It’s Slice of Life Tuesday!
Join fellow Slicers at NCTE by filling out the form for a meetup in Denver. Even if you're not attending, share your slice of life story link by leaving a comment.
It’s Slice of Life Tuesday!
Join fellow Slicers at NCTE by filling out the form for a meetup in Denver. Even if you're not attending, share your slice of life story link by leaving a comment.
04.11.2025 05:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Morphology in Minutes: Ready-to-Go Tip
Morphology doesn’t require lengthy lessons. A few intentional minutes can transform how students see and use words. These easy, ready-to-use ideas and linked activites will help you bring morphology to life in any classroom K-8.
Morphology in Minutes: Ready-to-Go Tip
Morphology doesn’t require lengthy lessons. A few intentional minutes can transform how students see and use words. These easy, ready-to-use ideas and linked activites will help you bring morphology to life in any classroom K-8.
03.11.2025 10:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
You Don’t Have to Have All the Answers
Lighten your mental load by placing more agency in your writers’ hands. Here are simple ways to empower your writers and make your life easier.
You Don’t Have to Have All the Answers
Lighten your mental load by placing more agency in your writers’ hands. Here are simple ways to empower your writers and make your life easier.
31.10.2025 09:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Making the Case for Paper Charts (Plus Some Tips)
Charts have become less common in the classroom as slides become more prevalent. But paper charts serve specific purposes that slides can't serve. Here’s why we all should be making more charts.
Making the Case for Paper Charts (Plus Some Tips)
Charts have become less common in the classroom as slides become more prevalent. But paper charts serve specific purposes that slides can't serve. Here’s why we all should be making more charts.
30.10.2025 10:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It’s time for Slice of Life Tuesday!
Please join our writing community and share your slice of life story today!
It’s time for Slice of Life Tuesday!
Please join our writing community and share your slice of life story today!
28.10.2025 04:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
When Reggio Meets Writing Workshop
Working in a Reggio-Emilia-inspired school has allowed me to see writing workshop practices through new lenses, bringing greater depth to the art of teaching writing, to how students and teachers collaborate, and to the power of documenting student learning.
Working in a Reggio-Emilia-inspired school has allowed me to see writing workshop practices through new lenses, bringing greater depth to the art of teaching writing, to how students and teachers collaborate, and to the power of documenting student learning.
27.10.2025 10:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What Should Live on Your Classroom Walls?
Discover how purposeful, student-centered signage transforms learning environments and get practical tips for making every sign count.
What Should Live on Your Classroom Walls?
Discover how purposeful, student-centered signage transforms learning environments and get practical tips for making every sign count.
23.10.2025 09:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join Us for Slice of Life Tuesday
Please join us today in sharing a slice of life story!
Join Us for Slice of Life Tuesday
Please join us today in sharing a slice of life story!
21.10.2025 04:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Call to Collaborate
The co-authors have been brainstorming ways to strengthen the collaboration and connections between each other and also between readers. Our ultimate goal is to re-kindle and energize the writing lives of teachers and students.
A Call to Collaborate
The co-authors have been brainstorming ways to strengthen the collaboration and connections between each other and also between readers. Our ultimate goal is to re-kindle and energize the writing lives of teachers and students.
20.10.2025 22:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Mat Man”: Reflective Practice
What is the value in "teaching" children how to draw a person, even before they may start to draw figures on their own?
“Mat Man”: Reflective Practice
What is the value in "teaching" children how to draw a person, even before they may start to draw figures on their own?
20.10.2025 09:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Timely Tricks for Tight Transitions
Looking for ways to maximize your writing minutes? Tight transitions, built on a foundation of smooth routines, help pave the way to more productive writing time.
Looking for ways to maximize your writing minutes? Tight transitions, built on a foundation of smooth routines, help pave the way to more productive writing time.
16.10.2025 09:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A Trajectory to Duplicate: These Poems Were VERY Good Things
As part of their writing unit launch and identity unit. I worked on poems with fourth-grade students that were inspired by Derrick Barnes’ I’m Every Good Thing. How much fun did I have!
