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    The Writing Round-Up {8.03.19}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Jul 30, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {8.03.19}

    Welcome to the August 3, 2019 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer yourself. Thanks for stopping by! Please sign up for our email list so you don't miss an update. Now, on to this week's Writing Round-Up! Interesting (and Authentic!) Informational Writing: There are so many more ways students can share their learning than writing a research paper. "Information Writing That's Not 'The Research Paper' from
    The Writing Round-Up {10.13.18}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Oct 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {10.13.18}

    Welcome to the October 13, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer. Thanks for stopping by! We've found some great tips this week so let's get started! Student Writing Contests: Now is the time to start thinking about writing contests for your student writers. We Are Teachers has compiled a list of 2019 writing contests for student-writers of all grade levels to help. Early elementary teachers, check o
    10 Ways Students Benefit When Their Teacher is a Writer
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Sep 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    10 Ways Students Benefit When Their Teacher is a Writer

    Students who learn to write from a teacher who writes become better writers. Here's why!
    Community: The Key to Unpacking Writing Baggage
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Sep 4, 2018
    • 3 min

    Community: The Key to Unpacking Writing Baggage

    How can you help your students unpack their writing baggage to do their best writing yet? Community is the key!
    The Writing Round-Up {8.11.18}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Aug 10, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {8.11.18}

    Welcome to the August 11, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer yourself. Thanks for stopping by! You may notice that things look a little different around here. We make no secret of our belief that teachers who write make the best teachers of writers. With this in mind, we are now combining our weekly tips into one category, instead of separating them into "For Teachers of Writers" and "For Teachers
    The Writing Round-Up {8.04.18}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Aug 3, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {8.04.18}

    Welcome to the August 4, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer yourself. Thanks for stopping by! Please sign up for our email list so you don't miss an update. Now, on to this week's Writing Round-Up! For Teachers of Writers Interesting (and Authentic!) Informational Writing: There are so many more ways students can share their learning than writing a research paper. "Information Writing That's Not '
    The Writing Round-Up {7.14.18}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Jul 13, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {7.14.18}

    Welcome to the July 14, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer yourself. Thank you for stopping by! For Teachers of Writers Exploring the Writing Workshop: In his article, "A Defense of the Writing Workshop," Teacher-author Travis Crowder explains why the workshop is important to his writing classroom and shares some ways you, too, can bring this experience to your student-writers. Lowering Our Writin
    The Writing Round-Up {6.16.18}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Jun 15, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {6.16.18}

    Welcome to the June 16, 2018 edition of the Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a writer yourself. We are glad you're here! For Teachers of Writers What Are Your Questions About Teaching Writing? Whether you've been in the classroom for 20 years or 2 years, we've all got questions about teaching writing. I'd love to feature your questions in a "Questions From the Classroom" section in my upcoming book about teaching writing. Please s
    The Writing Round-Up {6.09.18}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Jun 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {6.09.18}

    Welcome to the June 9, 2018 edition of the Writing Round-Up, a weekly gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer. We are glad you stopped by! For Teachers of Writers How Can Your Students Help YOU Become a Better Writer? That was the question I pondered when I guest posted on the Corwin Connect site this week. Read "6 Reasons Why Your Students Should Critique Your Writing" to hear my answer and to find out how powerful it is to let students pla
    The Writing Round-Up {5.12.18}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • May 11, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {5.12.18}

    Welcome to the Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer yourself. We hope you had a good week! Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to join our email list to receive all of our updates directly in your inbox. Now, on to the Writing Round-Up... For Teachers of Writers Reflecting & Looking Forward: Did you accomplish all you had hoped for this year? What do you want to change for next year? Kathleen Sokolowski explores that
    The Writing Round-Up {5.05.18}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • May 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {5.05.18}

    Welcome to the May 5, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing a writing habit yourself. Thanks for stopping in! Be sure to sign up for our email list to have all of our updates delivered directly to your inbox. For Teachers of Writers Creating a Rich Writing Environment: How do you create a space that welcomes and nurtures writing, and thereby creates a community of writers? Our friends at Writing for Pleasure have some r
    Reflecting on a Year of Teaching Writing
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Apr 30, 2018
    • 3 min

