Changing things up can mean extra work and moving away from what you've always done. It can also breathe new life into spaces and might move you closer to what you are trying to achieve.
It’s Tuesday! Time to share a slice of life!
Welcome to our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge! At Two Writing Teachers, we believe in the importance of a writing community. Please leave the permalink to your own blog post, and comment on at least three other posts. We all know how much comments mean to ourselves as writers--please share your writing and be generous… Continue reading It’s Tuesday! Time to share a slice of life!
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Revisiting the Heart Map
Heart maps can help young writers when they think they don't have anything to write about.
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Best Friend Professional Books
Today's guest post is by Kathy Christy, a third grade teacher and professional development coach. She shares her "best friend professional book" of 2017 with us!
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Literacy Coaches: Supporting Your Administrators at the Start of the Year
Three things you can do, as a teacher leader or literacy coach to support administrators (yes, admin need support too!) at the start of the year.
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The Silent Hero: Routines and Procedures
Procedures allow us to complete our daily tasks without worry of what's next. Our minds are free to think about the important parts of our day, the learning.
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It’s Tuesday! Time to Share a Slice of Life.
Welcome to the weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge!
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Teaching Students to Self-Monitor
Three strategies to use so that students develop their own ability to monitor themselves as writers.
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The Hard Parts
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of attending the TCRWP August Writing Institute. The week began with Lucy Calkins delivering an inspirational keynote, "Learning from the Hard Parts" inside the Nave at Riverside Church. Parts of it have been rattling around in my mind for the past few weeks.Lucy talked about cultivating spaces in writing… Continue reading The Hard Parts
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Not All Writers Are the Same! Ideas for Differentiating in the Writing Workshop (Part 1)
Celebrating differences among our writers can sometimes be difficult for teachers of writing. But by expecting and planning for differences, we can set our students on trajectories more matched to who they are as writers. Here are a few ideas...
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TWT Voxer Book Club 2.0
At the start of the summer, I read and reviewed Patty McGee's Feedback That Moves Writers Forward. It's a book, I believe, that can change my teaching of writing for the better...and maybe yours too. It's a book I want to dive into more deeply, rereading it and sharing my ideas with other educators in a book club. I know that the beginning of the school year is a challenging time to ask teachers to take on anything additional. But here I am anyway, inviting you to take part in a Voxer book club to discuss Feedback That Moves Writers Forward. So why should you?
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SOL Tuesday
Welcome to our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge!
