Sometimes information writing sounds like a list--teach students strategies to add voice and elaboration as they teach readers.
Finding Time: With Craft Moves on The Poem Farm
Poetry month in my opinion (and my students’) is a celebration of writing! It’s a time when we writers welcome new beginnings and hone the art and crafting of our writing skills. I watch my students take wings and write with grace and confidence during poetry month.
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SOL Tuesday
It's Tuesday...Consider allowing nature to be your inspiration this week. Write, share, give feedback to other writers!
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Making Writing Appropriate, Precise, and Effective
Melissa Stewart, award-winning author of more than 180 nonfiction books for children, shares her thinking about the revision process in nonfiction writing.
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2017 SOLSC Prize Winners
Are you ready? It's the 2017 March SOLSC prize winners!
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SOL Tuesday
It's Slice of Life Tuesday...come share a slice. We'd love to have you write, share, and give feedback to other writers!
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A Writing Workshop Learning Walk
As much as I try to flatten the walls of my classroom using technology, the truth is there are still walls. It is me and 25 third graders, and most recently, a fabulous student teacher. Still, the walls are there and often I don't get to see other teachers in action. Last month, I had the opportunity to remedy that problem for a day.
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A Writing Greenbelt + a Giveaway
I've known Joy Write, Ralph Fletcher's latest book that debuts today, was coming for awhile since he interviewed me about the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge, which he writes about in one of the book's chapters. But when I had the opportunity to read his new book in its entirety, I was amazed by the possibilities I saw Ralph present to transform young writers' attitudes towards writing through low-stakes writing.
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A Learner-Driven Classroom & Writing Workshop
Moving to a learner-driven classroom has changed my role in the classroom and writing workshop. As a teacher in a learner-driven classroom, I have stepped back to observe the learner.
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SOL Tuesday
It's Slice of Life Tuesday! Those of you feeling withdrawals from the March Slice of Life Story Challenge, breathe a sigh of relief. Come one, come all, come slice...
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Changing Tack: Learning from a Writing Conference
It's great to be prepared when we are conferring with our writers. However, being 'prepared' and being 'present' are not the same thing...
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SOLSC Participant Pledge
Congratulations! You have completed the 10th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge. You have already reaped the benefits of this challenge: you have developed a daily writing habit, you have become a valued member of a writing community, you have shared stories from your life, and you have honed your writing craft. That being said,… Continue reading SOLSC Participant Pledge
