We spend a week or so sharing stories, and building excitement for writing stories. We hand out notebooks with fanfare, and writers happily personalize them. They brainstorm ideas for stories they could write.… Continue reading 
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By: Lisa Keeler,
on 9/9/2016
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By: Tara Smith,
on 10/3/2015
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By: guestteacher,
on 9/23/2013
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By: Stacey,
on 8/31/2008
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By: Stacey,
on 8/21/2008
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By: Stacey,
on 8/15/2008
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By: Lisa Keeler,
on 9/9/2016
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By: Tara Smith,
on 10/3/2015
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October is here! We’ve been in school for just about a month now, and our writing workshop has moved from its early stages of uncertainty and experimentation to let’s-get-down-to-it writing routines...
By: guestteacher,
on 9/23/2013
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Jenny Maehara believes poems are wonderful as a launching point for writing because students can write many poems in a unit and feel like prolific writers from the start. Find out how students can learn the habits of writers and the routines of writing workshop while crafting meaningful pieces using a balance of different details and thoughtful structure in Jenny's guest blog post.
By: Stacey,
on 8/31/2008
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Aimee Buckner’s Book, Notebook Know-How, is an excellent resource for providing kids with strategies for generating notebook writing. Since many folks who took our poll asserted that they wanted more info on units of study, I figured I’d post a minilesson of mine that is based off of Buckner’s Best and Worst Life Events [...]
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By: Stacey,
on 8/21/2008
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I was asked, by Ro, about my Strong Emotions/Skittles Lesson. I normally don’t post minilessons I write in this forum for several reasons (one of which is that it doesn’t align with the mission statement Ruth and I composed for this blog). However, this one is a bit out-of-the-box. Hence, I am [...]
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By: Stacey,
on 8/15/2008
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Yesterday was our day to work on Writing Workshop at our school’s Summer Institute. My colleagues and I revised our launching unit from last year since it was filled with too many collecting strategies. The calendar we put together is based-off of the work of Vopat, Davis & Hill, Calkins, Buckner, Fletcher, and [...]
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