Mentor Teaching Moves: When Kids Create the Systems, They Use the Systems #T4TMoments
So ...
13 September, 2018
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Slice Of Life: Some Books to Inspire Small Moment Writing #SOL18 #TWTBlog
As writers, we both find inspiration in thinking about objects. These small treasures from our lives are filled with stories. This shell sits on...
11 September, 2018
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #IMWAYR
This fall we are going to try something new for our It's Monday! posts. In honor of NCTE's new initiative - #BuildYourStack - we...
10 September, 2018
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Mentor Teaching Moves: Choosing the Right Book to Kick Off Your Year! #T4TMoment #itsallaboutthebooks
Choosing “just the right” read aloud for the first weeks of school can be tricky. We want books that engage students, make them...
06 September, 2018
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Slice of Life: An Important Reminder #SOL18 #TWTBlog
One of the best things you can do for your child’s transition to college is to put your phone down, so they can...
05 September, 2018
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Ten Tried and True Picture Books for K-2 Book Clubs #pb10for10
When we think about our own reading lives, we know community matters. We are both in book clubs, regularly participate in #IMWAYR with...
10 August, 2018
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Mentor Teaching Moves: Planning to Unplug #T4TMoments
It has been quite a year! We each had a son graduate from high school, we continued learning with teachers in over fifteen...
21 June, 2018
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Slice of Life: When Topic and Structure Don’t Match Purpose #SOL18 #TWTBlog
Early this morning I sat down in my garden with a cup of coffee (in my favorite writing mug) with plans to write...
19 June, 2018
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It’s Monday! We Think Readers Will Find a Friend in These Characters #IMWAYR
In an interview with Jessie Grearson from Kirkus, Erin Entrada Kelly said, “All my novels begin with a picture of a character. Then...
18 June, 2018
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Mentor Teaching Moves: A Secret of Change #T4TMoments
“Organizations need to address their core goals and practices with relentless consistency, while at the same time learning continuously how to get better...
14 June, 2018
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