Read what happens when Lisa makes a commitment to her writer's notebook.
Category: writer’s notebook
Thinking About My Writer’s Notebook in a Digital Age
Without a notebook, my great ideas are going unrecorded and, ultimately, forgotten.
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It’s Not Just About the Notebook
I started this summer with this confession to all of you about my less than steady notebook habit. And after I let you in on my little secret, I dusted off my notebook, located my pens, and selected a few pencils. Then I put them all on the chest of drawers beside my bed, and… Continue reading It’s Not Just About the Notebook
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Notebooks: Starting with What Matters Most
Before summer began, we at Two Writing Teachers planned this blog series, and I blithely volunteered to write a post about the value of notebooks in writing workshop. Notebooks. What was I thinking?! So much has been written about them. I started rereading, and ran out of time...A single post, I realized, would barely scratch… Continue reading Notebooks: Starting with What Matters Most
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Writing Our Way to Goodbye
Today is my last day of school! My third grade students and I have been writing our way towards goodbye over the last few weeks.
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Got Stuck?
What option can you give your students when they just get stuck?
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Educators as Writers: A Follow-Up Conversation
Should educators be writers? The conversation continues! We welcome your voice and ideas on how we can spread the word that when educators write, students grow as writers!
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Using Artifacts and Photos to Inspire Writing: Discovering the Writer’s Life
Using artifacts and photos from our life allows us to reconnect with stories and breathes in new life to our writer's notebooks.
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Notebooks on Field Trips: Discovering the Writer’s Life
One of my favorite things about being a classroom teacher was taking educational field trips with my students. One year, I took my fifth grades on 20-25 field trips around the five boroughs of New York City. We walked, rode buses, and took the Subway to museums, zoos, parks, and botanical gardens. I loved supplementing… Continue reading Notebooks on Field Trips: Discovering the Writer’s Life
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Starting with Story
I recently had the pleasure of attending the 25th Annual Comprehensive Literacy and Reading Recovery Conference in Illinois. One of the sessions I attended was led by the brilliant and endearing Christopher Lehman. His session centered around using our stories to generate topics for information writing. It is a unique approach to a genre that can sometimes feel… Continue reading Starting with Story
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When to Pop Out of the Notebook
As much as I LOVE notebooks, even I have to admit there is a time in every writer's process when it is time to pop out of the notebook and onto a laptop or lined paper.
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Keeping a “for school” writer’s notebook
When I first began teaching writing workshop, I brought my own writer’s notebook into class to share with my students...
