How do you support students with mid-workshop check-ins?
Category: writing workshop
Creating Classroom Environments: Are You Ready for Technology?
One question I am often asked about using technology is, “How do you get started?” The answer is actually a simple one - humbly.
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Creating Classroom Environments: Places for Writers to Grow
Every summer I dream of my classroom. When considering my third grade writers, what do they need to grow and how can I provide classroom spaces for that?
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Creating Classroom Environments: Charts to Start the Year
Start the year off right with charts that make expectations, strategies and tips on writing visible for students.
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July Blogging Break
It's time for our annual co-author summer vacation. But wait, we have lots to keep you going in the meantime!
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Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Welcome back everybody for another fantastic Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge! Write a story on your own blog. Leave a link to your story here, in the comment section. Then comment on at least three others. Enjoy!
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Learning from the Summer Institute via #tcrwp
I was not able to attend the Writing Institute at TC this week, but I was able to live and learn vicariously through a steady stream of Tweets and blog posts - teachers are nothing if not generous with their learning...
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Four Books for Your Summer Reading List
These four titles are inspirational and useful resources for teachers. Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win one of them.
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Organize Your Classroom: Getting Rid of Stuff Feels Good
What would it look like if you were to make your classroom a "minimalist classroom?" A classroom where you only kept the things you actually use, and you gave away the rest to someone else in need?
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Our End Of The Year Family Writing Celebration
I teach writing very differently from the way in which I was taught writing. I suspect that many of the parents of my sixth graders feel the same way when their kids come home with stories about mini lessons, mentor texts, and genre studies. “What do all these terms mean anyway?” they must wonder, “and exactly how do they advance my kid’s writing?”.
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Blogging Through the Day
Join me in Warsaw as I blog through the day at the ALL WRITE!!! conference.
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Nature Writing for All Ages and Stages
In our family, bringing along a small notebook or a journal when we travel has become a tradition. Maybe you'll make it part of your summer plans as well.
