CLASSROOM SLICE OF LIFE STORY CHALLENGE: DAY 29 OF 31 Welcome to Day 29! Here are some quotes to keep you and your students motivated to get through the LAST FEW DAYS OF MARCH!!!! "I wrote from a sense of need. I needed something to do. You can't just sleep all day long." ~ Snoopy… Continue reading Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 29 of 31
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 28 of 31
CLASSROOM SLICE OF LIFE STORY CHALLENGE: DAY 28 OF 31 It is Day Twenty-Eight of the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge. Hooray! At this point your kids have generated a ton of stories. Why not teach them that another way to create a story is to revise something you've written into something new? Some ideas for… Continue reading Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 28 of 31
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 27 of 31
You and your students are on the home stretch! You can do it!
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 26 of 31
CLASSROOM SLICE OF LIFE STORY CHALLENGE: DAY 26 OF 31 Welcome to Day 26! As I've been reading all month long, I've been enjoying all the stories about kids' lives. Hanging out with friends, fights with siblings, grandma's cooking, weekend trips with the family... and every once in a while a kid will actually write a story… Continue reading Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 26 of 31
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 25 of 31
A really great lead sentence can really pull a reader into your story--not only that but as a writer, once you have a great lead sentence, the rest of the writing comes more easily! Check out some great leads by students over the past few days and weeks:
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 24 of 31
Do you teach English Language Learners? Some ideas and resources for blogging with ELLs.
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Family Stories: A New “Mini Unit”
Our sixth grade writing workshop year follows a predictable and well planned path: personal narrative, followed by memoir, then feature articles and argument. Until my students suggest something new ...
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 22 of 31
It’s Day Twenty-two of the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge. Welcome back! If your students are struggling to find inspiration, you might teach them a few new strategies.
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 21 of 31
Starting to get stuck for ideas? Try this strategy shared by Aparna Rugapathi on her blog, Serendipity.
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A Quick Guide Workshop Lingo, Part II
Have you ever wondered what some of the writing workshop lingo means? Here's another look at some commonly used workshop jargon.
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Write Without Sight
Do you teach sensory description to your students? Try to write without sight.
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Using Your Own Writing as a Teaching Tool
It seems appropriate that today's post should be related to using your own writing in the classroom. We are, after all, in the midst of the March Slice of Life Story Challenge. And what an amazing month it has already been. This year has been our biggest, most successful year yet! We have over 300 participants… Continue reading Using Your Own Writing as a Teaching Tool
