Pressure Cooker Day

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Picture it: Two Writing Workshops in one day. Editing and publishing. My students finished their friendly letters in Writing Workshop today. I’m hand-delivering them to their pen pals tomorrow, so I wanted to… Read More →

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It’s that time again! Today is WNW!

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Please use Mr. Linky to link us to your writer’s notebook entry or just leave a comment with your entry pasted in to the comment box. We look forward to reading all of… Read More →

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ruth’s wn entry: grandma poems

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So, I’ve been trying to write a poem for my grandma to mail to her along with this photo.  Over a year ago she had a stroke & although it’s difficult for her to communicate,… Read More →

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Writing Shares

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One of my goals as a Writing Teacher this year was to have my students share notebook entries every Tuesday and Wednesday. Unfortunately, it’s not catching on as well as I would have… Read More →

quote for today.

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I copied this quote on an opening page of a writer’s notebook I started my first year of teaching.  I was reminded of it today at the end of the long day  –… Read More →

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WN Entry: A gift that really sticks in my memory

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My grandmother passed away nearly seven months ago. In the days prior to her death she was lucid. I tried asking her lots of questions about her life, but she was in pain… Read More →

more on key beliefs + a big thanks!

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Wow!  Thanks to those who have shared so far on their Key Beliefs when it comes to language arts.  If you’ve not viewed the comments — do so now!  Just click HERE.  So… Read More →

Updated Rubric and Checklist for Personal Narratives

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Even though the folks who commented on it said it was okay the way it was, I wasn’t happy with the rubric/checklist I created for my students to use for the personal narrative… Read More →

So you say that teachers of writing must be writers themselves, eh?

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I’ve found a common thread amongst those who’ve commented on Ruth’s Post entitled “Key Beliefs.” Nearly everyone has said that teachers of writing must be writers themselves. If that’s the case, then it’s… Read More →

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key beliefs?

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I’m a part of our district’s literacy task force.  At our last meeting we were assigned the task of writing a mission statement for the teaching of writing & reading within our district. … Read More →

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big week.

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Tomorrow starts a four day workshop that I’m leading.  It’s a basic introduction to writing workshop with practical tips on how to get started.  It’s filled pastthe brim with 31 teachers and has… Read More →

I’ve started collecting…

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Pages 3 and 4 of my collecting entry on Miketz Originally uploaded by teachergal …and this is some of what I have. I’m trying to take on this task methodically, by going through… Read More →

Letter Writing: On-Demand

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I created an on-demand assessment sheet for the friendly letter writing unit of study I’m doing right now with my kids. They’re going to have 40 minutes to quickly publish a friendly letter… Read More →

A writing challenge I volunteered for… and it’s going to be challenging!

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Every week my synagogue attaches a D’var Torah, which is an interpretation of the week’s Torah portion, to the weekly newsletter. I decided to volunteer to write a D’var Torah on the occasion… Read More →

Sketching the exterior of your school

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My students finished the NECAP Reading Test today. The sun also came out too. (I was on the verge of building an arc since there had been a lot of gray skies this… Read More →

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Poetry Friday Round Up

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So here it goes – The Brave who share their own words (or their students’) Elaine Magliaro at Wild Rose Reader John Mutford at The Book Mine Set inspired by bpNichol. MsMac at… Read More →

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WELCOME! Poetry Friday Is Here This Week!!!!

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Welcome to our blog! This is the first time we’ve ever hosted Poetry Friday here at Two Writing Teachers. We’re thrilled to have you join us for Poetry Friday. Please link your submissions… Read More →

DonorsChoose Challenge

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I started a BLOGGER CHALLENGE over at DonorsChoose.org yesterday in order to get some funding for writing into other teachers’ classrooms. Would you believe that someone already donated $100 towards one of the… Read More →

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becoming better.

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Today in a workshop, Carl Anderson emphasized the point of being intentional about approaching our conferring from the point of strength of the student. Basically, we learn what they are doing and help them… Read More →

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Feedback Request

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Checklist and Rubric Originally uploaded by teachergal I met with my grade-level colleagues today who, as always, push my thinking. Kate suggested creating a more kid-friendly rubric for the students to use on… Read More →

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