I just said good bye to a former student (who is now a friend) and her fiance after they had dinner with us. She loves to write and is planning to become a teacher, primarily because of her experience as a student in Writing Workshop (which could be a post all on it's own!). Tonight… Continue reading I {Heart} Writer’s Notebooks.
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Ruth’s Memoir Monday: Getting Laney.
Earlier this week I wrote a quick write in my writer's notebook about getting my cabbage patch kid. (Last week for Memoir Monday, I toyed with the So What? of writing about Laney.) I thought I'd get it scanned and then posted in that format, yet, it just hasn't happened. So, because it's nearly Poetry Friday… Continue reading Ruth’s Memoir Monday: Getting Laney.
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Storyboards.
This summer I heard Penny Kittle speak about using storyboards. This week I've tried them out in classrooms. They aren't all that different from one of the ways I talk to kids about planning. I encourage them to think in scenes & then sketch in their notebook a flow chart of sorts, using pictures and… Continue reading Storyboards.
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Yo-Ho-Ho, A Pirate’s Life for Me!
Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day (link takes you to Wikipedia; here is the official site). Next to Christmas, this may just be my favorite! 🙂 A little known secret is that I'm an avid pirate-lover. I love all things Pirate (except for the baseball team)! Today my little family of five is celebrating. … Continue reading Yo-Ho-Ho, A Pirate’s Life for Me!
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Poetry Friday: An Original Acrostic.
With the start of the year, I've noticed several teachers having students use their names to make acrostic poems. I was reminded of a post Stacey wrote * about encouraging meaning in acrostic poetry. So, on my drive to work this morning, I composed one. I had to dig my notebook out of my bag and… Continue reading Poetry Friday: An Original Acrostic.
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fierce wonderings
Fierce wonderings is a term coined by Ralph Fletcher in his book A Writer's Notebook, which if you don't have, you need to go straight to Amazon.com & order it! I've been privileged to be a part of the launch of writer's notebooks in Christi Overman's second grade class. In the above slide show, you'll see… Continue reading fierce wonderings
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Collecting Ephemera at the Primary Level.
Now here's a cool idea for all of you primary teachers who want to tap into the power of writer's notebooks without each student actually having a writer's notebook. Plus I think it could also be a tool for the rest of us wanting to focus on the ephemera surrounding the daily lives of ourselves… Continue reading Collecting Ephemera at the Primary Level.
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Poetry Friday: Writer’s Notebook
Here's a poem from Ralph Fletcher's book, A Writing Kind of Day. Writer's Notebooks My brother Tom says he's a hundredaire with two hundred fifty dollars in his bank account. Dad's a thousandaire. I gave baby Julia two pennies so now she's a pennyaire. When I look at Julia her little bald head reminds me… Continue reading Poetry Friday: Writer’s Notebook
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Writer’s Notebooks, Art Journals, Scrapbooking, Blogs???
Liza Lee Miller said: Okay . . . here’s a question for you. As a teacher, as a writer, as an artist . . . what is the difference between a Writer’s Workbook and an Art Journal. My mother and sister keep art journals and ephemera is a huge part of that for them. I… Continue reading Writer’s Notebooks, Art Journals, Scrapbooking, Blogs???
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My Thoughts on Writing.
One of the initial writer's notebook entries I ask that we create in the BWWT (I'm so sick of typing: Beginning Writing Workshop Training) is to think about our past writing experiences. Yesterday, here's what flowed out of my pen. Please understand this was a quick writing time and in it's raw form: I think I have… Continue reading My Thoughts on Writing.
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What’s on your heart?
Yesterday a fourth grade classroom I work with kicked off their poetry study by mapping their hearts (sans Georgia Heard). Stacey & I did this a few months ago for WNW. This is a great way to kick off poetry in the intermediate grades, because it allows a focus on emotion. As Fletcher says, "Poetry… Continue reading What’s on your heart?
