I've been thinking about why young writers struggle with personal narrative and realistic fiction writing.
Writing Our Way to Goodbye
Today is my last day of school! My third grade students and I have been writing our way towards goodbye over the last few weeks.
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Reflecting & Raising Clarity: Parent Communication
I began to see what my parent communication was missing. The families have various opportunities to see what we do in first grade, but I have not provided consistent access to the thinking and rationale behind my teaching practices.
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Welcome to SOL Tuesday!
Writing isn't magic, yet your writing can only exist with you.
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Show Up and Do the Work
A lesson from Kate DiCamillo
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SUMMER LEARNING PLANS
As I looked ahead and began to attempt to set goals for the upcoming school year I realized I needed a plan. What is your summer learning plan?
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Literacy Coaches: Three Ideas for Next Year’s Goals
Are you a literacy coach? Here are three ideas to try next year.
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Writing with Emotion: A Review of Ida, Always
Ida, Always is a gentle and honest picture book for helping young children deal with and talk about loss. It's also an excellent mentor text you can use in writing workshop.
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Respect, React, and Write–My Three Reflections
Three important reflections inspired by teaching poetry to fifth-grade writers
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Summer Writing: A Confession and a Goal
All of us at Two Writing Teachers are thinking about and planning for summer writing. Summer writing inspiration for our students and summer writing goals for ourselves. Kathleen wrote this fabulous post about using QR codes to support students' summer notebook writing. Beth shared inspiration in her recent Summer Writing Bucket List post. And Melanie reflected on… Continue reading Summer Writing: A Confession and a Goal
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Welcome to SOL Tuesday!
Let your stories flow from your mind to your fingers and let them all surprise you.
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Go-To Digital Tools for Writing Workshop
Digital tools can transform your teaching by allowing students to have a writing community beyond the classroom walls, be innovative, make meaningful connections to other writers and students, have more resources readily available, and have true, authentic reasons for writing.
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