Slice of Life Story Challenge · SOLSC · writing workshop

Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge #SOL17

It's Tuesday again! Time to share your slice of life.

Slice of Life Story Challenge · writing workshop

Rolling Out the Welcome Wagon!

Will you be willing to roll out the Welcome Wagon for our new Slicers this March?

opinion writing · persuasive writing · writing workshop

The Heart Work of Persuasive Writing

How can we help writers develop solid ideas before delving too far into the work of persuasive writing?

graphic organizer · writing workshop

Rethinking Graphic Organizers for Writing

Are there other, more authentic ways we could scaffold our writers?

One Little Word (OLW) · writing workshop

Kathleen’s OLW for 2017

One Little Words (OLWs) sometimes find you, as if it were meant to be...

One Little Word (OLW) · writing workshop

Deb’s One Little Word For 2017

I am not sure where to begin, but I do know I can always do better with my hive!

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Beth’s One Little Word for 2017

This week my coauthors and I participating in our little New Year's tradition of choosing our One Little Words (OLW's) for 2017.

One Little Word (OLW) · writing workshop

Melanie’s OLW for 2017

My one little word was not difficult to choose this year. The challenge will be about honoring it throughout 2017!

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Lisa’s OLW for 2017

Happy New Year to you, our Two Writing Teachers community. Beginning today, we co-authors will share our One Little Words for 2017. Somehow I ended up at the front of the line. "Breathe," I said to myself last month, when I realized I would be the first to post. This is my fourth time choosing a… Continue reading Lisa’s OLW for 2017

blogging · holiday · writing workshop

Holiday Blogging Break

December is a month of celebrations and a chance for the co-authors to take a brief blogging break as we turn our focus to our families during the rest of December. The rest and reflection always helps us start the new year with a renewed sense of passion and purpose.

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Finding New Opportunites and Joy: All It Takes Is A Slight Twist

Finding New Opportunities and Joy: All It Takes Is A Slight Twist This year presented my family and my teaching life with many changes, and each one took real focus for me. I had the opportunity to make a slight turn turning each into a change blessing or a change obstacle. The difference is in considering the intention.

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Go! Write!

Is there a sense of writing urgency in your classroom?