We write every day in our kindergarten classroom. I love it and the kids love it. Most days we start our writer’s workshop with a read aloud and lots of talk about author’s craft, the illustrations, what kind of book it is, etc. I always tell the kids, “maybe you could try (whatever we noticed [...]
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Playing with Books
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Choice, kindergarten, props, story, writing on November 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Our read aloud time is one of my kindergarteners favorite times of the day. They love to listen to books and to talk about the books we read. Whenever I can, I will use realia or puppets while reading a book to my class. It makes the story come alive, engages all my kids and [...]
Writing for a Reason
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bookmaking, kindergarten, purpose, writing on November 15, 2011 | 8 Comments »
We’ve been making books in my kindergarten class since the first week of school and I am amazed at the wonderful books my students have written already this year. Most of my writers write wordless picture books, although a few are adding letters and names of their friends, as well as dedication pages. When students [...]
Wordless Wednesday – Making Books in the Pumpkin Patch
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged wordless wednesday, writing on October 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The Ultimate Goal is Independence
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged independence, reading, writing on October 9, 2011 | 2 Comments »
So many of us talk about wanting students to be independent, to be lifelong readers and writers, to choose to read and write on their own time, and so on. But we have to remember that such independence won’t happen unless we foster it in every single grade level, every single year. Here are 5 [...]
Wordless Wednesday – We Make Books!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged making books, writing on October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Joy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged joy, literacy, love, passion, play, teaching, writing on December 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what brings me joy in my teaching life. Joy, by definition, is a source or cause of delight. I think back to my favorite teachers as a child, and it was clear that they found joy in teaching. I’m sure they had many of the same stressors that [...]
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