I remember now why it is important to keep a reader's notebook.
Information Writing: Upping the Ante on Text Features
It's likely that in many writing workshop classrooms, the year is launching with narrative writing. Coming just around the bend, perhaps very soon for teachers who began the school year in early August, is expository writing. The first expository unit may come in the form of any one of a multitude of types of essay units, or perhaps, in… Continue reading Information Writing: Upping the Ante on Text Features
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Okay, But What Would You Do?
This week has been full of writing workshop conundrums and dilemmas!
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Chalk-A-Bration: Poetry and Chalk Celebration
Celebrate Chalketry on the last day of each month!
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Would You Like a Slice of Life T-Shirt?
Do good while professing your love of Slice of Life Story writing. All proceeds from the sale of this t-shirt will benefit the Pajama Program.
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Setting up the reading journal for a year of writing about reading
Ever since I began teaching, my students’ reading journals have been as much “the gateway to all the work we will be doing from September to June” (to borrow a phrase from a post I wrote about writing notebooks) in reading workshop, as their writing journals are in writing workshop. On the first day of… Continue reading Setting up the reading journal for a year of writing about reading
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Back to School
I've culled the TWT archives for posts you might want to read during the first month of the school year.
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You don’t have to write, you get to write.
After your students decorate their writer's notebooks and you review your expectations, the notebooks go home. This is exciting! Who doesn't love writing in a new notebook?!!? I'll tell ya, there are plenty of students who aren't enthralled with the idea of writing at home every night since they don't think they have anything to say… Continue reading You don’t have to write, you get to write.
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A Peek Inside My Writer’s Notebook
Launching writer's notebooks by giving kids a peek into my own
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Beginning a Year of Teaching Writing with Reflection
What goals will you set for your practice this year? Here are a few suggestions.
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Minilessons: It’s All About the Link
It's all about the link. Make sure your minilessons link to ongoing work. Link to making choices. Link to all the other minilessons. Link to the charts and resources in the room. Most of all link your minilesson always to problem solving and independence.
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Kindergarten Writing Workshop: The First Weeks
What is the breakdown of your first two-three weeks of workshop? Here's a peek into my plans for my kindergarten students.
