M.M. is here!

Monday August 18, 2008Sunday August 17, 2008 Stacey Shubitz1 Comment

Link your memory or memoir to this one by using Mr. Linky.

Units of Study: A Writing Coach’s Perspective

Sunday August 17, 2008Sunday August 17, 2008 Ruth Ayres3 Comments

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

Sunday August 17, 2008Sunday August 17, 2008 Stacey Shubitz3 Comments

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.

Sunday August 17, 2008Sunday August 17, 2008 Ruth Ayres3 Comments

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.

Sunday August 17, 2008Tuesday August 19, 2008 Ruth Ayres4 Comments

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

Sunday August 17, 2008Sunday August 17, 2008 Stacey Shubitz4 Comments

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

Saturday August 16, 2008Saturday August 16, 2008 Stacey Shubitz2 Comments

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

Friday August 15, 2008Friday August 15, 2008 Stacey Shubitz5 Comments

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

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Keeping Records

Thursday August 14, 2008Thursday August 14, 2008 Stacey Shubitz

Strategy Lesson Record Sheet Originally uploaded by teachergal It's always been tedious recording the teaching point from strategy lessons on three - five kids' conference record sheets every time I conduct a strategy lesson. Therefore, I've decided to separate the strategy record logs from my conferring logs. I created the record sheet, right, inside of… Continue reading Keeping Records

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They’re Going to Have Gifts To Open…

Wednesday August 13, 2008Wednesday August 13, 2008 Stacey Shubitz12 Comments

These are the Moleskine Notebooks that I'm giving my students during the first week of school to use for on-the-go writing, Slice of Life Stories, ephemera, and much more. IDEA NOTEBOOK INTERIOR DECORATION & WRAPPING: Just like last year, I'll provide the kids with stickers to decorate the front (and back) cover of their notebooks.… Continue reading They’re Going to Have Gifts To Open…

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Just a few days left to take this poll!

Tuesday August 12, 2008Tuesday August 12, 2008 Stacey Shubitz1 Comment

51 people have voted as of 9:30 p.m. today, 8/12. However, this poll is open through August 20th, 2008. We'd love to have your input! NOTE: If you'd like to explain your vote in greater detail, then please leave a comment.