I have long gotten past being the “sage on the stage”. If educational gurus hadn’t already convinced me that students learn best from peers and self-exploration – constructing the meaning of something themselves from experience – anecdotal evidence from the classroom would have. This week I arranged with our school’s Literacy specialist/coach, Pat Sweeney, to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Writing workshop’
Teacher as Learner
Posted in The Craft of Teaching, tagged coaching, critical friends, literacy, peer conferences, peer-led conferences, Writing workshop on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Places We Write
Posted in classroom management, The Craft of Teaching, tagged Grade 3 writing, Lucy Calkins Firsthand, organizing writing materials, writers' notebooks, Writing workshop on January 7, 2012 | 1 Comment »
When we returned to school this week, I knew I would need to revisit some of our routines. The first week in January always seems like a good time to do such things. One thing I knew I wanted to clarify was where to put writing. In my third grade classroom, there seem to be [...]
The Office – Mini style
Posted in classroom management, tagged Literacy instruction, Mini offices, Writing workshop on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe it’s been around for a while and I’m just catching up on my reading, but I just learned about a new “tool” for students. Lucky for my budget it won’t cost anything more than some manila file folders, tape, and time. The new tool is called the Mini-office. I was intrigued by the term [...]
