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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.

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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

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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?

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Pick Your Head Up: Remembering Kathleen Tolan

A week ago, Kathleen Tolan, Senior Deputy Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, died peacefully in her sleep. Kathleen was the one who hired me, first as her own and Lucy Calkins's intern in 2003, then as a staff developer in 2004. Over the next decade she was my boss, my mentor, coach, teacher, leader,… Continue reading Pick Your Head Up: Remembering Kathleen Tolan

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Active Authentic Audiences: PART OF #TWTBLOG’S THROWBACK WEEK

Deb shared fabulous ideas about developing authentic audiences in a post she wrote for the blog series on What Matters Most.

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Watch and Notice–Part of #TWTBlog’s Throwback Week

Dana's post on the power of demonstration writing is one of my favorites. Writers love to see their teachers write, and teachers have a terrific platform for instructing using this technique.

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Straight From Students: Why Teachers Should Write: Part Of #TWTBLOG’S Throwback Week

Melanie asked the students, "What makes you feel like a writer?" Read the voices from the classroom. YOUR writing matters to YOUR students.