A common question at this time of year is a welcome one! How can we encourage children's writing lives over the summer? Here are a few ideas to share.
Category: writing workshop
Possibilities for Interactive Writing in a Bilingual Classroom
In a bilingual classroom, it is so important to build community around speaking, listening, and writing together. Interactive writing is a fantastic tool that can support this goal.
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Wrapping Up a Year (or years) of Literacy Coaching
As a literacy coach, I always have a few of the same things on my end-of-the-year to-do list -- plus a few new ones this year.
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The Final Day of the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge 2023
Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the 2023 CSOLSC. If you didn't get a chance to read some of the student writing over the course of the month, please feel free to take some time and browse some of the writing.
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Make and Take: Poetry Lesson
Do you need a print-and-go poetry lesson? This can serve as a starting point for multiple age groups.
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Slice of Life Tuesday
It's Tuesday- join us for Slice of Life. Write your slice, share it, and leave comments for others.
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“I Don’t Have Anything to Slice About!”: Generating Ideas for the 2023 Classroom SOLSC
While we still have twenty-one days left in the Classroom SOLSC, you might already have students struggling to think of a topic. Today's post shares ideas for "slice-peration!"
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Binaural Beats to Boost Writing?
Could binaural beats help me enter a flow state with my writing?? Could it help students?
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And Then. . . IT IS MAGIC
I believe in communities like this one, where teachers of writers come together to learn and to share, where we do the writing work we are asking kids to do.
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It’s Tuesday. Welcome to the Slice of Life!
It's Tuesday! Please join us for Slice of Life. Write your slice of life story, share it by posting the permalink on TWT, and leave comments for others.
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Classroom SOLSC Week 1- Ready, Set….
This week, let’s help our students develop that writing habit we established for ourselves during the March 2023 SOLSC! Many of us found that the expectation to write each day led us to live more like a writer- really looking for possibilities and stories in our days. Be sure to share some of your slices with your students and help them see where you found inspiration.
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Getting Centered
As I reflect upon my teaching practice, I always have more questions than answers. Here are some of the things that I'm wondering about as a teacher of writing.
