A meeting place for a world of reflective writers.
It takes more than a new writer’s notebook and preferred writing utensils to get kids writing! Teaching students a variety of strategies to generate writing in their notebooks is helpful if we want them to view their writer’s notebooks as both a workbench and a playground.
One of my favorite things about writing workshop is building a strong community of learners. Today’s post highlights some of my favorite ways to create community in my third grade class. How do you define community? How do you build community in your writing workshop? Be sure to leave a comment for the chance to win the giveaway!
It’s Tuesday, and TWT Blog is in the middle of a blog series about Our
Favorite Things. Slice of Life is definitely on that list!
Each year brings new challenges, new students, and sometimes a new grade level. No matter where our teaching careers take us, we often have tried and true favorite things that stick. Those best things from one group of writers can impact the adventure with your new age-group!
The Two Writing Teachers co-author team returns this week with a blog series we hope you’ll find affirming and inspiring. We want to bring you back to the things we love most about the workshop model.
Read more to learn about our upcoming blog series and the giveaway, which is being donated by Heinemann.
It’s Tuesday! Time to write, share and give!
It’s Tuesday! We are so glad you are here to write, share and give!
It is Tuesday! We are so glad you are here to write, share and give!
It’s Tuesday! Time to write, share and give!
Join us today for a Tuesday slice!
Share your Slice of Life.
Summer is here, which means our team is taking a break from now through August 1st. (Well, except on Tuesdays. We always share stories on Tuesdays.)
Join us today for a Tuesday slice!
Share your Slice of Life.
When it comes to generating ideas for information writing, my experience has been that some students freeze. There are two things I have learned about why this occurs.
What to keep, what to stop, and what to change? These are questions that I know I will continue to wonder about and discuss with colleagues. For me, the increased technological savviness, multimedia options, and clarity should continue to impact students’ experiences and outcomes in positive ways as I move forward in teaching and learning.
Join us today for a Tuesday slice!
Share your Slice of Life.
Are you looking for a professional summer read that will provide a plethora of ideas for how to improve the way you teach next year? Read on to learn more about Leah Mermelstein’s book, “We-Do” Writing, a book with many ideas for helping your students with their conventions, composition and application! Comment on this post for a chance to win your own copy.
The end of the school year is a highly important time for me as a coach. Read to find out the three really important tasks that I work hard to complete before school’s out for summer.
Join us today for a Tuesday slice!
Share your Slice of Life.
Consider this an invitation. An invitation to seek out the magic happening in your own environment. An invitation to fuel your writing life with small moments that help you to appreciate all that is worth writing about. An invitation to encourage a young writer (or a group of young writers) to do the same.
For Shaista Ashraf, the thought of teaching social studies not just as social studies, but through the minilessons of reading and/or writing workshop was daunting to start. But with some collaboration, sharing of ideas, and a thorough understanding of the units and sessions she taught, it became clear, lucid, and even enjoyable!
