Today is Tuesday which means it is time to write your Slice, share your link, and give at least three comments to other bloggers. Don't forget to click on some unfamiliar names in the list of Slicers and get to know some new bloggers! If you are on Twitter, don't forget our new hashtag: #sol16.
Join Our Writing Community!
Calling all educators! Whether you're thinking about joining our writing community or coming back for your ninth March writing challenge, please take a few minutes to read this post. (NOTE: There's a change about who can participate in the individual challenge this year.)
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Should Educators Be Writers?
Is it important that teachers who teach writing actually write?
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Dialogue in First Grade
See how these first graders added dialogue to their narrative writing.
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Student Writing Reflection
Young learners are fascinating. One minute they're focused and willing workers, seconds later they're playful and silly, but watch them with their parents and they become entirely different little people, and I am reminded of how young they are. It's for this exact reason I love working with our youngest learners. Their playful, innocent nature alongside the desire to be a "big kid" suits our job perfectly.
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Three Quick Tips for Small Group Strategy Lessons
Have you been super busy the past few weeks? I know I sure have been! So, I won't take up any extra of your time. Here are three quick tips for small group strategy lessons: Use your conferring notes, observations of kids, your on-demand assessment results, or latest samples of student writing to find 3-4… Continue reading Three Quick Tips for Small Group Strategy Lessons
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What Does it All Mean? Really?
Sometimes the place we land isn't where we belong, it is merely a place to pause before the real destination.
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Write, Share, Give – SOLS Tuesday
It's Tuesday which means it is time to write your Slice, share your link, and give at least three comments to other Slicers. I know so many of us have formed friendships through this community. We faithfully read each other's Slice of Life Stories each week. Don't forget to read some new Slices this week… Continue reading Write, Share, Give – SOLS Tuesday
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Putting the Exploratory Notebook into practice…with thanks to Ralph Fletcher
Putting the Exploratory Notebook into practice...
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Call For Volunteers: Will You Help?
The ninth annual March Slice of Life Story Challenge is just around the corner! Consider joining the team to gear up for the challenge that stretches the writers inside all of us. This year, we will once again be hosting two Slice of Life Story Challenges for the entire month of March. Stacey, Dana, Beth, and… Continue reading Call For Volunteers: Will You Help?
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Sometimes It’s Actually Not a Choice: Accountability in the Writing Workshop
My goal for the next few weeks is to pay close attention to kids when they leave the meeting area to start working. How many are actually trying out the new strategy? How many are going right back to their old habits? And what can I do to coach them to try new things?
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