Day 4 of the March SOLSC #SOL26 We're four days into the SOLSC. Write. Share. Give.
Day 4 of the March SOLSC #SOL26
We're four days into the SOLSC. Write. Share. Give.
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Day 3 of the March SOLSC #SOL26 It’s day 3 of our 31-day writing challenge! Write your slice of life story, share your link in the comments, and comment on at least three other Slicers’ stories.
Day 3 of the March SOLSC #SOL26
It’s day 3 of our 31-day writing challenge! Write your slice of life story, share your link in the comments, and comment on at least three other Slicers’ stories.
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Day 2 of the March SOLSC #SOL26 Day 2 of our 31-day writing challenge! Join us by writing your slice of life story, sharing the link in the comments, and commenting on at least three other Slicers’ stories. Let's keep the momentum going!
Day 2 of the March SOLSC #SOL26
Day 2 of our 31-day writing challenge! Join us by writing your slice of life story, sharing the link in the comments, and commenting on at least three other Slicers’ stories. Let's keep the momentum going!
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Day 1 of the March SOLSC #SOL26 WELCOME! Use this post to share your link for the first day of the 19th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge. Please read the whole post, especially the announcements, before adding your slice-of-life story link.
Day 1 of the March SOLSC #SOL26
WELCOME! Use this post to share your link for the first day of the 19th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge. Please read the whole post, especially the announcements, before adding your slice-of-life story link.
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Teaching Self-Advocacy Writing Through Multiple Literacies Move writing from a school task to a meaningful way for students to participate in the world. A starting guide of minilessons is included for multiple literacies, ideal for grades 3-8.
Teaching Self-Advocacy Writing Through Multiple Literacies
Move writing from a school task to a meaningful way for students to participate in the world. A starting guide of minilessons is included for multiple literacies, ideal for grades 3-8.
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Slice of Life Tuesday With just five days and a wakeup until our March challenge, connect with fellow writers by sharing your story today.
Slice of Life Tuesday
With just five days and a wakeup until our March challenge, connect with fellow writers by sharing your story today.
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Visual-Motor Integration for the Win Visual-motor integration is a critical component of successful handwriting, and ultimately, successful writers. Build it during any chance you have.
Visual-Motor Integration for the Win
Visual-motor integration is a critical component of successful handwriting, and ultimately, successful writers. Build it during any chance you have.
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If you're stuck figuring out how to support writers' foundational skills or simply want to grow your teaching knowledge and expertise, Melanie Meehan and Maggie Beattie Roberts' new book, Foundational Skills for Writing, is a must-have resource.
Foundational Skills for Writing: Book Review and Giveaway
If you're stuck figuring out how to support writers' foundational skills or simply want to grow your teaching knowledge and expertise, Melanie Meehan and Maggie Beattie Roberts' new book, Foundational Skills for Writing, is a must-have resource.
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Slice of Life Tuesday With less than two weeks until our March challenge, spark your creativity and join our writing community today.
Slice of Life Tuesday
With less than two weeks until our March challenge, spark your creativity and join our writing community today.
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Essential FAQs for First-Time Slice of Life Story Challenge Participants Curious about the upcoming Slice of Life Story Challenge? Find clear answers to the most common questions in this updated FAQ. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, reach out to a co-author (contact details are at the end…
Essential FAQs for First-Time Slice of Life Story Challenge Participants
Curious about the upcoming Slice of Life Story Challenge? Find clear answers to the most common questions in this updated FAQ. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, reach out to a co-author (contact details are at the end of the post).
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Scrap Paper and Loose Parts: Developing Characters in the Pre-K Classroom What can you make with a few pieces of scrap paper, a handful of pebbles, and some silver bottle caps? Read to found out!
Scrap Paper and Loose Parts: Developing Characters in the Pre-K Classroom
What can you make with a few pieces of scrap paper, a handful of pebbles, and some silver bottle caps? Read to found out!
