I recently accepted "friend requests" from some of my former students who are now in high school. I've found myself playing the role of parent more than once, telling them to go to sleep (when I was up late feeding my daughter), to watch their language, and to think before they post a status update… Continue reading Texting in the Middle of the Night
Category: writing
GUEST BLOG POST: How Can I Be A Teacher of Writers?
Deb Day has been teaching English and reading classes in northeast Iowa since 1989. In her current position she teaches speech, creative writing , ninth grade English, and coaches contest speech. She is married, the mother of two, grandmother of six, and is owned by Chloe, a one and a half year old Golden Doodle.… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: How Can I Be A Teacher of Writers?
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Be a writer. It matters.
Today I met with a teacher who said these words to me: I don't like writing. I really don't like writing. Give me math all day long every day and I'm happy, but don't make me write. I appreciated her candidness. I love it when teachers are honest with me and I'm always humbled that… Continue reading Be a writer. It matters.
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GUEST BLOG POST: Weaving the “Slice of Life” Routine into Writing Workshop
Tara Smith teaches writing workshop, Language Arts and Social Studies to sixth graders at a middle school in suburban New Jersey. Before she was a teacher, she was an editor first at the Cloverdale Press and then at Macmillan. She blogs at “A Teaching Life” (at http://tmsteach.blogspot.com/) and continues to slice away at Two Writing… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Weaving the “Slice of Life” Routine into Writing Workshop
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What do you think?
I often write to figure out things. This is typically scrawled in a notebook that no one but me sees. I follow winding trails of thoughts, capture snippets, and try to come to deeper understandings. I tell you this as part of a disclaimer. Usually I go to those notebooks before blogging about something that… Continue reading What do you think?
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GUEST BLOG POST: Starting The Year As Writers
Linda Baie just moved from the classroom after 20 years of teaching gifted students in an independent progressive school in Denver, Colorado. She is starting her second year as the school’s literacy coach, helping teachers in varied positions at the school with their goals in literacy. Always passionate about empowering students as writers and readers,… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Starting The Year As Writers
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GUEST BLOG POST: The Journey
Caroline Gonzalez currently works as an Instructional Support teacher for grades 1-3 in South Brunswick NJ. After 21 years of teaching, she is completing coursework to attain an Administrator's License. She is the proud mother of three children who is entering a new stage in my life as she prepare to send her child off… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: The Journey
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Facebook Event – Day 4
Our Stenhouse Facebook Event continues today. Today's downloadable, printable writing tip is entitled "Organizing Teacher-Written Mentor Texts." This tip will help you create a system, using hard copies or electronic files, for organizing YOUR writing that you share with students. You can find this tip on our Facebook Page. Here's what you need to do… Continue reading Facebook Event – Day 4
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Summer Writing “Blogstitute” Starts Today
Stenhouse's Summer Writing "Blogstitute" starts today. My post on student-initiated writing conferences kicks of the Blogstitute today. Ruth's piece on celebrating student writers will follow on Monday, July 18th. Later in the summer you'll hear from other Stenhouse authors. Here's a look at who else will be sharing fresh ideas about the teaching of writing… Continue reading Summer Writing “Blogstitute” Starts Today
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Writers — Real People
Lee Bennett Hopkins delivered an inspiring keynote address, "Writers -- Real People" last Wednesday morning at the TCRWP Writing Institute. His keynote address seemed to have three parts. First, he spoke about other authors and how they struggled to get published. Second, Hopkins shared his background with the audience. Third, Hopkins talked about the gifts… Continue reading Writers — Real People
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A Good Enough Gift
"A pen is better than glasses as a tool for seeing." --Lucy Calkins, Keynote Address, July Writing Institute, 6/27/11 I walked into the Levien Gymnasium yesterday morning and was greeted warmly by Tisha, of the Thinking Aloud Blog, who I had never met in person 'til yesterday. We chatted for a few minutes prior to… Continue reading A Good Enough Gift
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Blogstitute
Our publisher, Stenhouse, is hosting a Summer Writing Blogstitute starting on Wednesday, July 6th. Ruth and I are two of the seven authors contributing essays about the teaching of writing for the Stenhouse Blogstitute. Ruth is writing about celebrating writers while I'm writing about student-initiated writing conferences. The other Stenhouse authors who are participating are:… Continue reading Blogstitute
