Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 16 of the March SOLSC! #SOL22

This week is sometimes a challenge. Keep the momentum going!

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 15 of the March SOLSC! #SOL22

Today is day 15 of the challenge and has our final tip of the month!

writing workshop

How to Get Kids to Write More Each Day

How can we support kids with reading and writing for longer stretches of time? If you are feeling like engagement and stamina are a challenge in your classroom, you are not alone.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 14 of the March SOLSC! #SOL22

This week is sometimes a challenge. Keep the momentum going!

Slice of Life Story Challenge · writing workshop

Day 13 of the SOLSC! #SOL22

We're on Day 13 of the 15th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge! You're almost a third of the way there!

Slice of Life Story Challenge · writing workshop

Day 12 of the SOLSC! #SOL22

It is Day #12 of the 15th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge! Woohoo! We are moving along in our month of writing!

Slice of Life Story Challenge · writing workshop

Day 11 of the March SOLSC! #SOL22

Welcome to the eleventh day of the 15th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge! By now, you may be in a writing groove! It’s also Friday, and the second Multi-Lit Friday of the year. This is an opportunity for participants who write in other languages to share their slice of life stories in another language.

play · storytelling · writing workshop

It’s Time for Play and Fun!: Storytelling in Writing Workshop

It’s March. If your schools are anything like mine, you are slogging through the remnants of a long winter, all while gearing up for a season of standardized testing. Kids of all ages still need play and fun. I don’t know about you, but my kids always seem to do a bit better when some of each is incorporated into my lessons. I’ll share some ways to bring joy into writing workshop.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 10 of the March SOLSC! #SOL22

Welcome to the tenth day of the 15th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge! We are moving into the double digits!

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 9 of the March SOLSC! #SOL22

Welcome to the ninth day of the 15th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge!

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Day 8 of the SOLSC! #SOL22

It's Day 8 of the 15th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge! Woohoo-- the second week!!! How's it going?

lessons learned from students · poetry · reluctant writers · writer identity

The Power of Writing Identity

I was in a fifth grade classroom in February during writing workshop, and a student flagged me down, eager to share her work. Now this is a student who (historically), I have been much more likely to encounter reading on the sly than writing during workshop.