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Rethinking Writing Centers in a Digital Classroom Ever sit down ready to work—only to realize something you need is missing? The same thing happens to writers. Learn how digital writing centers prevent frustration, support independence, and keep elementary writers moving forward.
Rethinking Writing Centers in a Digital Classroom
Ever sit down ready to work—only to realize something you need is missing? The same thing happens to writers. Learn how digital writing centers prevent frustration, support independence, and keep elementary writers moving forward.
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Slice of Life Tuesday We have less than three months until our March challenge begins! Our March challenge is just around the corner. Get your creativity flowing and connect with other Slicers by sharing your slice-of-life story now.
Slice of Life Tuesday
We have less than three months until our March challenge begins! Our March challenge is just around the corner. Get your creativity flowing and connect with other Slicers by sharing your slice-of-life story now.
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Leah shares an update on Author's Club in the hope that these reflections might inspire others to create a space for passionate young writers of their own.
How’s It Going? Year 3 of Author’s Club
Leah shares an update on Author's Club in the hope that these reflections might inspire others to create a space for passionate young writers of their own.
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Series Wrap-Up: Practices of Great Writing Teachers Last week, Two Writing Teachers brought you their winter blog series on practices of great writing teachers. In case you missed it, here's a recap of those posts, and an announcement of our giveaway winners!
Series Wrap-Up: Practices of Great Writing Teachers
Last week, Two Writing Teachers brought you their winter blog series on practices of great writing teachers. In case you missed it, here's a recap of those posts, and an announcement of our giveaway winners!
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Building on “Rallying a Community of Writers”: A February Support System Following Jessica’s invitation to rally a community of writers, this post focuses on the behind-the-scenes work of February. Before teachers begin writing together in March, they need systems, resources, and reassurance.…
Building on “Rallying a Community of Writers”: A February Support System
Following Jessica’s invitation to rally a community of writers, this post focuses on the behind-the-scenes work of February. Before teachers begin writing together in March, they need systems, resources, and reassurance. Here’s how one shared Google Doc became a support system that helped teachers feel ready to show up.
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Slice of Life Tuesday With less than a month until our March challenge, warm up your writing muscles and share your story with our global community today.
Slice of Life Tuesday
With less than a month until our March challenge, warm up your writing muscles and share your story with our global community today.
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Rallying a Community of Writers Training for Slice of Life doesn’t have to be a solo run. Whether you invite one friend or a whole school, writing together changes everything.
Rallying a Community of Writers
Training for Slice of Life doesn’t have to be a solo run. Whether you invite one friend or a whole school, writing together changes everything.
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Trust Teachers to Choose the Right Mentor Texts: Practices of Great Writing Teachers In today’s classrooms, too many writing lessons begin with a script and a preselected book, leaving teachers little room to draw on their expertise or deep knowledge of their students. It's time to reclaim…
Trust Teachers to Choose the Right Mentor Texts: Practices of Great Writing Teachers
In today’s classrooms, too many writing lessons begin with a script and a preselected book, leaving teachers little room to draw on their expertise or deep knowledge of their students. It's time to reclaim professional choice in selecting mentor texts. When teachers choose mentor texts for their students, they nurture stronger, more confident writers who see themselves reflected in the texts they study.
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Modeling strong writing and surfacing teacher thinking are essential for guiding students to become better writers. Today Sarah surfaces why these practices are so important and suggests actionable steps for bringing them back.
Teachers Model and Think Aloud: Practices of Great Writing Teachers
Modeling strong writing and surfacing teacher thinking are essential for guiding students to become better writers. Today Sarah surfaces why these practices are so important and suggests actionable steps for bringing them back.
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Observing Other Teachers: Practices of Great Writing Teachers Lainie Levin's been lucky enough to learn from other teachers throughout her career. In this article, she shares how powerful peer observation can be for writing teachers.
