Haven't done one of these for awhile...but these words from Katie Wood Ray in her book WRITING WORKSHOP: WORKING THROUGH THE HARD PARTS AND THEY'RE ALL HARD PARTS have been tumbling around in my mind. It’s funny, but as they’re learning about writing workshops, my teacher education students almost always say at some point in… Continue reading Words that are Speaking to Me
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Approaching Common Core + PARCC
Yesterday I heard James Kofi Annan tell his story of child slave to business man to freedom fighter for the children in Ghana. Check out this CNN video for a taste of what I had the privilege of hearing first hand. His story moved me and compelled me to think about how I can use my corner… Continue reading Approaching Common Core + PARCC
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Princess to the Rescue – Giveaway Winner
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.
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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
