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By: Dana Murphy,
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By: Lisa Keeler,
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By: Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski,
on 6/23/2016
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By: Lisa Keeler,
on 6/15/2016
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By: Betsy Hubbard,
on 4/14/2016
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By: Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski,
on 2/20/2016
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on 2/6/2016
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By: Stacey Shubitz,
on 2/3/2016
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By: Dana Murphy,
on 1/28/2016
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By: Elizabeth Moore,
on 12/13/2015
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By: Tara Smith,
on 12/10/2015
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on 9/26/2015
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on 9/23/2015
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By: Mary Lee,
on 9/9/2015
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One of my favorite parts of the new school year is launching writer's notebooks. Anything seems possible as we list our A-Z of Me, sketch each of our roles ("new food tryer" is a favorite from one of my students this year), map our favorite places, and web the things we're curious about.
Let's Paint! by Gabriel Alborozo (Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2013) offers the same kind of encouragement to artists that I want to offer to my writers -- trust your ideas, no matter what shape they come in, find your own style, and above all HAVE FUN!
My Pen by Christopher Myers (Disney Hyperion, 2015) reminds us
By: Tara Smith,
on 9/4/2015
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By: Stacey Shubitz,
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By: Elizabeth Moore,
on 8/3/2015
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By: Dana Murphy,
on 8/3/2015
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By: Elizabeth Moore,
on 6/15/2015
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on 6/13/2015
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By: Mary Lee,
on 5/28/2015
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Photos Framed: A Fresh Look at the World's Most Memorable Photographs
by Ruth Thomson
Candlewick Press, 2014
review copy provided by the publisher
Photos Framed is divided into four sections: Portrait photography, Nature photography, Photography as art, and Documentary photography. Each of the sections features examples from the 18th through the 21st Centuries. And each of the photographs is explored in the same ways: there is a section of text describing and discussing the photograph, a section that tells about the photographer, three questions ("Photo thoughts") for the reader/viewer to consider, a sidebar ("Blow Up") that features one tiny bit of the photo and a question to consider, and another sidebar ("Zoom In") that helps the viewer to consider the photo as a whole. Finally, there is a quote from the photographer that accompanies the photo.
I'm thrilled to see that there are multiple copies of this book available in our metro library system. I am imagining a whole-class study of this book in the first weeks of school which would lay the groundwork for students to build a photographic/visual portfolio alongside their digital portfolio/notebook (folder in their Google drive) and their pencil/paper writer's note/sketchbook.
Writing that last convoluted sentence made me realize that there just about isn't such a thing as a plain and simple Writer's Notebook anymore. All of these digital and non-digital spaces need to be developed to provide students with opportunities to capture and hold creations of all kinds at all stages of the process. Maybe it really is time to stop calling it Writers' Workshop and call it Composing Workshop.
Hmm...the wheels are turning...
By: Dana Murphy,
on 2/4/2015
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By: Dana Murphy,
on 12/5/2016
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By: Lisa Keeler,
on 8/3/2016
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Before summer began, we at Two Writing Teachers planned this blog series, and I blithely volunteered to write a post about the value of notebooks in writing workshop. Notebooks. What was I thinking?!… Continue reading 
By: Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski,
on 6/23/2016
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Today is my last day of school! My third grade students and I have been writing our way towards goodbye over the last few weeks.
By: Lisa Keeler,
on 6/15/2016
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All of us at Two Writing Teachers are thinking about and planning for summer writing. Summer writing inspiration for our students and summer writing goals for ourselves. Kathleen wrote this fabulous post about using… Continue reading 
By: Betsy Hubbard,
on 4/14/2016
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By: Kathleen Neagle Sokolowski,
on 2/20/2016
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Should educators be writers? The conversation continues! We welcome your voice and ideas on how we can spread the word that when educators write, students grow as writers!
By: Betsy Hubbard,
on 2/6/2016
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Using artifacts and photos from our life allows us to reconnect with stories and breathes in new life to our writer's notebooks.
By: Stacey Shubitz,
on 2/3/2016
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One of my favorite things about being a classroom teacher was taking educational field trips with my students. One year, I took my fifth grades on 20-25 field trips around the five boroughs… Continue reading 
By: Dana Murphy,
on 1/28/2016
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I recently had the pleasure of attending the 25th Annual Comprehensive Literacy and Reading Recovery Conference in Illinois. One of the sessions I attended was led by the brilliant and endearing Christopher Lehman. His session centered… Continue reading 
By: Elizabeth Moore,
on 12/13/2015
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As much as I LOVE notebooks, even I have to admit there is a time in every writer's process when it is time to pop out of the notebook and onto a laptop or lined paper.
By: Tara Smith,
on 12/10/2015
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When I first began teaching writing workshop, I brought my own writer’s notebook into class to share with my students...
