Welcome to the Slice of Life Story Challenge. Here are few quotes for inspiration. Enjoy! When I write, my mind’s not filled with visual imagery. It’s filled with language. Words. I seek words, I chase after them. When I write I’m trying to put the most beautiful words in the world down on paper. ~Cynthia… Continue reading Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Independent Writing Blog Series Starts Now!
Today launches our Independent Writing Blog Series! Join us all week long as we write about writing projects, summer writing, getting published in the real world, multi-genre projects, pulling back to let kids write on their own, and much, much more! Also join us for a Twitter chat on Monday, May 12 at 8:30pm EST with the hashtag #TWTBlog.
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In my writing workshop: it’s finally time for photographs and digital stories.
At last August’s Summer Institute, Cornelius Minor, teacher extraordinaire and staff developer at TC’s Writing and Reading Project, gave an unforgettable presentation on technology in the classroom which I wrote about on my blog “A Teaching Life”. I left TC full of good intentions about infusing my sixth grade Writing Workshop with technology, and using… Continue reading In my writing workshop: it’s finally time for photographs and digital stories.
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Words Come Alive
How do you make words come alive? In third grade we talked about description and details making our words visible to the reader.
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Five on Friday
Five things I'm reading, enjoying, and thinking about this Friday.
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First Graders Get Crafty
First graders use a mentor text to get crafty during a unit on informational writing.
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How Are You Living Your OLW?
How are you living your One Little Word?
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It’s SOL Time
“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ― Louis L'Amour
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The Meaning of Maggie Book Review + Win a Copy of a Fabulous Read
Soon-to-be-released The Meaning of Maggie by Megan Jean Sovern is a lovely book that offers plenty of opportunities to study high-level character development.
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Top Ten Ways to Keep Minilessons from Turning into Maxilessons
We've all been there. You've gathered your students into the classroom meeting area, nice and cozy, with the intention of doing just a quick l'il minilesson. Just a quick tip about writing and off they go, right? Maybe just a quick little demonstration? With a tiny bit of practice? Oh, and a chart... you'll need… Continue reading Top Ten Ways to Keep Minilessons from Turning into Maxilessons
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A Special Visitor
No need to adjust your glasses, that's Barry Lane and he spread his message throughout my school this week.
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Revisiting the Writer’s Notebook with “Revision Centers”
The last quarter of the school year signals a time of mixed feelings - the year is almost over, and even though we look forward to restful summer days, there is the sadness of knowing that this particular group, this classroom family, will never be together in the same way again. There is a lot… Continue reading Revisiting the Writer’s Notebook with “Revision Centers”
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