A guide to crafting your own teaching points for 1:1 conferences, strategy lessons, minilessons, mid-workshop interruptions, and share sessions.
Category: writing workshop
Helping Silent Kids Talk in a Conference
Last week, I had a little brainstorming session with one of my favorite groups of teachers and we came up with a list of tried-and-true teaching moves to help the truly non-talking kids open up a little when it comes time to talk about the work they've been doing.
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 31 of 31!!
It's been a wonderful month of reading and writing. We hope that you're inspired to keep on writing. You are all invited to join us every Tuesday for our Slice of Life Story Challenge throughout the year. And, of course, we hope to see you all next year!
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 30 of 31
It’s the penultimate day of the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge! What a month it has been!
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 29 of 31
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.
