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Teaching the Language Arts: Week 3
Week 3: Finding Writing Ideas This week we learned more about how to assist students in finding their writing topics. In Calkins...
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Teaching the Language Arts: Week 2
Week 2: Getting Ideas for the Writer’s Notebook Last week I wrote about mentor texts, or the idea of using good books to inspire...
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Teaching Language Arts: Week 1
Week 1: Mentor Texts Within a Writer’s Notebook As I sit staring at my screen, trying to find a way to sum up the articles and chapters...
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Observational Poetry
I wrote my poem next to the pond in my fiancé's neighborhood. The trees were so vibrant and the leaves were beginning to fall. It was a...
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6-Word Memoir
When I sat down to attempt to write a 6-word memoir, I realized just how challenging it can be! I have started a list of them, which I...
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Small Moments Story Progression
First line: The kicker stepped onto the field. First draft: The App State kicker stepped onto the football field. The crowd fell silent...
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Adding Detail Through Questioning
This week we read about adding more detail to writing. I chose to create a lesson plan draft around the “your turn” lesson in the Mentor...
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Inverted Triangle
Recently in my class "Teaching the Language Arts," we have been talking about how to help our students choose topics for writing. While...
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Mentor Texts
Throughout this blog, you will see this textbook referenced a lot. In our Teaching the Language Arts class, we used this to plan...
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Awakening the Heart
During our poetry unit, we used this book a lot! Georgia Heard gets into helping students find a love for poetry. Through fun...
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Kids' Poems
In planning my week long poetry unit with a classmate, we used the tips in this book a lot! This book also focusing on creating an...
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Global Read Aloud
This semester I also learned about the global read aloud. This is a program that takes place around the world! Teachers all read the...
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