Day 2 of our 31-day writing challenge! Join us by writing your slice of life story, sharing the link in the comments, and commenting on at least three other Slicers' stories. Let's keep the momentum going!
Day 1 of the March SOLSC #SOL24
WELCOME! This post is where you link up for the first day of the 17th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge. Please read the entire post, especially the announcements, before you share the link to your slice-of-life story.
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Tools for Demonstration and Feedback: Leveraging AI for Writing Miniseries
In this three part miniseries, Leah, Sarah, and Melanie will share powerful ways teachers can leverage Artificial Intelligence for writing instruction. Today, Sarah shares tools to use during a unit.
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Share Your Story Today!
Today is the final SOL Tuesday before the 17th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge begins on Friday.
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Why Our Strongest Kindergarten Readers Are Not Always Our Strongest Writers: Straight from the Classroom
It can be tricky or confusing when there is a wide disparity between a student's reading and writing abilities. The most important thing is that we don't assume that just because a child is far along on their reading journey, that they should be just as far along on their writing journey.
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Paper Choices: From the Archives
Paper choices have been a topic our co-author team has tackled for many years. Explore posts from the archives.
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Preparing for a Unit: Leveraging AI for Writing Miniseries
In this three part miniseries, Leah, Sarah, and Melanie will share powerful ways teachers can leverage Artificial Intelligence for writing instruction. Today, Leah shares planning tools for teachers who are preparing for an upcoming unit of study.
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Join Us for Slice of Life Tuesday
Join us today to kick off the preparations for the 17th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenges, which will begin on March 1, 2024. Additionally, discover how you can utilize Apple's Shortcuts and Google's Routines to effectively schedule dedicated writing time every day throughout March.
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Research Roundup #ICYMI: Build Your Expertise
We have reached the end of our series on digging deep into research and building your expertise. We hope you enjoyed our week of posts! Check out this recap, research roundup, and giveaway winner reveal.
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Examining Purpose in Young Children’s Writing: Build Your Expertise
Examining the evidence around what young children do when they write will lead us to better understand their conscious and unconscious purpose. We can also look at how teachers and caregivers nurture a social environment, giving purpose to children as they do this work.
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Collaboration and Community in the Writing Workshop: Build Your Expertise Blog Series
Social interactions are embedded throughout the workshop with practices like conferring, peer revision, and opportunities to share and celebrate throughout the writing process. Read today's post to find out how research supports the social aspects of writing.
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Oral Language: Build your Expertise Blog Series
When judging the effectiveness of oral language in my instruction, it's one thing to consider anecdotal evidence. It's another to rely on data to demonstrate I'm engaging in best practice. Fortunately, empirical research supports oral language as a component of writing instruction. and there are ways of incorporating that knowledge into teaching.
