2012 is coming to a close. Chanukah ends today, but I'll still be busy preparing to celebrate my five year wedding anniversary and my daughter's upcoming second birthday. Ruth and her family are getting ready to celebrate Christmas. Therefore, unlike past Decembers, we're taking some time off from blogging here at Two Writing Teachers. A… Continue reading A winter recess (of sorts).
A moose, penguins & book giveaways
This Moose Belongs to Me and Baby Penguins Everywhere are new books with strong messages that contain craft moves we can teach young writers.
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Writing Unapologetically
One of the lines from the Voices Strong class mantra, taught by Christy Rush-Levine is Write Unapologetically. I love these two words side-by-side standing for genuine marks on the page. Today, I planned to write a blog post right now, in the rich moments of the morning. I've been planning this writing time for weeks… Continue reading Writing Unapologetically
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A national tragedy impacts all of us.
I don't want to imagine receiving an automated phone call from my child's school telling me there has been a shooting there. That's what happened today in Newtown, CT after a gunman entered Sandy Hook Elementary School and began shooting. When I heard there was a school shooting today in Connecticut, I immediately thought about… Continue reading A national tragedy impacts all of us.
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Informational Writing Can Be Informational Learning: A Guest Blog Post by Christopher Lehman
Students’ informational writing can change dramatically when we include an extra step in between: 1) take notes, 2) experiment with those notes by teaching-through-writing, 3) write a draft.
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12.12.12
It's a special date today. Never again in our life time will the month, day, and year be identical. My daughter's school had a special 12-12-12 celebration. At home, we celebrated Andy's birthday. So in honor of 12-12-12, I've decided to make a list of 12 reasons I believe in writing workshop. 1. Stories change… Continue reading 12.12.12
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Having trouble seeing TWT Facebook posts?
A couple weeks ago it came to my attention that one of our readers wasn't seeing Two Writing Teachers pop up in her Facebook News Feed. That prompted me to check our stats, which made me discover that the amount of clicks we had from our Facebook page to our blog had dropped in recent… Continue reading Having trouble seeing TWT Facebook posts?
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Serve Up Your Slice Today!
Last Tuesday, Betsy wrote this at the top of her slice of life post: Serve up your slice over at Two Writing Teachers with Stacey and Ruth. Do you know how much I loved that? I liked her play on words so much that I asked her if I could use it over here sometime. … Continue reading Serve Up Your Slice Today!
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More on the Writing Continuum
It's late, but I promised to post more about the writing continuum work in fourth grade. Thankfully one of the fourth grade teachers has already documented the early work on her blog. Click here to know more about the writing continuum we started. Plus, here's a favorite quote of late regarding conventions. "English usage is sometimes more… Continue reading More on the Writing Continuum
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The Focus It Takes to Write
While I've thought of myself as a great multi-tasker for years, I recently found that my multi-tasking was preventing me from completing writing. If I get lucky enough to be home for my daughter's nap time, then I'm constantly racing against the clock to get a multitude of things done during her nap. And, if… Continue reading The Focus It Takes to Write
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Interactive Modeling — An Author Q&A
Interactive Modeling: A Powerful Technique for Teaching Children teaches us how to use interactive modeling to teach a variety of classroom routines, behaviors, and skills in an engaging way that shows students what to do while providing them with a safe space to practice.
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Formal Language Continuum
There's way more to this story than what I can process and write tonight. So this is a post with a promise. I'll share the more of the thinking soon. I'm working with a group of grade 4 teachers to create some meaningful learning experiences with conventions for Tier 2 intervention. It has been incredible… Continue reading Formal Language Continuum
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