It's Tuesday! Time to write, share and give!
A Seasonal Pause & Best Wishes
The Two Writing Teachers Team is taking a short winter recess. This post shares a preview of some things to come in 2022!
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
It's Tuesday! Time to write, share and give! PLEASE watch today's video announcement and read the post before sharing your slice!
Getting Craft-y: Using Art to Teach Writing
"If kids see writing as just another avenue of self expression, if they realize that craft and skill are necessary for all areas of self-expression, then perhaps they might use these understandings as a foundation for their writing."
Targeting Instruction to Meet Writing Challenges
Just as hoses tend to kink, so do the writing processes of students, leaving teachers to figure out where those kinks are and what the effective twist will be in order to get those students writing.
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
It's Tuesday! Time to write, share and give! PLEASE read the announcements in today's post!
3 Reasons to Try Word Ladders!
Have you tried Word Ladders with your students? Here are three reasons you might want to!
Ruminating Process Alongside Kidlit Creators: Centering Our Why
As we move forward this season, near concluding a challenging 2021, I aim to respect the messy writing process for myself. We will share with our students over and over that getting your ideas out doesn’t have to look one way; that they can move forward and backward and around again. They can toss out ideas and start anew. And while I do that, I’ll hold Jasmine and Olugbemisola’s thoughts close: as educators, let’s not stifle by virtue of supposed tos. There’s no wrong way. The final product need not look the way we initially imagined.
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Join us every Tuesday for our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge!
Co:Writer
Learn more about a word prediction tool that can assist writers with Dyslexia as they draft, revise, and edit their writing.
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Join us every Tuesday for our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge!
The Faces of Data
To become more intentional about our students, our principal invited teachers to write three facts they know about each student in their classroom. Of the whole class, teachers chose five students to be curious about.