    Reflecting on a Year of Teaching Writing

    The school year will soon be drawing to a close. Now is the time to think back on your year, celebrate what went well and begin to think about what you want to do differently next year. Chances are good that if you are reading this, you are a teacher who is curious about writing instruction. You are most likely someone who is looking for ideas and inspiration to help you grow as a teacher of writers. Or maybe you are looking to grow as a writer yourself because, like us, you
    The Writing Round-Up {4.28.18}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Apr 27, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {4.28.18}

    Welcome to the April 28, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for growing as a teacher-writer yourself. Thanks for stopping by. Let's get started! For Teachers of Writers Notebook Power: The writer's notebook is an essential tool for writing. How can writers use their notebook to hold the treasures of life that may some day become stories? "Yes, to Notebook Keeping" from Amy Ludwig Vanderwater will explain. Free Offer for Our Read
    Here's a Book for That: Writing Advice for Student Writers
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Mar 13, 2018
    • 3 min

    Here's a Book for That: Writing Advice for Student Writers

    There are a plethora of books about writing that are written for the adult writer. Books that will help improve their craft, provide inspiration, and point the way toward reaching writing goals. But did you know that there are books that will do the same thing for younger writers? Here are a few of our favorite books about writing that are written for students of all ages: Pretty Much Anything by Ralph Fletcher: In my opinion, no one relates to the young-at-heart writer as we
    What is Good Writing?
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Feb 7, 2018
    • 2 min

    What is Good Writing?

    Want to raise the level of writing in your classroom or school? You must ask this one important question first!
    The Writing Round-Up {1.21.18}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Jan 25, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {1.21.18}

    Welcome to the January 21, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, our weekly resource of some of our favorite ideas for teaching writing and for growing your own writing life. Thank you for spending some time with us today! Let's get started... For Teachers of Writers Paragraph Power!: Learning how to include paragraphs in writing is an important skill for all writers. Paragraphs make the job of reading so much easier for the reader. Want to see what I mean? Check out the exam
    The Writing Round-Up {1.14.18}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Jan 14, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {1.14.18}

    Welcome to the January 14, 2018 edition of The Writing Round-Up, a gathering of tips for teaching writing and for being a teacher who writes. Thanks for joining us! It's been a busy week and we've found lots of helpful tips for you so let's get started! For Teachers of Writers Going Deeper with Writing Instruction: Are you a teacher who writes? While it is certainly not a requirement, I can tell you that it sure makes teaching writing so much easier and meaningful. Think abou
    The Writing Round-Up {1.06.17}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Jan 7, 2018
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {1.06.17}

    Happy new year! Welcome to the first Writing Round-Up of 2018. We are glad you are here! We are excited to dive back into sharing our favorite finds for teaching writing and for being a teacher who writes. Let's get started! For Teachers of Writers Sound Familiar? When asked "What is the biggest mistake teachers make in writing instruction and what can they do instead?" teacher-author Larry Ferlazzo went to four industry leaders for answers. Read his Education Week article an
    The Writing Round-Up {12.10.17}
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Dec 10, 2017
    • 2 min

    The Writing Round-Up {12.10.17}

    Welcome to the December 10, 2017 edition of The Writing Round-Up. We are glad you joined us this week. Be sure to sign up here to receive The Writing Round-Up in your mailbox every Sunday if you don't already. We've gathered some great resources to help you teach writing and grow your own writing habit. Let's get started... For Teachers of Writers Easy Writing Inspiration: Sometimes the smallest things can inspire the greatest results. If you or your students sometimes strugg
    TAG Me!: Student to Student Feedback in Writing
    Jennifer Laffin
    • Nov 29, 2017
    • 2 min

    TAG Me!: Student to Student Feedback in Writing

    Teaching your students how to support each other as writers begins with helping them provide meaningful feedback to each other. The TAG Meth
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