Gratitudes

by Ruth Ayres

Oops, this was suppose to post yesterday. I’m thankful for . . . Silly jokes that make giggles come alive Ordinary moments captured with words Photos documenting life The privileged work of education A… Read More →

Living Like a Writer: Someday

by Stacey Shubitz

Yesterday morning I received a promotional e-mail from The Daily Planner, a company that sells oodles of interesting writerly supplies.  I perused around their site for a few minutes, find an “8 Days… Read More →

The Power of a Good List

by Stacey Shubitz

Naomi Leon keeps lists. Lots of them. However, she’s not real. Our students are real and quite frankly need to be taught the power in keeping lists. Over at my classroom blog, I’m… Read More →

POETRY FRIDAY: This sheet is for my class’s Morning Meeting

by Stacey Shubitz

Poetry Friday 030708 Originally uploaded by teachergal Every Friday we read a poem together. I found this one in a poetry book I just got and thought I’d share it with my kids… Read More →

100th Day of School

by Stacey Shubitz

Today was the hundredth day of school. As usual, I overplanned: The good news is that we got to all but two of these things. The bad news is that we never did… Read More →

Poetry Friday: Another Wedding One

by Stacey Shubitz

Another wedding poem… an original (of course) list poem. Debacles (that really don’t matter) In the end, who really cares that… My wedding ring got stuck on my finger the day before the… Read More →

Thanksgiving: A List Poem

by Stacey Shubitz

On this day, I am thankful for so many things. I figured I’d create a list poem, with my ideas clustered in stanzas, of what I am thankful for. (I decided not to… Read More →

A List Poem for Poetry Friday

by Stacey Shubitz

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 →

Gimmicks

by Stacey Shubitz

I’ve been known to use lots of gimmicky things to get kids to write in their notebooks. For instance, I’ll create mini-charts (aka: cheat sheets) of the large strategy charts I have hanging… Read More →

ruth’s wn entry: loving the start of school.

by Ruth Ayres

Last week I met with a group of teachers in a study group and we began with a writer’s notebook entry of all the things we love about the start of school.  In… Read More →

power of place.

by Ruth Ayres

Today in a fourth grade classroom, the teacher let me experiment (play) a bit. We focused on places for our notebook entries. After all of the wn entries Stacey & I have posted… Read More →

more on generating writing ideas.

by Ruth Ayres

Like Stacey, I think it’s imperative that kids have lists in their notebooks about writing ideas.  I think one of the most powerful lessons we can give students in regards to finding writing ideas… Read More →

WN Entry: Making A List

by Stacey Shubitz

I got inspired by Reflections from the Rockies‘ Post entitled “My Favorite Things About Colorado So Far.” Since a good deal of my students’ first couple weeks of Writing Workshos will revolve around… Read More →

before GO.

by Ruth Ayres

Pretty soon we’re going to be going at full speed as a new school year begins.  Before GO, though, there’s GET READY and GET SET.  Have you gotten ready, gotten set?  I know… Read More →

ruth’s wn entry: stories matter

by Ruth Ayres

One of the ways I’ve used this summer to grow is by noticing the small stories that are creating my life. These stories matter. Little did I know what an impact these little… Read More →