With our Slice of Life Story Challenges just around the corner, there is still time to encourage friends and colleagues to create their blogs and get ready to join us as we "write, share, give" in the month of March. I have two colleagues who seem almost ready to take the plunge, and one who is… Continue reading WRITE, SHARE, GIVE: SOL TIME
Valentine’s Day Writing + a Book Giveaway
Valentine's Day is on Friday! Consider doing a read aloud to inspire your students to write poems, comic books, or short stories they can give to a special friend or close family member in lieu of a box of chocolates. Here are five books that will inspire primary, upper elementary, and middle school writers to craft writing that expresses heartfelt emotions.
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In The Beginning…Writing in Preschool
“Children’s play helps them focus on common problems in the format they know best: story." Vivian Gussin Paley
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Giving Students Choice in Note Taking
Tomorrow marks the last of our research days in writing workshop. When we return to school next week, my sixth graders will begin the process of sifting through their research and drafting their feature articles. As I helped my students gather their notes together and put them away in their writing folders, I could not… Continue reading Giving Students Choice in Note Taking
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Teachers! Join the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge in March
Calling all Classroom Teachers! Are you looking for a way to inspire your students and infuse your writing workshops with energy and enthusiasm? Look no further. The Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge is here.
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Making Paragraph Decisions
We wondered if we could offer the students some revision possibilities. We wanted to help them see that there are countless ways to paragraph.
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Write, Share, Give: SOL Time
Dear SOLSC writing community, We, at TWT, have been gearing up for our annual March Slice of Life Story Challenge, for some time now. March is drawing closer with every passing day. Taking part in the March challenge is both a treat (you get to write everyday - with instant, positive feedback!), and a challenge… Continue reading Write, Share, Give: SOL Time
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Be a teacher who writes. Join the SOLSC!
We'll host the 7th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge, which will begin on March 1st. In the upcoming weeks, we will provide you with information about the support team, prizes, and the second Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge. For now, here's basic information, for new and returning participants, to help you get energized for our March writing challenge.
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ICYMI: A Recap of This Week’s Blog Series, Writing About Reading
Our second blog series has come to an end. This post wraps up the Writing About Reading Blog Series. Also, we'd like to invite you to our Twitter Chat on Monday evening 8:30-9:30 EST.
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Writing About Reading: Opinion Writing in a K-1 Collaboration
Everything from interactive, shared and letter writing, to opinion pieces. This K-1 collaboration started with reading!
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Writing about reading: offering students choice in reading responses
When I first began teaching, Nancie Atwell’s In The Middle was my go to PD book for all things to do with reading and writing workshop. I modeled so many of my teaching practices on what I learned through that book and through a few workshops with Nancie. More than anything else, I wanted to… Continue reading Writing about reading: offering students choice in reading responses
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Writing About Reading in the Writer’s Notebook
The writing a child crafts about a book or an article in her writer's notebook often holds a lot of meaning or value to her. This kind of writing about reading isn't about finding the main idea, making predictions, or intertextual connections. Rather, this writing about reading is usually composed in response to something that affected a child so deeply she had to write about it on her own terms.
