Stacey’s WN Entry: September 11th
Today is September 11th. My heart aches to be back in the City that I stood in on Tuesday, September 11th, 2001. I will never forget the words, “A plane flew into the… Continue reading
Today is September 11th. My heart aches to be back in the City that I stood in on Tuesday, September 11th, 2001. I will never forget the words, “A plane flew into the… Continue reading
Here’s my chart for tomorrow’s LOOKING AT YOUR PLACE Activity. I’ve been contemplating modeling for them, but I’m leaning more towards a guided practice where I take them through the entire exercise step-by-step,… Continue reading
Take a look at the way my students personalized their writer’s notebooks today. Each one of their Moleskines different from each other; just as they are all different from one another.
DonorsChoose is giving existing teacher-users who refer other teachers $100 towards their referrals for referring others. If you signed up for DonorsChoose as a result of the post I wrote last week, would… Continue reading
There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing. ~ Isaac D’Israeli Stacey’s students are getting their very own moleskine writer’s notebooks today & I… Continue reading
You’ve heard of Poetry Friday (and some folks even know of Poetry Thursday) and blog carnivals. We’re going to be starting something very similar to both of those here at Two Writing Teachers.… Continue reading
Monday is the day when my students will get their Moleskine Writer’s Notebooks. One student originally said on Wednesday, “What if I don’t want to use that one? Can I use the spiral… Continue reading
I just read a nifty article on Scholastic.com about teaching kids how to add voice to their writing. Click here to read it.
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My colleague, Tammy Hess, gave this poem to me to put in my writer’s notebook. It’s one she gave all of her students. One seventh grader replied, “You copied these just for us?” Sweet,… Continue reading
I’m going to be putting these little buttons, as well as the Bagert poem on notebooks, inside my kids Moleskine Notebooks, which they’ll be decorating on Monday. I showed my students their new… Continue reading
During the 2005 – 06 school year I had a student who needed a new pencil every day. We have communal supplies in my classroom, so I had more than enough to give… Continue reading
My fourth grade colleague and I have decided to share the photocopying responsibilities. Since my week is next week, I went to her today to find out if she’d be interested in having… Continue reading
A couple of months ago I blogged about Web 2.0 and the “Did You Know” Video. I thought it was worth mentioning again, so here’s the video. If you haven’t watched it yet,… Continue reading
Pat Werner, my amazing Literacy Coach from my first year of teaching, told me about DonorsChoose, an organization that matches teachers in need of funding with citizen philanthropists, in the fall of 2004.… Continue reading
Last week I met with a group of teachers in a study group and we began with a writer’s notebook entry of all the things we love about the start of school. In… Continue reading
In Stacey’s last post (right below this one), she wrote, “So what I’m taking away from today is . . . “ and I thought, what a good reflection for the end of… Continue reading
I had a really great first day of work. I learned a lot. The first thing I learned is that fourth graders are way different than fifth graders. Here’s what I mean. My… Continue reading
I’m up super-early today. Not because I live a gagillion miles from school, but because I’m so excited to meet my new class. Hence, in order to curb my nervous energy, I went… Continue reading