Classroom SOLSC: Blogging into Week 5

Sunday April 28, 2019Sunday April 28, 2019 Deb Frazier1 Comment

It's week five of the Classroom SOLSC! If you aren't participating with your students but would like to support our student bloggers with comments, we welcome your support! Students are working so hard this month and comments are very motivating. Just click on the Padlet and select a class to read and respond to! This week we are talking about keeping the enthusiasm going in our second week of the challenge.

Continuing Along the Narrative Pathway: Part 2

Monday April 22, 2019Sunday April 21, 2019 Melanie Meehan2 Comments

Almost every student could use these charts to identify what they were working on, how they were working on it, and whether or not they needed instruction of some sort of help.

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Classroom SOLSC: Blogging into Week 4

Sunday April 21, 2019Saturday April 13, 2019 Deb Frazier

It's Week 3 of the Classroom SOLSC! If you aren't participating with your students but would like to support our student bloggers with comments, we welcome your support! Students are working so hard this month and comments are very motivating. Just click on the Padlet and select a class to read and respond to! This week we are talking about keeping the enthusiasm going in our second week of the challenge.

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Word Study That Sticks: Best Practices K-6 — Review and Giveaway

Monday April 15, 2019Monday April 15, 2019 Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski144 Comments

Are you looking for ways to make word study more inspiring, meaningful, practical and transferrable? Word Study That Sticks: Best Practices K-6 by Pamela Koutrakos is the resource you need to read! Check out my review of the book today and leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of the book!

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Classroom SOLSC: Blogging into Week 3

Sunday April 14, 2019Saturday April 13, 2019 Deb Frazier1 Comment

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Clearing pathways for narrative writing: Part 1

Monday April 8, 2019Sunday April 7, 2019 Melanie Meehan3 Comments

Once students can say their beginning, middle, and end, know what their story is really about, and can identify their important parts, they almost always can make a solid plan and feel comfortable beginning to draft. But sometimes it's hard to get them to this point in the process.

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Welcome to Writing Workshop: A Review and Giveaway

Friday April 5, 2019Sunday April 14, 2019 Kelsey Sorum106 Comments

Do you have a copy of Welcome to Writing Workshop yet? This is a resource that every educator who works with writers needs. Today, I'm excited to share an inside look at this new resource!