Sara left the following comment, which I love, first, because it's a comment and, second, because I was planning to blog about this today. What is that they say about minds that think alike? Sarah Brooke commented on A Twist on Heart Maps: I know you posted this months ago, but I’ve recently heard even… Continue reading Heart Maps: Another Twist.
Category: writing workshop
STRONG EMOTIONS MINILESSON
I was asked, by Ro, about my Strong Emotions/Skittles Lesson. I normally don't post minilessons I write in this forum for several reasons (one of which is that it doesn't align with the mission statement Ruth and I composed for this blog). However, this one is a bit out-of-the-box. Hence, I am posting the minilesson… Continue reading STRONG EMOTIONS MINILESSON
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Memory Boxes
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge was published in 1985, when I was in third grade. However, my third grade teacher never read it to me, nor did my fourth or my fifth. In fact, I hadn't even heard of this Mem Fox Book until last week when my mother-in-law, a former first and third grade teacher… Continue reading Memory Boxes
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Our 1,000th Post
As I was moderating comments this morning, I realized that we've written 999 posts. OH MY GOSH! Since I'm big on milestones, I figured I'd write a special 1,000th Post this morning celebrating 1% of the posts we've written since we launched Two Writing Teachers a year ago. But first, since I'm also a numbers… Continue reading Our 1,000th Post
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M.M. is here!
Link your memory or memoir to this one by using Mr. Linky.
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Units of Study: A Writing Coach’s Perspective
Mary Anne left this comment: Mary Anne, on August 17th, 2008 at 8:56 pm Said: Here is what I would love to hear more about. Can you talk a little about your experience with Lucy Calkins’ Units of Study? I am using it for the first time and, although I have lots of experience teaching… Continue reading Units of Study: A Writing Coach’s Perspective
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Units of Study: A Classroom Teacher’s Perspective
Mary Anne left a comment earlier this evening, in which she asked some questions about the units of study: "Can you talk a little about your experience with Lucy Calkins' Units of Study? I am using it for the first time and, although I have lots of experience teaching writing, I would love to hear… Continue reading Units of Study: A Classroom Teacher’s Perspective
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Ruth & Units of Study.
Earlier today Stacey posted an introduction about units of study. I'll use Stacey's post as a "mentor" for this one. First my background: I was first introduced to Writing Workshop through the All-Write Consortium, which is an organization dedicated to providing classroom teachers with professional development about the teaching of writing. When the consortium began, they… Continue reading Ruth & Units of Study.
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the big picture.
The first day of school is tomorrow and I can hardly wait. Bags are loaded, clothes are pressed, lunch is packed and since this is my 9th first day of school (as a teacher), I know that I will sleep lightly and wake up well before the alarm clock. Going into the new year, I… Continue reading the big picture.
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Units of Study
I noticed that 30% of the people (i.e., 27/89) who've taken our poll, thus-far, have said they'd like us to post more about units of study. However, since only a few people have commented, I'm not exactly sure what types of things people are wondering about units of study in Writing Workshop. So, I'll do… Continue reading Units of Study
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Literacy Bags
Trying to find a convenient way to keep your students' Reading and Writing Workshop Materials together? Don't want to buy something for them to use at-home and in-school? If you answered "yes" to both of those questions, consider buying clear-view storage pouches, like these, for each of your students. I used these three years ago… Continue reading Literacy Bags
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This Year’s Launching Unit
Yesterday was our day to work on Writing Workshop at our school's Summer Institute. My colleagues and I revised our launching unit from last year since it was filled with too many collecting strategies. The calendar we put together is based-off of the work of Vopat, Davis & Hill, Calkins, Buckner, Fletcher, and Lyon. Here's… Continue reading This Year’s Launching Unit
