On the 27th day, the end is in sight. We've all been writing for 27 days, and we've also been supporting each other with comments and the energy that comes within a community of writers. Make an effort to visit some new blogs in these last few days of the challenge--you'll find that it's time… Continue reading Day 27 of the March SOLSC #sol17
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Day 26 of the March SOLSC #sol17
Welcome to Day 26 of the Challenge. We're winding down... If you're sharing your students' Slice of Life stories, please head over to the Classroom Slice of Life. ANNOUNCEMENTS If you're a new slicer this year, make sure to participate in this weekend's challenge. Read about it in Deb's post. Be Inspired Emily Donaldson reminds… Continue reading Day 26 of the March SOLSC #sol17
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The Rising Writers Club
My school offered a before school writing club and it was a hit! Here is a quick glimpse and a little tip on teaching poetry as April approaches.
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CLASSROOM SOLSC: DAY 23 OF 31
This is your students' 23rd day of continuous writing. Whoo hoo! If you’re sharing your own slice of life stories, please head over to the Adult Slice of Life Story Challenge.
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CLASSROOM SOLSC FOR STUDENTS: DAY 20 OF 31
It is day 20 of the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge for Students. Your students have been blogging for nearly three weeks!
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Four Quick Steps: Are You Ready For Opinion Writing?
To help guide our teaching we needed to know what our kids can do and where they would need our support.
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Shaking Up Personal Narrative
Ever since I read this post by Katie Kraushaar, I've been thinking about personal narrative and wondering why it is that students, particularly in middle elementary grades and beyond, are sometimes less than enthusiastic about this genre. Like Katie, I have felt the mood change in a classroom the moment the teacher mentions the words "personal narrative."… Continue reading Shaking Up Personal Narrative
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Transitional Phrases for Information Writing
Information writing is a great opportunity for teaching students about fluency and transitional phrases.
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A Peek Into My Evolving Chartbook
Over the years, my chartbook has evolved. Here are some of the latest pages.
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Resetting Student Ownership and Student Responsibility
We realized our students needed to revisit why they are reading and writing in reflection to their current needs as readers and writers. Our work has shifted from the skills of learning to decode, spell, and use conventions to inferring, synthesizing, identifying and applying craft techniques, using voice, and then sharing our synthesized thoughts and stories with others.
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Pausing to Reflect: Personal Essays
My third graders are wrapping up their unit on personal essay. While some have grasped the structure and have articulated reasons and examples to support their argument, others have struggled to understand the concept of an essay. I want to take some time to think about what went right when teaching this unit and where the breakdowns occurred.
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Three Ways to Teach Empathy Inside Writing Workshop
This video, narrated by Brene Brown, has been viewed over 7,000,000 times. Empathy is more complicated than its twin sister, sympathy. Empathy is a challenge for a lot of people--not just kids. The great poet Nikki Giovanni has said, "Let me clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems.… Continue reading Three Ways to Teach Empathy Inside Writing Workshop
