.com. (Please note: I haven't ordered them yet, so I don't… Continue reading Steppin’ It Up: Real Writer’s Notebooks
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My Writer’s Notebook: A Poem by Brod Bagert for Poetry Friday
I taped this poem into the inner front cover of each of my students' writer's notebooks this past year. I didn't think it meant anything to them until, as an end of the year gift in June, one of my students made me a collage of a bunch of the writing things she had collected… Continue reading My Writer’s Notebook: A Poem by Brod Bagert for Poetry Friday
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WN: Weekend Check-Ins
Last year I adopted (and adapted) an idea I got from Davis and Hill's Book, The No-Nonsense Guide to Teaching Writing. For an entire year I gave my students weekend writing assessments. However, they were essentially checklists that didn't inspire my students to really do much thinking about their writing. Hence, in conjunction with two… Continue reading WN: Weekend Check-Ins
