I would love to see (eventually) the different ways you start the school year. I am teaching a new grade next year - seventh - and have no idea how to start. I also would love to see more of your specific story element lessons and or how you orchestrate literature circles where each group possibly has a different book around a concentrated class theme.
This newsletter & group has been such a rich source of ideas! It's that time of year when I'm starting to dream about next year (too soon? probably...). And with the hope of a more normal school year ahead, I'd love to crowd-source some more ideas for big-picture year planning. This was my first year teaching freshmen, and I was able to deep dive on a few units, and I know I'll be able to cover more next year, but, as you say, I can't cover everything. So prioritizing & sequencing & maybe bouncing ideas back & forth in the Facebook group with others.
Love this and all the great ideas this year-it has been such a gift! I was wondering if there will be another 100 Days of Summer Writing this year. That particular post inspires me to write (almost!) daily in the summer and forms the bedrock of my Writer’s Notebook prompts for the year. It’s SUCH good stuff.
I am also curious if and how you assess Writer’s Notebooks. We’ve used digital notebooks all year, and I don’t assess them as much. It takes much longer for me to load every notebook and ‘peek’ at what everyone is doing. I do a lot more peeking over shoulders and noticing that kids mostly write, try prompts, notice, & play with their writing on a regular basis , which is precisely what I want them doing. I’m also starting to think to next year, and many of my students told me they prefer the digital notebooks over paper notebooks.
Thank you!!! We’re almost to the end of this nutball year!!!
I would love to see (eventually) the different ways you start the school year. I am teaching a new grade next year - seventh - and have no idea how to start. I also would love to see more of your specific story element lessons and or how you orchestrate literature circles where each group possibly has a different book around a concentrated class theme.
This newsletter & group has been such a rich source of ideas! It's that time of year when I'm starting to dream about next year (too soon? probably...). And with the hope of a more normal school year ahead, I'd love to crowd-source some more ideas for big-picture year planning. This was my first year teaching freshmen, and I was able to deep dive on a few units, and I know I'll be able to cover more next year, but, as you say, I can't cover everything. So prioritizing & sequencing & maybe bouncing ideas back & forth in the Facebook group with others.
Love this and all the great ideas this year-it has been such a gift! I was wondering if there will be another 100 Days of Summer Writing this year. That particular post inspires me to write (almost!) daily in the summer and forms the bedrock of my Writer’s Notebook prompts for the year. It’s SUCH good stuff.
I am also curious if and how you assess Writer’s Notebooks. We’ve used digital notebooks all year, and I don’t assess them as much. It takes much longer for me to load every notebook and ‘peek’ at what everyone is doing. I do a lot more peeking over shoulders and noticing that kids mostly write, try prompts, notice, & play with their writing on a regular basis , which is precisely what I want them doing. I’m also starting to think to next year, and many of my students told me they prefer the digital notebooks over paper notebooks.
Thank you!!! We’re almost to the end of this nutball year!!!