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Raising Readers and Writers: June 2015
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Raising Readers and Writers. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Writing Teachers Learning from the Process. Thank you to Two Writing Teachers for hosting Slice of Life Tuesday. Please visit their site. To read and comment on other Slice of Life stories. When I met with the writers, I had my own editors (who've been doing this editing thing a long time) swirling around in my head. I worried that I wouldn't be able to give valuable feedback to move people forward. What if someone didn't like what I had to say? Over t...
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Raising Readers and Writers: Missing The Chaos Slice of Life Story
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Raising Readers and Writers. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Missing The Chaos Slice of Life Story. Thank you to Two Writing Teachers for hosting Slice of Life Tuesdays. Please visit their site. To read and comment on other Slice of Life posts. I snapped photos of each puppy sleeping in various. Parts of the house after a hard afternoon of playing. The house has quieted. Settled from the flurry of. The quiet invites peace,. And yet leaves a hole. Yearning for the next time. Filling our house with. They werent al...
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Raising Readers and Writers: Continuing My Learning Journey #sol15
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Raising Readers and Writers. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Continuing My Learning Journey #sol15. Thank you to Two Writing Teachers. For hosting Slice of Life Tuesdays. Please visit their site to read and comment on other Slice of Life stories. If I could be a professional student, I would do it in a heartbeat. Today was one of those days filled with great conversation, meeting new people, and lots of learning. It started innocently enough. A few weeks ago, Cathy. About Dr. Bill Kist's. All learners bring expe...
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Raising Readers and Writers: October 2014
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Raising Readers and Writers. Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Why Blog with First Graders. Thank you to Two Writing Teachers for hosting Slice of Life Tuesday. Please visit their site to read other Slice of Life stories. There are so many wonderful stories out there. Yesterday, I was lucky enough to experience first graders receiving their first comments on their blog. As Mrs. Klochak brought up the site, an immediate murmur began winding its way among the students. I could hear giddy whispers of "Six&...I rea...
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“Play — Learn — Write” Rethinking Informational Writing in the Primary Grades – By Michelle Bamrick | growingeducators
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COLLABORATE. INNOVATE. EDUCATE. 8220;Play Learn Write” Rethinking Informational Writing in the Primary Grades – By Michelle Bamrick. May 28, 2015. As a primary teacher, I spent many years assigning research reports to my budding writers. Year after year, I faced the same problems. First, books and articles were simply too challenging for many of the readers to access making it difficult to pull information from the text. As I shifted into becoming a workshop teacher. With a workshop philosophy. The resea...
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The Playful Classroom: Leveraging the Rules of Improv to Promote Engagement, Community, and Creativity — By April Nickell | growingeducators
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COLLABORATE. INNOVATE. EDUCATE. The Playful Classroom: Leveraging the Rules of Improv to Promote Engagement, Community, and Creativity By April Nickell. June 17, 2015. In my previous blog post. I discussed the important benefits of play in the lives of children and looked at the definition of play. An essential quality of play is that it is spontaneous. In this post, I look to improv principles and games to support classroom engagement, build community, and foster creativity. Improv Rule #2: Don’t negate.
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Thinking Stems...: A Simplistic View...week 7
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Real words from reading, wondering, and reflecting. Sunday, February 15, 2015. A Simplistic View.week 7. Over the past two weeks I have been committed to my guided reading notes. I wanted to make sure. That I was keeping it simple, but yet recording information that would inform my instruction for the next day. This process was well worth the ride, especially at the mid-year point of the school year. Is my feedback focused on a specific learning target or strategy? Lower rates of depression. Better psych...
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Raising Readers and Writers: May 2015
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Raising Readers and Writers. Sunday, May 24, 2015. Each week, Margaret Simon hosts DigiLit Sunday where educators share how they are using digital tools in their literacy classrooms. Please visit her site for some great ideas. Next came the opportunity to work with Troy Hicks (again through CAWP). Troy's first book, The Digital Writing Workshop. Last summer brought another opportunity for me to grow. I happened upon CLMOOC. Margaret Simon has issued a DigiLit Sunday challenge. Saturday, May 23, 2015.
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Raising Readers and Writers: Digital Reading What's Essential #cyberPD
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Raising Readers and Writers. Saturday, July 11, 2015. Digital Reading What's Essential #cyberPD. I am joining educators from all over as we read and discuss Bill Bass and Franki Sibberson's Digital Reading: What's Essential for Grades 3 - 8. Hosted by Cathy Mere. If you are interested in reading more, stop by the Google Community. To read and comment on others' reflections. I found a Wonder. That goes with our science curriculum to demonstrate my thinking as I read. I used Explain Everything as my to...