It's the first Tuesday of the year, which means that many veteran slicers may be sharing their "One Little Word." Whether or not you participate in the OLW tradition this week, share a link to your writing. While you're at it, visit other sites to share some comment love.
A Little More Voice in Writing? Yes, Please
Templates and organizers are effective scaffolds for many writers as they navigate their learning of sentence, paragraph, and compositional writing. And, along that pathway, exists the challenge of incorporating their voice, cadence, and interest into their writing.
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Tiny January: A Simple Plan to Train for SOL
I’m thinking about writing challenges the way runners think about races: you don’t just show up; you train. In this post, I’m treating January as a practice season for March, focusing on consistency over perfection. One sentence a day. Low stakes. Building trust in my writing muscles. If you’re feeling the nudge to write too, come train alongside me.
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Tuesday Slice of Life
Your final slice of #SOL25!
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Tuesday Slice of Life
It's Tuesday! Come slice with us today.
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Proactive Pathways for Engagement
At my NCTE presentation, I shared strategies for boosting writing engagement, using the ICEL Framework as a guide. Some key recommendations include increasing involuntary student participation, being flexible with curriculum demands, fostering a supportive writing community, and getting to know students as writers and people.
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Tuesday Slice of Life
Welcome to Tuesday's Slice of Life!
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Where’s The Evidence: What to do When Writers Don’t Know
How can we prepare for the complexity of writing instruction and the roadblocks for students? We can create question sequences that help us prepare for the side-by-side conversations as writers develop and create.
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Why Transfer Doesn’t Happen on it’s Own–and How to Teach for It
For years, I wondered why students weren’t applying word study, reading, or writing strategies across the day—until a mentor asked me a simple question and everything clicked. Here's how you can bring that clarity to your classroom, too.
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Tuesday Slice of Life
Join us today for a Tuesday slice! #SOL25
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Finding Home and Building Voice: How Picture Books on Moving and Belonging Inspire Young Writers
Discover how picture books about moving, belonging, and new beginnings can help students find their voice as writers and build empathy in the classroom.
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Adding Workshop Elements to Non-Workshop Curriculum
If you teach with curriculum that isn’t workshop based, but know that those missing workshop elements would increase your students’ writing development, then it’s time to “workshopify” the curriculum!
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