mission accomplished.

by Ruth Ayres

I have goosebumps because our mission is already being accomplished! Well, for today at least!  One of our goals for this blog is:  To bring writing teachers together to share ideas and stretch each other’s thinking.… Read More →

the gift we give.

by Ruth Ayres

Sharing.  What a gift!  I had the pleasure of spending last week with 25 teachers who were concentrating on becoming more effective writing teachers.  I’m a firm believer in one of the best… Read More →

My Writing Teacher Goals

by Stacey Shubitz

Angela Redden got me thinking about all of my goals for the upcoming school year. I thought this would be a brilliant place for me to articulate my writerly goals, so here goes.… Read More →

One notebook or many?

by Stacey Shubitz

Last week I blogged about a Recipe for Conferring Success. I’ve done some more thinking about it in recent days and am left pondering the following questions for myself as a teacher of… Read More →

Poetic Inspiration from Photos

by Stacey Shubitz

I was inspired by Cloudscome to post some photographs. I want to actually challenge myself to write some poetry about the photographs I took over my long weekend. Perhaps you’ll be inspired to… Read More →

WN Entry: Collecting Seashells at the Seashore

by Stacey Shubitz

We just returned from Cape Cod and Nantucket where I had the privilege of spending some time at the seashore breathing in the fresh, clean, New England Air. Ahhhh! We walked to Brandt… Read More →