Category Archive: writing workshop

4 Comments

Knowing My Writers

by

September is a get-to-know-you month. A community-building-ice-breaker-month. September is a settling-in month, a becoming-comfortable month, a building-relationship month. It’s an ask-the-parents-about-their-child month. A stack of papers month. Artwork created month. September is a launching month, a set-the-vision month, a build-enthusiasm for the work ahead month.

September is an exhausting month, but a month that reveals much about the 24 third graders who inhabit room 215 with me this year.

69 Comments

It’s Tuesday! Time to share a slice of life!

by

Welcome to our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge! Write. Share. Give. Please leave the permalink to your own blog post, and comment on at least three other posts. Comments energize writers and keep… Continue reading →

3 Comments

A Closer Look: Learning About Our Writers with Formative Assessment

by

Sound assessment plays a vital role in showing and in detailing progress students are making toward reasonable goals.

3 Comments

Paper Choices: What’s up with that?

by

I’ll be honest, the best thing about the start of the new school year is the school supplies. There’s nothing like the combo-smell of  new backpack, pencils, erasers, and paper. Ah. I think… Continue reading →

6 Comments

Past the Flash of Technology

by

Technology gives us all choices and decisions to make. Big decisions. How can we welcome technology in our classrooms? Technology can be a new way of doing the same thing. Will we seek apps that allow our students to make choices in creating and sharing with others, or will we seek apps that do the same old thing in a different way?

78 Comments

It’s Tuesday! Join us with a slice of life!

by

Welcome to our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge! Please leave the permalink to your own blog post, and comment on at least three other posts. Comments energize writers and keep our writing community… Continue reading →

7 Comments

Three Tips to Avoid Over Committing to First Words: Revision

by

Helping light the way to revision for our writers while honoring those first words.

9 Comments

A Change Will Do You Good

by

Changing things up can mean extra work and moving away from what you’ve always done. It can also breathe new life into spaces and might move you closer to what you are trying to achieve.

67 Comments

It’s Tuesday! Time to share a slice of life!

by

  Welcome to our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge! At Two Writing Teachers, we believe in the importance of a writing community. Please leave the permalink to your own blog post, and comment on… Continue reading →

4 Comments

The Silent Hero: Routines and Procedures

by

Procedures allow us to complete our daily tasks without worry of what’s next.  Our minds are free to think about the important parts of our day, the learning.

7 Comments

Teaching Students to Self-Monitor

by

Three strategies to use so that students develop their own ability to monitor themselves as writers.

10 Comments

TWT Voxer Book Club 2.0

by

At the start of the summer, I read and reviewed Patty McGee’s Feedback That Moves Writers Forward. It’s a book, I believe, that can change my teaching of writing for the better…and maybe yours too. It’s a book I want to dive into more deeply, rereading it and sharing my ideas with other educators in a book club. I know that the beginning of the school year is a challenging time to ask teachers to take on anything additional. But here I am anyway, inviting you to take part in a Voxer book club to discuss Feedback That Moves Writers Forward. So why should you?

54 Comments

SOL Tuesday

by

Welcome to our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge!

19 Comments

If We Build It, They Will Come: Tales From Inside The Sharing Circle

by

The most important minutes of your writing workshop require zero hassle and no prep–only precious time. The minimal investment is worth its weight in gold. Welcome to the sharing circle with guest teacher Lori VanHoesen: The bridge builder you didn’t know was doing the hardest work all along.

1 Comment

Protecting Student Writing Time

by

As the school year approaches and we are knee deep in planning our schedules it seems a good time to keep this (previsously run) post in your mind.  What do you believe about… Continue reading →

66 Comments

It’s Tuesday! Time to Share a Slice of Life!

by

Write. Share. Give. Have fun.

13 Comments

Ideas for getting started with google forms

by

Google forms helps with record keeping and planning next instructional moves in writing workshop and more. Here are some ideas to get started!

2 Comments

Sorting Out Your Edge Pieces

by

Are you motivated and ready to dive into writing workshop this year after the Writing Workshop Fundamentals blog series? Here are some things to consider as you begin to piece together the big picture.

122 Comments

The Intentional Educator Planner (Giveaway)

by

I’ve always wanted to keep a reflective journal about my teaching but in the hustle and bustle of a busy school day, that seemed to be the first thing to go from list of “to-do’s.” I’m hopeful that having  a place to reflect right in my plan book will encourage me to take time to write down my thoughts and ideas each week. The 2017-2018 Intentional Educator Planner will be just the place!

4 Comments

In Case You Missed It: Writing Workshop Fundamentals Blog Series

by

Last week, my coauthors and I created a series of posts that we hope you’ll find helpful for getting your school year off to a great start. Whether you are new to writing… Continue reading →