A Trajectory to Duplicate: These Poems Were VERY Good Things
As part of their writing unit launch and identity unit. I worked on poems with fourth-grade students that were inspired by Derrick Barnes’ I’m Every Good Thing. How much fun did I have!
13.10.2025 09:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It’s Tuesday: Time for Slice of Life!
Please join us today in capturing a slice of life! Write. Share. Give.
It’s Tuesday: Time for Slice of Life!
Please join us today in capturing a slice of life! Write. Share. Give.
07.10.2025 04:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Finding Wider Audiences for Student Work
Children pursue their passions in many ways, like music or art lessons, clubs, and sports. It's natural for kids to want that for their writing. Here's a resource for students who want their voices heard by a wider audience.
Finding Wider Audiences for Student Work
Children pursue their passions in many ways, like music or art lessons, clubs, and sports. It's natural for kids to want that for their writing. Here's a resource for students who want their voices heard by a wider audience.
06.10.2025 09:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Reimagining Immersion
Give students a voice from day one. Starting a unit with shared writing helps students see the process, practice the craft, and approach their own writing with clarity and confidence.
Reimagining Immersion
Give students a voice from day one. Starting a unit with shared writing helps students see the process, practice the craft, and approach their own writing with clarity and confidence.
02.10.2025 09:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Purposeful Teaching Shares, Lasting Impact
The teaching share may take only a few minutes, but its impact is lasting. When we close writing workshops with self-assessment, communication, and reflection, we show students that writing is never done—it’s a cycle of noticing, trying, refining, and reflecting.
The last five minutes of writing workshop can feel easy to skip. But when the teaching share is structured through self-assessment, communication, and reflection, it can change everything. Students become more fluent in speaking about their process. How do you usually end your writing sessions?
29.09.2025 10:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hands in the Air: How Gestures Support Writing Instruction
Gesturing serves as a powerful tool connecting brain and body, while reducing the cognitive load during the writing process.
Hands in the Air: How Gestures Support Writing Instruction
Gesturing serves as a powerful tool connecting brain and body, while reducing the cognitive load during the writing process.
25.09.2025 09:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
One Topic Writers: The Importance of Interest in the Writing Workshop
What do we do when a student wants to write about the same topic every day? Let them be! Keep reading to explore why interest is so important for our student authors.
One Topic Writers: The Importance of Interest in the Writing Workshop
What do we do when a student wants to write about the same topic every day? Let them be! Keep reading to explore why interest is so important for our student authors.
22.09.2025 10:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Turn It Up: Using Rap in the Classroom
The co-authors of Rap It Up! Discuss how rap can span the curricula to support standard skills in English/language arts, social studies, music, and SEL (social-emotional learning). Rap’s rhythm, rhyme, and wordplay develop literacy, expand vocabulary, strengthen reading fluency, and build confidence in oral expression. At the same time, rap’s cultural relevance fosters student engagement and inclusivity.
Turn It Up: Using Rap in the Classroom
The co-authors of Rap It Up! Discuss how rap can span the curricula to support standard skills in English/language arts, social studies, music, and SEL (social-emotional learning). Rap’s rhythm, rhyme, and wordplay develop literacy, expand vocabulary,…
18.09.2025 09:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Rights of a Writer
A short belief statement inspired by Daniel Pennac.
A short belief statement inspired by Daniel Pennac.
08.09.2025 09:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Start, Stop, Continue, Remember: A New-Year Exercise
At the start of the school year, I often get overwhelmed with ideas to implement in my teaching. This year, I’ve decided to apply a thinking exercise to my own goal-setting. I’m sharing my ideas here, and I’d love for you to consider doing the same alongside me.
Start, Stop, Continue, Remember: A New-Year Exercise
At the start of the school year, I often get overwhelmed with ideas to implement in my teaching. This year, I’ve decided to apply a thinking exercise to my own goal-setting. I’m sharing my ideas here, and I’d love for you to consider doing the…
04.09.2025 09:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
