Slice of Life Story Challenge

It’s Slice of Life Tuesday!

WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog. SHARE a link to your post in the comments section. GIVE comments to at least three other SOL bloggers. Today's inspiration comes from a recent J. K. Rowling tweet.  I love this because I am reminded that I'm not alone when I struggle to select… Continue reading It’s Slice of Life Tuesday!

back to school · gratitude · growth mindset · inspiration · LIWP · plan book · Reflective Practice · writing workshop

Writing: A Path to Become an Intentional Educator

What if there was a way to build in opportunities to reflect, in writing, about my teaching right in the place where the lesson plans reside? And what if that place could also offer daily inspiration and opportunities to set positive intentions for the week ahead?

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Protecting Student Writing Time

My students won’t become writers just because I want them to be writers. Writers need to wallow in new information, time to let all the words, ideas and questions wash over them, connect with their schema, and let the new information become their own.

presentations

You Can Find Us at #TheEdCollab Gathering Today

Beth, Dana, and Deb will be live at 1:00 EST today

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It’s a Boy! Share your Joy!

We have been on pins and needles over here at Two Writing Teachers as Stacey's due date approached. We have all been anxiously checking our email and text messages for news. Today we are so happy to announce the arrival of Stacey's son, Ari Frederic. Ari was born at 7 lb 14 oz and 20.5… Continue reading It’s a Boy! Share your Joy!

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Making Comparisons: A Little Glimpse at Discovering Similes

This week I've been checking and monitoring my students' work and making plans. I've been delving into some fun lessons from, The Big Book of Details by Roz Linder for inspiration and using them as exercises to spur revision techniques for mid-workshop lessons while we build our stamina. You can read a full review of the… Continue reading Making Comparisons: A Little Glimpse at Discovering Similes

outdoors

Writing in the Great Outdoors

The director at one school told me, "My main priorities are these: 1) being outdoors, and 2) reading and writing." My kind of place!

conventions · dialogue · editing · grammar · paragraphing · punctuation

Five Grammar Lessons With Sneaky Double-Duty Goals 

Check out these quick, easy grammar lessons that will clean up and power up your students' writing.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Welcome to SOL Tuesday

WRITE a slice of life story on your own blog. SHARE a link to your post in the comments section. GIVE comments to at least three other SOL bloggers. Inspiring words that are speaking to me today:

small group · writing workshop

Ideas for planning Small Group Instruction

Small group instruction is a powerful way to reach and teach more students in your classroom!

authors · writer identity · writers · writing workshop

Discovering and Developing Student Writer Identity

For writers to grow, they must develop writer identities. How do we help them do that?

family · writing workshop

Family Dialogue Journals

Can a Family Dialogue Journal help build stronger home-school connections through written conversation?