It's rare for me to read the "Sunday Business" section of The New York Times. I'm more of a "Sunday Review," "Sunday Styles," front section, "Metropolitan," "Travel," and "Book Review" (in that order) kind of person. However, as I was searching for the "Sunday Review" section this past weekend, the "Sunday Business" section's front page… Continue reading Getting Ready for the Tenth Anniversary of September 11th
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Labor Day
In honor of Labor Day, I'm writing a little post about the kinds of "labor" I expect to see in writing workshop. Early on in the school year, it's important to define student and teacher roles in writing workshop. With the holiday, this may make a perfect minilesson in your workshop this week. The teaching… Continue reading Labor Day
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Texting in the Middle of the Night
I recently accepted "friend requests" from some of my former students who are now in high school. I've found myself playing the role of parent more than once, telling them to go to sleep (when I was up late feeding my daughter), to watch their language, and to think before they post a status update… Continue reading Texting in the Middle of the Night
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GUEST BLOG POST: How Can I Be A Teacher of Writers?
Deb Day has been teaching English and reading classes in northeast Iowa since 1989. In her current position she teaches speech, creative writing , ninth grade English, and coaches contest speech. She is married, the mother of two, grandmother of six, and is owned by Chloe, a one and a half year old Golden Doodle.… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: How Can I Be A Teacher of Writers?
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Going “Back to School”
Some teachers have been back to school since August 1st, while others head back after Labor Day. By looking through our site stats I've noticed a lot of people are searching for terms that relate to the beginning of the school year. Therefore, I thought I'd take a few minutes to point you to some… Continue reading Going “Back to School”
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Be a writer. It matters.
Today I met with a teacher who said these words to me: I don't like writing. I really don't like writing. Give me math all day long every day and I'm happy, but don't make me write. I appreciated her candidness. I love it when teachers are honest with me and I'm always humbled that… Continue reading Be a writer. It matters.
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Letting Them Teach Me
I'm sorry, I just realized I missed a blog post last Wednesday. Yes, I know it's been nearly a week, but the truth is I just realized it. Oops. So on to the post... I am so excited to be in a third grade writing workshop. A colleague has agreed to let me experiment a… Continue reading Letting Them Teach Me
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Giveaway Winners for Leslie Patricelli Books
Thanks to everybody who entered Be Quiet, Mike and Leslie Patricellie Board Book Three-Pack Giveaways. Candlewick Press will be sending the following books to the following people who left comments on the Boss Baby Post. (If you missed the interview with Leslie Patricelli, then click here to read it.) Be Quiet, Mike! goes to Kristy… Continue reading Giveaway Winners for Leslie Patricelli Books
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GUEST BLOG POST: Weaving the “Slice of Life” Routine into Writing Workshop
Tara Smith teaches writing workshop, Language Arts and Social Studies to sixth graders at a middle school in suburban New Jersey. Before she was a teacher, she was an editor first at the Cloverdale Press and then at Macmillan. She blogs at “A Teaching Life” (at http://tmsteach.blogspot.com/) and continues to slice away at Two Writing… Continue reading GUEST BLOG POST: Weaving the “Slice of Life” Routine into Writing Workshop
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Interactive Charts
Taking Kristi Mraz's chart-making course at the July Writing Institute was so helpful to me. Kristi really got me thinking about having a take away item (made with a post-it note) that you can hand to kids if they need a reminder to do something. In addition, she encouraged the use of illustrations on charts. … Continue reading Interactive Charts
