Dave Eldridge & I have been working on a personal essay unit in his sixth grade class. As the week went on, I’ve gotten more & more excited about this unit of study.
Dave wanted to included the opportunity for students to interview their family members from another generation. At first I wasn’t sure how this [...]
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Each and every Sunday I create my News & Announcements Charts for the week (i.e., for Morning Meeting). I just created one that I really like for this-coming Friday. It looks like this:
The #1 reason I like this chart is because of the geography tie-in. (Just thought of doing this since I [...]
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A few folks have left comments asking for resources for teaching persuasive letter writing. I promised to post the rubric I created once it was finished. It’s now complete and can be downloaded by clicking here. Once you to the landing page, just scroll down and click on the and downloading [...]
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I’ve always been prone to putting reminders, poems, and more on my students’ desks through the years. I’ve rarely received a complaint from a student about this, but I’m sure there are some who feel as though their space might be cluttered.
On Friday I did something powerful… kind of in honor of Poetry Friday. [...]
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Kelly at Big A little a has some wonderful blogging about the topic of “writerly matters.” Do check it out if you want to do some more thinking about the ‘basics’ I’ve sometimes neglected, in the past as a teacher of writing. I’ve grown to think more about it with each passing year [...]
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