It's the third Tuesday in February, which means we're rapidly approaching our month-long writing challenge. Gear up by sharing a slice of life story with our writing community today.
How do I confer with ALL students regularly?
In many classrooms, it's hard to equitably distribute one's time among the students. There are always a few kids who need more attention. Here are seven ways you can use to ensure all of your students have the opportunity to confer with you on a regular basis.
Share this:
Share this:
Wait Just a Second!
What if I told you that you could drastically improve student engagement and learning in just a matter of seconds and with little to no prep time? You can with the power of WAIT TIME!
Share this:
Share this:
Quick & Fun Lesson Closures? Yes, Please!
Embrace the thrill of trying something new. Know that doing so doesn't require abundant time, energy, or preparation. Small shifts have a real impact on classroom energy, enthusiasm, and engagement. How do you add variety, joy, and/or playfulness to lesson closings?
Share this:
Share this:
We’ve Got Anchor Papers…Now What?
Have you ever found yourself with student anchor (exemplar) papers and not known what to do with them? Today's post provides several ideas for using student writing in powerful ways for assessment, instruction, and communication.
Share this:
Share this:
Slice of Life Tuesday
It's Tuesday! Please join us for Slice of Life. Write your slice of life story, share it by posting the permalink on TWT, and leave comments for others.
Share this:
Share this:
ICYMI: Amping Up Agency Blog Series Recap
Today's post wraps up our week of learning from the Amping Up Agency Blog Series and announces the winner of the book giveaway!
Share this:
Share this:
Transferring Agency from School to Home: Amping Up Agency Blog Series
If you are looking for ways to increase a young writer’s agency at home–either as an educator or as a parent–here are some things you might want to consider.
Share this:
Share this:
Empowering Students with a Kid-Friendly Tool for Self-Assessment: Amping up Agency Blog Series
When students can articulate how they have grown as writers and can name the strategies they’ve used, we help see that they can do it again next time.
Share this:
Share this:
Tools and Resources That Support Student Agency in the Kindergarten Writing Workshop: Amping Up Agency Blog Series
You've probably heard a young child say, "I can do it all by myself!" in one breath, and then in the next breath they are asking you for help. As children make sense of the world and learn how to do more things for themselves, they crave structure and support from adults. Providing children with a variety of tools and resources and teaching them how and when to use them, supports students in developing a sense of "big kid-ness" and agency over their own writing.
Share this:
Share this:
Five Read Aloud Books for an Agency Study: Amping up Agency Blog Series
I’ve put together a text set of newer picture books to explore the concept of agency with kids. Imagine how it might look across a week to read these books aloud, co-creating an anchor chart with similarities between the actions of the main characters. What might we anticipate writers noticing? What connections might kids make to writing workshop? How might these characters serve as mentors as we collectively build our writing workshop, ensuring it is a place where each writer is encouraged and challenged to make decisions, to initiate the action they need to move their writing work forward?
Share this:
Share this:
A Writer’s Choice: Amping Up Agency Blog Series
It is by making choices that students build agency within our workshops and learn how to navigate the struggles that all writers encounter.
