Last week I met with a teacher about a writer who worries her. “Where’s his writing?” I asked. She pulled out a piece with a date on it, and the date was from over a month ago. This second grader had written a few words on each page, and when we looked closely, many of… Continue reading Independent Writing Time: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
Student-Written Mentor Texts: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
While many teachers seem knowledgeable about mentor texts and teacher-created texts, it is my hope that focusing on student-written mentor texts will lead more teachers to realize students can be mentor authors, too.
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Student-Led Small Groups: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
Small group instruction allows for efficiency and strategy sessions with more than one student. Allowing students to lead these groups and sessions gives purpose and opportunity to not only further the understandings of the leader but impacts your community of writers as they grow.
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Conferring with Writers: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
"How about we read Goodnight, Gorilla?" Raising my eyebrows, I gazed hopefully at my two year-old daughter. "Or maybe we could read The Grouchy Ladybug? You love that one!" "No!" Her brow furrowed, my youngest was emphatic. "That one! That one! Moon!" Using her tiny pointer finger, she pointed to Margaret Wise Brown's… Continue reading Conferring with Writers: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
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Inquiry Minilessons: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
There are many ways to teach a minilesson effectively. Many people think inquiry minilessons are stickier than demonstrations since kids "discover" things on their own. As a result, learning stays with kids longer since they've come to the learning on their own.
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Environments for Kids & With Kids: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
As I thought about writing this post, I considered my day and what needed to get done. I mulled over when I would go to the store, how many loads of laundry I needed to fold, visiting family, and when I'd have time to sit down with my thoughts. As I went through my to-do… Continue reading Environments for Kids & With Kids: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
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SOL Tuesday
Please read today's announcements before leaving the link to your post especially if you're planning to participate in the 6th Annual Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge with your students.
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Next Level Unit Planning: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
Tips for moving to the next level of unit planning.
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New Blog Series: Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop
Our new blog series, Beyond the Fundamentals of Writing Workshop, begins today. This series is for experienced workshop teachers who wish to push the limits on traditional teacher/student parameters so their writing workshops will become more student-centered. This post contains a preview of what's to come in our posts this week plus information about a book giveaway we're hosting as part of this blog series.
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Who Is Up For A Challenge? A Guest Blog Post By Michelle Haseltine
How do I manage with thirty to forty students blogging? I blog too. That’s always made it more meaningful for my students.
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The Post-it Note App and Writing Workshop
When you hear blended learning in writing workshop do you immediately envision a classroom of writers looking at a screen?
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Rolling Out the Welcome Wagon!
The community of educators, who gather here at Two Writing Teachers every March, is like no other. We are in need your generous, open-hearted, and passionate hearts to help us welcome our newest slicers. We are asking you, our community of bloggers, to consider being part of the Welcome Wagon during the March Slice of Life… Continue reading Rolling Out the Welcome Wagon!
