Katherine Bomer talked about celebrations this past summer at the TCRWP July Writing Institute. As I was planning my News & Announcements Charts for the upcoming week today, I found myself wanting to write about writing on four out of five of them. You see, I want my students to realize that their hard work… Continue reading Hard Work Should Be Celebrated
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This is the only kind of jogging you’re going to see me do!
Kevin, Creator of Day in a Sentence, used a new technology, Jog the Web, to showcase everyone's posts this week. I was fascinated with the ease at which I was able to navigate through the websites of the Day in a Sentence Contributors. In fact, I liked Kevin's Jog so much that I created a… Continue reading This is the only kind of jogging you’re going to see me do!
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Using Asterisks
During the demonstration of today's minilesson I added asterisks to my WN Entry to show a flashback in time. I said something like, "I'm going to put some stars here, called asterisks, to show that I'm going back in time. This is something that writers like Patricia MacLachlan, whose book, Journey, you read in third… Continue reading Using Asterisks
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Stacey’s SOLSC & A Great Writing Conference Collide
SOLSC for 091608 - Knowing the Right Thing to Say Originally uploaded by teachergal I had one of the most amazing early-in-the-school-year writing conferences today. The student literally pondered what she was working on as a writer. She didn't tell me about her writing like most kids do during the first few weeks of school… Continue reading Stacey’s SOLSC & A Great Writing Conference Collide
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Guiding Quotes.
Today I taped these quotes on the front of my plan book for ninth grade English, which I'm teaching next trimester. It is not enough to be busy, the question is what are you busy about? -- Henry David Thoreau I confess. I started out s a creationist. The first days of every school year… Continue reading Guiding Quotes.
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MEMOIR MONDAYS!!!
It's time for our weekly Memoir Mondays Meme. Please link your memoir-ish post to this one by using Mr. Linky.
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Stacey’s Memoir Monday Post
Looking at Your Place - Grandpa's 80th Birthday0001 Originally uploaded by teachergal I'm teaching George Ella Lyon's "Looking at Your Place" Lesson later today. Therefore, I thought it would be nice for me to get in the mindset that the kids need to be in when they do this. I decided to try going through… Continue reading Stacey’s Memoir Monday Post
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Teaching Kids How to Create Plan Boxes
Chart: Plan Boxes Originally uploaded by teachergal Thursday's the day I'm going to teach my kids how to create a plan box. I created this chart as a scaffold for visual learners who might not fully t internalize my "Here's how to create a plan box spiel." I'm also zooming-in on two sample plan boxes,… Continue reading Teaching Kids How to Create Plan Boxes
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Sharing Lists of Emotions
I did the strong emotions lesson (using Skittles) on Friday. My demonstration was way longer than it was supposed to be (on paper), but I felt that I needed to be exceedingly explicit so that the kids would get it. They did, but I still think the length was a bit too much. The inside… Continue reading Sharing Lists of Emotions
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Students vs. Assignments
Recently I was reading the blog, Without Filters, a new favorite of mine in the blog-world. I came across this touching post, "It's Just a Leaf, Right?." It's about the author's preschool son's rainbow-colored leaf which disappointed his teacher. It reminded me that often times we, as educators, overlook the wondrous ways students' brains work in… Continue reading Students vs. Assignments
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Today’s WN Entry: Remember
Seven years ago, today, I spent time with my writer's notebook collecting bits and pieces of news releases, printed from the Internet. Those pages in my writer's notebook flood me with a gamut of emotions. They're difficult to look at . . . and yet so important. I have a range of news releases and… Continue reading Today’s WN Entry: Remember
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Keep Your Writing in a Home!
Yesterday, Tonya Haywood (a kindergarten teacher who really needs to keep a blog -- wink wink), used Eric Carle's book, A House for Hermit Crab, to talk with her novice writers about keeping their writing in a home (aka: writing folder). She then outlined the basic parts of Writing Workshop and today her students will… Continue reading Keep Your Writing in a Home!
