"Story is the basic unit of human understanding." - Drew Dudley, Day One Leadership. We have been learning through story for thousands of years. Our innate fascination for wanting to know what happens is an undeniable trait of humanity. Yet, in spite of what we know about story as a fundamental building block for learning,… Continue reading Connecting Through Story
Passionate Nonfiction Writing Starts with a Question
Author Melissa Stewart shares her expertise about the role questions play in nonfiction writing.
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Year-End Sharing, Reflecting and Celebrating
We cannot underestimate the value of year-end sharing, celebrating and reflecting opportunities for young writers.
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Literacy Coaches: How do you assess your impact?
A few months ago I received an email from a curriculum director in a district where I sometimes do a bit of consulting: Did I have any data regarding my impact in schools? Did I know where I could find such data? The district needed to prove my impact in order to get the grant… Continue reading Literacy Coaches: How do you assess your impact?
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ICYMI: Our Third Annual Author Spotlight Series
Last week, seven authors and illustrators stopped by to share their expertise with us. ICYMI, here are the links to each of their posts, which all include giveaways of their books and more!
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Write, Share, Give
Notice stories as they flicker around you. Share them here. It's SOL Tuesday!
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OLW Check-In
How is your OLW of 2017 going?
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Welcome to Writing Workshop
Lynne Dorfman & I are in search of pictures of beautiful writing workshop spaces for our forthcoming Stenhouse book about the basics of writing workshop (to teachers who are new to using the workshop structure). If you teach in a physical space you'd like to showcase, then please fill out the Google Form in this post.
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Conversations with Yourself
Anna Forrester, a debut picture book author, sings the praises of critique groups, morning pages, and conversing with yourself in today's Author Spotlight post.
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Writing “Things to Do” Poems: It’s All About the Action Words!
Today's Author Spotlight includes some poetry with Elaine Magliaro, author of the new book, THINGS TO DO.
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What Trouper (The Three-Legged Black Lab) Has to Teach About Poetry
Meg Kearney provides us with some ways to teach poetry in the elementary school in today's Author Spotlight post.
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Reimagining Mentor Texts: A Collaborative Process
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to write a professional book for teachers alongside a friend? Lynne R. Dorfman and Rose Cappelli show us how it's done in today's Author Spotlight post.
