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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Slice of Life: Reflecting On My First Slice of Life … #SOL18
So when did you being slicing? A teacher recently asked me this question and it took me by surprise to realize I did not...
12 June, 2018
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It’s Monday! We Are Learning Through Poetry #IMWAYR
When we select texts for content-area studies in the classroom or when we show students different ways to structure informational writing, we are...
11 June, 2018
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Mentor Teaching Moves: What’s In the Basket? #T4TMoments #itsallaboutthebooks
On Monday, we shared a book that we would put in this basket. Here are some other titles we might add: What books would you...
07 June, 2018
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Slice of Life: This One Bears Repeating! #SOL18 #itsallaboutthebooks
This week we received an email from a school asking our advice. This school will be adding a first-grade section next year. This...
05 June, 2018
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It’s Monday! We Are Reading About a Misunderstood Shark #IMWAYR
If you have an opportunity to read this book to your class or to some children over the summer, you will be so...
04 June, 2018
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Slice of Life: I Saw Hope #SOL18 #TWTBlog
There are so many events happening nationally in our schools right now that are disheartening. Stories of bullying, violence, terror and school shootings...
30 May, 2018
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