Special thanks to Second Story Press for sponsoring a giveaway of Claudia Souza’s book. Lisa Osterman was commenter #27, which was the random number generated (left). Therefore, she will receive a copy of Princess to the Rescue. If you missed the original post about this book, then click here to read it now.
GEARING UP FOR THE SOLSC: Create Your Own Blog
The 5th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge begins on Thursday, March 1st, 2012. Are you planning to participate to stretch yourself as a writer? Are you hoping to amass a lot of writing about slices of your life in a short amount of time? Are you thinking about participating in our month-long challenge so… Continue reading GEARING UP FOR THE SOLSC: Create Your Own Blog
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Reading Aloud Builds Better Writers
I'm consulting in a local school today where I've been working with the staff since August rolling-out interactive read aloud. Every two months the interactive read aloud text set reflects a particular social issue. Today we're preparing for the voice/silence text set, which teachers will begin in April. Each teacher, in grades K -… Continue reading Reading Aloud Builds Better Writers
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On the tough days…
I've been thinking about teachers on the tough days. You know those days. The days when you can barely lift your hand to high five kids on the way out (which may be a good thing because you don't really want to give them high fives anyway). When you're not sure you can make it… Continue reading On the tough days…
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Celebrating Versus Publishing
I've been percolating some ideas for the Celebrating Writers book Christi Overman and I are working on and expect to have out later this year with Stenhouse. We pretty much had it drafted, but then, looking back after letting it settle realized (due to the insight of our editor) that it just wasn't quite right.… Continue reading Celebrating Versus Publishing
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Another Way to Launch a Review Unit
Yesterday in Mr. Gause's third grade class, some incredible thinking was happening. This week we launched into reviews. Earlier in the week, he asked students to test different toy cars and then select the one they thought was the best. Then they met as a group and talked about their choice. Yesterday, during the minilesson,… Continue reading Another Way to Launch a Review Unit
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A Princess Saves A Prince + A Giveaway
One of the moms I met this past year coined a phrase I love. She says, "We do pink, but we don't do princess." If you've read some of my other posts about princess culture in the United States (Click here or here to read them now.), then you'll know that this other mom and… Continue reading A Princess Saves A Prince + A Giveaway
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Professional Development
I {heart} conferences. Do you? The thing is money is tight right now, making conferences a little more difficult to attend. So I'm excited to share with you TWO super reasonably priced conferences with incredible presenters in the field. Dublin's lineup includes: Eric Litwin and James Dean -- You know, the team behind PETE THE… Continue reading Professional Development
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A Seminar About Conferring
I'll be leading a seminar, "Conferring in Writing Workshop," on Wednesday, February 22nd at Penn State - Harrisburg. I'll be talking about conferring basics, as well as sharing strategies for implementing peer conferring in the classroom, and information about goal setting for each of the writers in one's class. If you find yourself in the… Continue reading A Seminar About Conferring
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The Book Stack: Cynthia Leitich Smith
One of our favorite reads is... The book is as great as it looks. I love the whimsical illustrations and the strong craft of the text. In fact, each time I read HOLLER LOUDLY by Cynthia Leitich Smith (and I read it multiple times each week), I find more craft moves to imitate. Right now I'm busy… Continue reading The Book Stack: Cynthia Leitich Smith
