Top Ten · Twitter

TWTBlog’s Top Ten Educator Organizations to Follow On Twitter in 2018

If you aren't on Twitter already, maybe this list will be the push you needed to give it a try. We've rounded up our ten favorite organizations to follow on Twitter.

Craft Moves · mentor texts · picture book

Comforting Picture Books + Giveaways

These books serve to comfort children during what is a serious and uncertain time. After reading this post, leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of all five books.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Slice of Life Tuesday #SOL18

Welcome to Tuesday's Slice of Life, #SOL18! Let your voices be heard, share your stories and be heard by all. ATTENTION SLICERS WHO USE BLOGGER, please scroll to the bottom for more support!

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Thinking About Audience

Last month, Rebekah O'Dell tweeted out a link to a piece written by NY Times Columnist, Nicholas Kristof. I read through Kristof's "My Worst Columns" piece and was shocked his annual holiday gift guide was one of his lowest-read columns of 2017. I've been reading Kristof's columns for years and look forward to his annual gift guide,… Continue reading Thinking About Audience

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In the Name of Accountability

When is the last time you asked yourself, "What do I believe?" Have you asked your students what they believe? Our level of success is often a reflection of what we believe in ourselves. Having the power to make moves in our learning is less about being held accountable and more about revising our beliefs as we learn.

Slice of Life Story Challenge · SOLSC Classroom Challenge

Seeking Prize Donations

The 11th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge is right around the corner! Currently, we are seeking readers of our blog who are willing to donate a prize for the participants of the SOLSC. notebooks, pens, or any other writing-related gifts that SOLSC participants would appreciate.  

Slice of Life Story Challenge · writing workshop

Rolling Out the Welcome Wagon!

Will you be willing to roll out the Welcome Wagon for our new Slicers this March?

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Slice of Life Tuesday #SOL18

It's Tuesday! Write. Share. Give! If you have a BLOGGER blog, please read the announcement today regarding an important technical issue with commenting.

charts · Kate Roberts · literary essay · Maggie Beattie Roberts · writing workshop

Literary Essays: Setting the Stage

As part my MFA program, I've had to write eight page papers on a paragraph or two of text. That's a lot of words about not too many words. I've also watched my daughters draft critical analyses on literary works in both high school and college. Writing a literary essay is a lifelong skill that… Continue reading Literary Essays: Setting the Stage

olw · One Little Word (OLW)

Betsy’s OLW for 2018

Our OLW posts conclude today and comments on the giveaway close this evening at 11:59 EST. We hope you have enjoyed our One Little Word posts to open the year of 2018. We humbly enter another year as a group of co-authors who thoroughly enjoy being a part of your lives as teachers, writers, and dreamers. 

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Lanny’s OLW for 2018

In watching Amy Krouse Rosenthal's video, posted by Kathleen this week, I became inspired by the notion that we all ought to try to make the most of our time here on earth...

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Deb’s One Little Word for 2018

"Each scene has its own music, and the music is created for the scene. Woven into it in ways we do not understand no matter how we may love the melody of a bygone day or imagine the song of a future one; we must dance to the music of today.  If not we will be stumbling around in something that doesn't fit the moment."