Engaging Reluctant Writers
The topic of reluctant writers in our classrooms has come up multiple times throughout the semester. We have heard of so many ways to...
Watermelon vs. Seed Stories
We watched a first grade writing workshop that helped students understand writing with focus, rather than writing with a lot of different...
Technology in the Classroom
How is technology being used in the classroom? Currently, in our Pre-K classroom, our students are using technology constantly. We have a...
What Could You Do With an Author Highly Associated with Music, Poems, and Writing?
Do you have one or more students who are reluctant writers, and seem to be having trouble finding what interests them? We have come...
Sharing
Breaking Down The Writing Workshop Ch.15: Sharing Have you ever seen a student read something in front of the class that makes things...
The Writing Workshop: Ideas
The Peace Book by Todd Par (Click on the book cover to be redirected to Amazon.com for bibliography info and to purchase the book!) First...
The Writing Workshop: Endings
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff (Click on the book cover to be redirected to Amazon.com for bibliography info and to...
The Writing Workshop: Focus
Based on the book, Chicken Soup With Rice by Maurice Syndak, this writing workshop was created for 3rd graders. (Click on the book cover...
Virtual Class
The idea of having a "virtual class" made me want to further explore the different technology options out there that can benefit both...
The Writing Workshop: Detail
In Craft Lessons: Teaching Writing K-8 by Ralph Fletcher, we chose to focus on the topic of detail, more specifically, "Using Details to...
