Writers workshop

These are my favorite, and most effective, ways of teaching writing to elementary students. You may decide that teaching writing is

How to Start Writing Workshop at the Beginning of the Year. Great back to school writing lessons and freebies!

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Using writer's workshop as your method of teaching writing lessons makes learning fun for students. This post explains how to manage it all.

Writer's Workshop Expectations

If you're a teacher and you've ever taught writing, I need not insert the thoughts that run through your head as you read a piece that you've worked on for 2 weeks only to get something that looks like this: I went to the beach. It was fun. The food was good. I had fun. My…

I've had a number of people find my organization of the Writer's Notebook to be very helpful; hooray! However, many need more information ...

Writing happens all day in my classroom. Students respond to text during reading. They write about their math strategies using math journals. Students write informational paragraphs in social studies and science. Even though our pencils are dulled from all of this writing - we still have a dedicated time for writing instruction. If you really want students

Give the children a piece of paper that says “I can’t imagine life without” in the center of the page, and then have the students write all over the page what they cannot live without.

Lucy and I have a love-hate relationship. Lucy Caulkins that is. While I adore her theory and many of her ideas for structuring Writers Workshop, I often

Writing at the beginning of the year in kindergarten is all about building confidence. The kids have to see themselves as writers - even w...

Getting started with Writer's Workshop for Kindergarten and First Grade. This blog post includes tips for getting started with Writer's Workshop.

What does kindergarten writers workshop look like on the second week of school? Check out these ideas about how to teach kindergarten students how to write. Free File too!

A writer's group is a great way for writers to get critiques on their works in progress. A writer's group can function like a creative writing workshop, but without the professor.

Look into my writing workshop, how I do mini lessons, facilitate independent time to write, organize my writing center, and encourage my growing writers! Used with Lucy Calkins curriculum!

On Saturday, I packed a backpack and headed about 40 minutes outside of Austin to Elgin, Texas, where New Republic Studios is located. I was going to my first ever Writer’s Retreat, and it wa…

One of the most important pieces of writer’s workshop is the conferring time. Writer’s workshop conferences build stronger authors, allows for differentiated teaching, and helps build positive relationships. I have some tips and a great framework to share to make your conferences effective and efficient.

The PAA Creative Writing Summer Workshop in July is a month-long creative writing workshop taught by four renowned professional writers.