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Word Boxes

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Inspired by Donovan’s Word Jar and motivated by my school’s vocabulary initiative, my students created word boxes yesterday with foam letters yesterday afternoon. These boxes are meant to be kept at home (though… Read More →

November 1st

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November, and especially November 1st, always feels like a bit of a let-down after experiencing the fun of Halloween. Here’s a poem that I feel captures what kids, especially, feel like on November… Read More →

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The Last WNW of the Month

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Please click here to submit your WN Entry today. Or, if you don’t have a blog, then just post your entry as a comment under this post. THANKS! Click here to read Ruth’s… Read More →

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Stacey’s WN Entry: They don’t grow back in twosies-twosies

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I started doing it when I was 24. I vowed to stop doing it about 100 times. I’m 30 now and I’m still doing it… I pull out any gray hair that sprouts… Read More →

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More thinking about “writing about reading”

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Thank you to everyone who made me do some thinking about “writing about reading” today. Using the TCRWP’s old binder of lessons for this unit of study, I think I re-crafted a unit… Read More →

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Going Beyond a Reading Response Journal

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Today was the first day that I had my students write about their reading in our read aloud. I asked them, “Is it possible for a child to change the society in which… Read More →

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Reacting to the World

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One of my students e-mailed me a few hours ago asking me if I read a piece of her writing that she gave to me (to read) on Thursday. I read it and… Read More →

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Credentials

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I checked the mail today and was happy to see something other than bills inside. I received my NCTE National Convention Credentials today. Although the program wasn’t included in the envelope, there was… Read More →

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Putting it out there

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I just sent ten of my former students, who’ve expressed an interest in doing independent writing projects going-forward, an iomoi invitation to consider joining me to work on a manuscript for a sequel… Read More →

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A List Poem for Poetry Friday

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As I’ve stated many times, I’m not a great poet. It’s an area I’m trying to improve upon. However, how hard is a list poem, right? Well, here goes my shot at a… Read More →

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Getting Organized

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My colleague Kate keeps everything in binders. I originally didn’t understand why since I have an elaborate filing system on my computer. I just find what I need and print it. And then… Read More →

Mathematical Rubric Writing

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Today my kids and I co-authored a rubric for the math project they’re working on. While I wanted 4, 3, 2, and 1 for the scoring, three-quarters of them stated they wanted it… Read More →

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Writers’ Window: Another place for young writers to get published!

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Check out Writers’ Window, which is a website that publishes student work as long as the child follows the submission guidelines. BTW: One of my students began reading New Moon Magazine for Girls… Read More →

Writer’s Notebook Wednesday: It’s baaaaaack!

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Please submit your posts using Mr. Linky or by leaving your post in the comments section so others can read your writing and get inspired by it. Thanks! Ruth’s Entry: Click here. Stacey’s… Read More →

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Stacey’s WN Entry: Not quite a poem and not quite a list

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Here’s my submission for Writer’s Notebook Wednesdays. P.S. This is that notebook I was going to do all of the recopying into.

Writer’s Prompts

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I received a supplement with my students’ Time for Kids Magazines today. It was called “Writer’s Prompts: 36 Great Writing Ideas! Great writing starts with a great idea.” I’ve chosen to upload and… Read More →

Empowering the Voices of Ten Girls from East Harlem

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I’ve had a few inquiries (personally and online) about how I went about publishing DEAL WITH IT! Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women with my former students. Well, I wrote a proposal on… Read More →

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How do Notebooks Fit into the Writing Process

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A Time for Meaning – Notebooks in the Writing Process, originally uploaded by teachergal. This graphic is from Katherine Bomer’s Key Note Address at the 2006 TCRWP Summer Institute on the Teaching of… Read More →

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I’m finally using it today!

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I’m finally using that notebook. You know, the one with all of the recopied entries, today in my WW Demo. (Here’s an image of the entry.) However, since 2005 I’ve added a few… Read More →

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Stand up for something… don’t just deal with it!

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My father and I were talking on the phone the other night… He suggested that I spearhead an effort, with my former students, that would lead to a sequel to DEAL WITH IT!… Read More →

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