By: Betsy Hubbard,
on 9/26/2015
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By: Dana Murphy,
on 9/23/2015
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Have you gone digital with your writer's notebook? Or are you still using paper and pen? 
By: Mary Lee,
on 9/9/2015
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Let's Paint! by Gabriel Alborozo (Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2013) offers the same kind of encouragement to artists that I want to offer to my writers -- trust your ideas, no matter what shape they come in, find your own style, and above all HAVE FUN!
My Pen by Christopher Myers (Disney Hyperion, 2015) reminds us
"There are a million pens in the world
and each one has a million worlds inside it.
So if you have a pen, see what you can do--
let those worlds inside your pen out!"
Tulip and Rex Write a Story by Sarah Massini (Katherine Tegen Books, 2015) takes young writers all the way through the writing process. In the beginning, Tulip gets a new notebook in the mail from her grandmother, and Rex gets a new leash, so the two of them go out for a walk. At first, Tulip just gathers words in her notebook. Then, after Rex rescues her when she falls in the stream, Tulip uses her words to write a story about King Rex and Queen Tulip. Her story is interrupted by a call to lunch, but she realizes,
"Who knows what will happen next? Still, I'm sure there will be many more words and stories to come for this king and queen."These are my hopes for my writers: that they will have fun, discover new worlds, and come to know that the possibilities are endless for their writing!
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By: Tara Smith,
on 9/4/2015
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Observational walking is useful for professional writers and it can be good for students too!
This fall, head outside with your students for a walk around your school's neighborhood. But first, read ASK ME by Bernard Waver and Suzy Lee! (Leave a comment on this post for a chance to win a copy of this book.)
By: Elizabeth Moore,
on 8/3/2015
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Kids do need room to grow. Not only do they outgrow clothes in the blink of an eye, they also grow as readers and writers. This is why we need classroom libraries stocked with a wide range of levels, and it's why we need writing centers stocked with paper choices.
By: Dana Murphy,
on 8/3/2015
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By: Elizabeth Moore,
on 6/15/2015
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In our family, bringing along a small notebook or a journal when we travel has become a tradition. Maybe you'll make it part of your summer plans as well.
By: guestteacher,
on 6/13/2015
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This year, they were going to be the first group of 5th graders to break the summer curse. 
By: guestteacher,
on 6/12/2015
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My hope is that my students leave knowing more about themselves as writers and as people...that they have used the pages of their notebook to find answers to questions. Have you written in your notebook today?
By: guestteacher,
on 6/7/2015
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So I stepped back and let the writers get to work. The chatter was about organizing notebooks, planning where they like to write and sharing writing over the summer. 
By: Mary Lee,
on 5/28/2015
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Photos Framed: A Fresh Look at the World's Most Memorable Photographs
by Ruth Thomson
Candlewick Press, 2014
review copy provided by the publisher
"When photography began, it was an elaborate, expensive, time-consuming, elite activity, using heavy, cumbersome equipment. Today, taking photographs can be instant, cheap, and accessible to anyone. Despite the enormous changes in photographic equipment and technology since the nineteenth century, the purposes of photography have remained essentially the same, whether immortalizing, exploring, documenting, revealing, or showing us what we can't see with the naked eye." -- from the introduction of Photos FramedIt's amazing, isn't it, that in less than 200 years, photography has become a universal art form? Children can take photographs before they have learned to hold a crayon. I think I can confidently say that every student in my class has taken a photograph. And because of that, I can't wait to share this book with them and dig into the history of photography and the art of photography.
Photos Framed is divided into four sections: Portrait photography, Nature photography, Photography as art, and Documentary photography. Each of the sections features examples from the 18th through the 21st Centuries. And each of the photographs is explored in the same ways: there is a section of text describing and discussing the photograph, a section that tells about the photographer, three questions ("Photo thoughts") for the reader/viewer to consider, a sidebar ("Blow Up") that features one tiny bit of the photo and a question to consider, and another sidebar ("Zoom In") that helps the viewer to consider the photo as a whole. Finally, there is a quote from the photographer that accompanies the photo.
I'm thrilled to see that there are multiple copies of this book available in our metro library system. I am imagining a whole-class study of this book in the first weeks of school which would lay the groundwork for students to build a photographic/visual portfolio alongside their digital portfolio/notebook (folder in their Google drive) and their pencil/paper writer's note/sketchbook.
Writing that last convoluted sentence made me realize that there just about isn't such a thing as a plain and simple Writer's Notebook anymore. All of these digital and non-digital spaces need to be developed to provide students with opportunities to capture and hold creations of all kinds at all stages of the process. Maybe it really is time to stop calling it Writers' Workshop and call it Composing Workshop.
Hmm...the wheels are turning...
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By: Dana Murphy,
on 2/4/2015
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