This week my colleagues and I are writing posts that we hope will make your life a little easier. We’re sharing some ways to work smarter, not harder.
Category: writing workshop
Work Smarter: Picture Books That Pack a Punch + Giveaways!
What picture books pack a punch for you in the workshop? Here are seven titles that are sure to give you bang for your buck.
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Work Smarter: Use checklists throughout a unit of study …and beyond
I’ll begin by being honest - I don’t like checklists. It’s a personal thing. Checklists make me anxious, they fill me with the fear of impending failure. As soon as I’ve taken the time to assemble a checklist, I am filled with a sense of dread. I wonder, how am I ever to accomplish any of… Continue reading Work Smarter: Use checklists throughout a unit of study …and beyond
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Share Your Slice of Life: It’s SOL Tuesday!
Welcome to November everybody!
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A Quick Guide to Workshop Lingo
Call it jargon, call it terminology, call it what you will. We have our own made-up words for things sometimes.
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More on Student Self-Assessment
What factor has the most notable effect on student achievement?
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Oral Mentor Texts + a Giveaway!
Assuming that children understand the elements of a story is assuming too much. These elements must be taught if they are meant to be used in the writing process.
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Teaching Writing in Middle School: Notes from the Saturday Reunion #TCRWP
By the time I arrived at Cornelius Minor’s TCRWP workshop, State-of-the-Art Workshop Teaching of Writing in Middle School, harnessing Methods Specifically Described in the New Units of Study, I had been up since the crack of dawn, and had already spent several hours racing from one great workshop to the next trying to learn as… Continue reading Teaching Writing in Middle School: Notes from the Saturday Reunion #TCRWP
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What Do You Know About Being a Writer?
Listen to these kindergarten students respond to the question, "What do you know about being a writer?"
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From Shared to Independent Practice: Drawing Lessons Continued
Last week we looked at a couple of students who were working on the visual plan and the use of drawing lessons. Let's peek in and see how that work is coming along in the shared and independent practice of writing workshop.
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Writing through the visual arts: an “in between” unit of study
We are in that in-between stage right now in writing workshop, having just completed our Personal Narrative unit, and pausing briefly before we begin our unit on memoir. These in-between stages are often perfect for experimenting with something new. My kids have been working hard for the past month, and I wanted a “cool factor”… Continue reading Writing through the visual arts: an “in between” unit of study
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Conversations About Standards-Based Report Cards: Do Your Students Know How They’re Doing?
And with November, comes report cards.
