My daughter says she wants to be a model. That’s a foreign language to this former northern Minnesota tomboy, though I did get my ears pierced this year and bought my first high heels. However, I’ve been a huge supporter of modeling for decades. The modeling I’m talking about is writing with your students.
We learn [...]
I’m between kid shifts this morning (the middle school kid off, the younger two about to get up), and I had a plan for a post. That shifted as I got an email from a teacher who heard me present at a librarian conference.
She said…
I attended your morning session. Thank you for presenting and sharing [...]
I’m not one who loves organizing. I know it helps, and I’m actually quite good at it, but it’s painful. So I find shortcuts, develop checklists, use templates, and delegate. I’ll share those as we go, but let’s start right at the beginning.
I can’t tell you how many teachers have talked with me about how [...]
When I was little, I hated black licorice and watermelon. Adults handed them over like they were treats. Could I have ice-cream instead? Nope. So I stared at these “gifts,” picked at them, tried to like them, and grew to hate them even more.
Writing from someone else’s idea is about as appealing to me as [...]
Years ago I heard Jim Trelease say “Reading is input, writing is output.” As one of those teachers who integrated writing into everything (even math exit slips before recess), I was resisting. That year my friend Lynn decided to do her own experiment. Known for having successful first grade writers, she went the reading-first route. [...]
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