Observing Other Teachers: Practices of Great Writing Teachers
Lainie Levin's been lucky enough to learn from other teachers throughout her career. In this article, she shares how powerful peer observation can be for writing teachers.
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Collaboration Brings Clarity: Practices of Great Writing Teachers The collective expertise of teachers working together to problem-solve and respond to learners is what brings any curricular resource to life.
Collaboration Brings Clarity: Practices of Great Writing Teachers
The collective expertise of teachers working together to problem-solve and respond to learners is what brings any curricular resource to life.
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Slice of Life Tuesday Welcome to the Tuesday Slice of Life! Whether it's weather that's buffeting some of us about, or the slog of the academic year at this point in the calendar, or the noise of the world around us, it's time for strength, love, and community.
Slice of Life Tuesday
Welcome to the Tuesday Slice of Life! Whether it's weather that's buffeting some of us about, or the slog of the academic year at this point in the calendar, or the noise of the world around us, it's time for strength, love, and community.
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Teachers Read Professionally: Practices of Great Writing Teachers In this post, Jessica Carey, revisits the role of curiosity, professional reading, and shared thinking in teaching, and considers how reclaiming them might reconnect educators to the art of their work. Read more to step into a…
Teachers Read Professionally: Practices of Great Writing Teachers
In this post, Jessica Carey, revisits the role of curiosity, professional reading, and shared thinking in teaching, and considers how reclaiming them might reconnect educators to the art of their work. Read more to step into a quieter, more intentional vision for professional learning, one that honors teachers as thinkers, not just implementers.
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Teachers Write: Practices of Great Writing Teachers Your writing doesn’t have to be perfect. Or right. Or even good. In and of itself, your writing will be a resource and an inspiration for your instruction, the students in your world, and… yourself.
Teachers Write: Practices of Great Writing Teachers
Your writing doesn’t have to be perfect. Or right. Or even good. In and of itself, your writing will be a resource and an inspiration for your instruction, the students in your world, and… yourself.
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Introductory Post: Practices of Great Writing Teachers Blog Series Beginning on Sunday, the Two Writing Teachers will be sharing a series of posts that highlight important and effective practices of writing instruction.
Introductory Post: Practices of Great Writing Teachers Blog Series
Beginning on Sunday, the Two Writing Teachers will be sharing a series of posts that highlight important and effective practices of writing instruction.
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From Burnout to Buy-In: A Workout Plan for Workshop In 2026, fitness goals scream do it all—lift more, walk more, recover more. That pressure mirrors the overwhelm we unintentionally create in writing workshop—so what if we trained writers in workout clubs instead of asking them to do it all?
From Burnout to Buy-In: A Workout Plan for Workshop
In 2026, fitness goals scream do it all—lift more, walk more, recover more. That pressure mirrors the overwhelm we unintentionally create in writing workshop—so what if we trained writers in workout clubs instead of asking them to do it all?
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Slice of Life Tuesday Welcome to the Tuesday Slice of Life. Here's hoping this week brings you light, warmth, and joy.
Slice of Life Tuesday
Welcome to the Tuesday Slice of Life. Here's hoping this week brings you light, warmth, and joy.
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Connecting with Author Bios As readers, we connect with authors through their author bios. Let's teach our young authors to write author bios that connect to their writing and their readers, too!
Connecting with Author Bios
As readers, we connect with authors through their author bios. Let's teach our young authors to write author bios that connect to their writing and their readers, too!
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Students of all ages love the March Classroom Challenge and connecting with young writers from around the world. Just like exercise, writers get stronger the more they work their writing muscles. By the end of the month, students will be able to reflect on their growth as writers! Learn about how to
Overview and Sign Up for the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge
Students of all ages love the March Classroom Challenge and connecting with young writers from around the world. Just like exercise, writers get stronger the more they work their writing muscles. By the end of the month, students will be able to reflect on their growth as writers! Learn about how to make the Classroom SOLSC work for your class!
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