It takes more than a new writer's notebook and preferred writing utensils to get kids writing! Teaching students a variety of strategies to generate writing in their notebooks is helpful if we want them to view their writer's notebooks as both a workbench and a playground.
Creating Community: Our Favorite Things
One of my favorite things about writing workshop is building a strong community of learners. Today's post highlights some of my favorite ways to create community in my third grade class. How do you define community? How do you build community in your writing workshop? Be sure to leave a comment for the chance to win the giveaway!
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
It's Tuesday, and TWT Blog is in the middle of a blog series about Our Favorite Things. Slice of Life is definitely on that list!
Leveraging Grade Level Changes: Our Favorite Things
Each year brings new challenges, new students, and sometimes a new grade level. No matter where our teaching careers take us, we often have tried and true favorite things that stick. Those best things from one group of writers can impact the adventure with your new age-group!
An Overview of “Our Favorite Things” Blog Series
The Two Writing Teachers co-author team returns this week with a blog series we hope you’ll find affirming and inspiring. We want to bring you back to the things we love most about the workshop model. Read more to learn about our upcoming blog series and the giveaway, which is being donated by Heinemann.
Tuesday Slice of Life
It's Tuesday! Time to write, share and give!
Tuesday Slice of Life
It's Tuesday! We are so glad you are here to write, share and give!
Tuesday Slice of Life
It is Tuesday! We are so glad you are here to write, share and give!
Tuesday Slice of Life
It's Tuesday! Time to write, share and give!
Tuesday Slice of Life
Join us today for a Tuesday slice! Share your Slice of Life.
June/July Vacation
Summer is here, which means our team is taking a break from now through August 1st. (Well, except on Tuesdays. We always share stories on Tuesdays.)
Tuesday Slice of Life
Join us today for a Tuesday slice! Share your Slice of Life.

