Starting With What Matters Most · writing workshop

Active Authentic Audience: Starting with What Matters Most

Once an audience is established it becomes omnipresent in your classroom, the effects aren’t limited to the one sharing; they reach the community as a whole.

BLOG SERIES: Starting with What Matters Most in Writing Workshop · community · giveaway · writing workshop

New Blog Series: Starting with What Matters Most in Writing Workshop

Over the next eight days, my friends and I at Two Writing Teachers will share what goes into developing writers who work with agency, purpose, and independence in our Blog Series: Starting With What Matters Most. Set a reminder or mark your calendars, you won't want to miss a day of these timely posts.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

It’s Tuesday! Write. Share. Give.

Welcome to Slice of Life Tuesday! Write a slice of life. Share your link. Give at least 3 comments on other posts!   Stacey Shubitz, TWT's Chief of Operations and Lead Writer, recently published Craft Moves: Lesson Sets for Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts. Stacey will be hosting a book club to read and discuss… Continue reading It’s Tuesday! Write. Share. Give.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

It’s Tuesday! Write. Give. Share.

Write a post. Share your link. Give at least 3 comments to other Slicers! Children's author and writing teacher, Amy Ludwig Vanderwater, has an amazing site called Sharing Our Notebooks. If you are feeling stuck for an idea, this is the place to go! I used this site for writing inspiration for my students for their… Continue reading It’s Tuesday! Write. Give. Share.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

It’s Tuesday! Write. Share. Give.

Time to post your Slice of Life!

Slice of Life Story Challenge

It’s Tuesday! Write. Share. Give.

  What can you shine a light on that others might not be seeing? What is your unique story to tell? Today is the day to share! Please write your slice, share your link, and give three comments. Presentations As Dana wrote last week, Two Writing Teachers is on a short blogging break for the month… Continue reading It’s Tuesday! Write. Share. Give.

Slice of Life Story Challenge · summer vacation · vacation · writing workshop

July Blogging Break

Announcing a short pause in our regular blogging schedule

conventions · grammar · writing workshop

Micro-Workshop: Making Time for Conventions and Grammar

How do you find time to put a focus on the littlest pieces of our writing to create big pieces of work?

Slice of Life Story Challenge

It’s SOL Tuesday!

Writing takes bravery and a willingness to take a risk. Today is your day to be brave.

storytelling · writing workshop

Three Tips for Summer Storytelling Practice

Whether you tell stories with the children in your life, or share stories with other adults, these tips will get you started and keep you going all summer long.

conferring

Why Confer?

Six educators make the case for conferring with students regularly.

charts · mentor texts · poetry · writing workshop

Have Charts, Will Travel. Mentor texts? Even better!

My last post was about some of the reflections that I want to remember when I teach any genre of writing, but I also wanted to share more of our poetry workshop and some of the amazing poems students wrote during our time by the lake. Teaching poetry in an outdoor education setting to fifth-grade students is… Continue reading Have Charts, Will Travel. Mentor texts? Even better!