Christy Weisiger believes in calling students "writers". Calling students writers gives students automatic entry into the classroom writing community. And that sometimes changes the way they will feel about writing for the rest of their lives.
Category: writers
Notebook Routines
I think the thing that makes a writer is Habit. Yes, that's habit with a capital H. (I go back and forth between whether it's habit that makes a writer or belief that makes a writer. However, I'm coming to realize that unless you believe you are a writer you won't create a habit to… Continue reading Notebook Routines
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A New Way To Learn About Teaching Writing
It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition. - Isaac Asimov I began a writer’s group last year at my school, opened it to anyone who was interested. There are now seven of us. We continued to meet this summer and… Continue reading A New Way To Learn About Teaching Writing
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Gardens of Young Writers
Teaching writing is a lot like gardening. It requires constant attention.
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Step into a biography with an author-illustrator team + a giveaway
Every now and then a book comes along I want to tell everyone about. When I say everyone, I mean blog readers, my family, friends, teachers with whom I consult, and other parents. Today I'm sharing one of those books with you because this is as close as I can get to shouting out how… Continue reading Step into a biography with an author-illustrator team + a giveaway
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The Secret Ingredient to Creating Engaged Writers
I’ve been thinking about student engagement in writing workshop for the past couple of weeks. I started thinking about it as I was reading Guy-Write, Ralph Fletcher’s new book. My thoughts about engagement continued as I sat in Maggie Beattie Roberts’s class about technology and media at the summer Reading Institute. Everything came to a… Continue reading The Secret Ingredient to Creating Engaged Writers
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GUEST BLOG POST: Needing To Take Care of The Nice Students, Too
A NOTE FROM STACEY: "Nice" children are often overlooked in the classroom because they go with the flow. I'll admit, I was one of those teachers who often sacrificed a conference with one of the "nice" children in my class and met with a student who was having greater challenges in writing. When I looked… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Needing To Take Care of The Nice Students, Too
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Modifications – Pilates & Writing Series: Part 1 of 5
I began working with one-on-one with a Pilates instructor in August 2008, just 15 months after I had an artificial cervical disk replacement in my neck. In an effort to regain the strength I lost as a result of the surgery I was told to try Pilates (since physical therapy alone wasn’t cutting it). At… Continue reading Modifications – Pilates & Writing Series: Part 1 of 5
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Writers Don’t Retire
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. Andy Rooney made his final (regular) appearance on "60 Minutes" tonight. It was one of many times I tuned-in to this icon over the past 25 years. (Yes, 25 years. Whether I liked it or not, "60 Minutes" was usually on our family's downstairs TV while I… Continue reading Writers Don’t Retire
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A Good Enough Gift
"A pen is better than glasses as a tool for seeing." --Lucy Calkins, Keynote Address, July Writing Institute, 6/27/11 I walked into the Levien Gymnasium yesterday morning and was greeted warmly by Tisha, of the Thinking Aloud Blog, who I had never met in person 'til yesterday. We chatted for a few minutes prior to… Continue reading A Good Enough Gift
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TEACHERS of Writers
Thank you to everyone who left a note about the {Discover. Play. Build.} posts. I'm thrilled that you are feeling inspired and excited to pursue a writing adventure during the summer. I'm excited too. But... Here's the deal. I see Two Writing Teachers as a place where I'm a teacher first. Although I believe it… Continue reading TEACHERS of Writers
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Nurturing & Nudging Independence
Last weekend at NCTE, I had the pleasure of attending a session co-led by Patrick Allen, author of Conferring: The Keystone of Reader's Workshop. Patrick shared some questions that he and one of his co-presenters, Troy Rushmore, asked their third and fourth grade students about independent reading in order to get a sense of how… Continue reading Nurturing & Nudging Independence
