Thanks to everybody who entered The Boss Baby Giveaway. Simon & Schuster Children's Books will be sending the following books to the following people who left comments on the Boss Baby Post. (If you missed the original post about The Boss Baby, then click here to read it.) A copy of The Boss Baby goes… Continue reading S&S Giveaway Winners
Literacy for All — Tomorrow!
We'll be presenting at at the Literacy for All Conference tomorrow. Our presentations are will be at 10:30 and 3:30 p.m. If you're planning to be at either of the presentations, then please introduce yourself to us. We always enjoy meeting other bloggers!
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Words that are Speaking to Me
If the story is in you, it has got to come out. --- William Faulkner
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Parent Communication
As we venture into teaching writing in authentic ways, it is important to communicate with parents our teaching decisions. When using technology in writing and reading workshops, communication with parents becomes imperative. When Christi began tweeting, she communicated this addition to their learning with parents. She also encouraged parents to follow their tweets and to… Continue reading Parent Communication
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Goal + Giveaway: Bullying Series
Games bring people together. Soccer is no different. Goal, which is written by Mina Javaherbin and illustrated by A.G. Ford, is a story about a group of South African boys who come together to enjoy a pick-up game of soccer despite a group of bullies who try to steal their brand-new, federation-size soccer ball. Readers… Continue reading Goal + Giveaway: Bullying Series
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Quality Writing Comes When Students are Invested in their Projects
A few weeks ago we talked about audience in Christi's second grade workshop. During sharing, students sat in a circle and each shared the audience for their current WIP. When it was Allie's turn she said, "Eve Bunting because I want to write a book like her." This was a very different answer than her… Continue reading Quality Writing Comes When Students are Invested in their Projects
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Twitter in Classrooms
One of the first people I addressed in a tweet was @CAFirstGrade, Julie Simmons' first grade classroom in Ohio. They were using Twitter via an iPad during their independent writing time. Later in the week, they tweeted during shared writing using a SmartBoard. It was fun to tweet with them and gain insight into their… Continue reading Twitter in Classrooms
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Teaching Tolerance: Bullying Series
Even though we "fell back" to standard time overnight, my body woke me up extremely early this morning. Fortunately, my New York Times was already waiting at the foot of my driveway when I came downstairs for an earlier-than-normal breakfast. In my typical Sunday morning fashion, I saved the first section of the paper to… Continue reading Teaching Tolerance: Bullying Series
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Words that are Speaking to Me
Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong. --- Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever Sarah Dessen shared about her writing process this week on her blog. Any tidbits I can learn about the twisty-chaotic-magical nature of the writing process, makes me understand writing more deeply. This is… Continue reading Words that are Speaking to Me
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Answers to a Variety of Workshop-Related Questions
When Ruth and I present, we always leave time for teachers to turn and talk. Our Monday morning session at KSRA was much smaller than our Sunday afternoon session, which meant we could walk around and listen-in to the teachers who were talking with each other. A variety of workshop-related questions were asked of me… Continue reading Answers to a Variety of Workshop-Related Questions
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Boss Baby + Giveaways: Bullying Series
This post is the first of four posts I'll be writing this month about bullying-related literature you can use with your students. Click here to learn more about this special series on bullying. Be sure to check out the giveaway Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division is doing this week for readers of this blog… Continue reading Boss Baby + Giveaways: Bullying Series
