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Thanks Mr Crosby!

Today we used a new tool in our classroom.  We now have these awesome Writer’s Phones, thanks to my good friend, Brian Crosby, in Nevada, USA and his post “Can You Hear Me …. Can You Hear Me Now?

The phones, were of course, a huge hit and they enjoyed a very successful integration into our [...]

Writing Workshop 101 – Maggie Moon

EARCOS March, 2009 – Session Notes (my thoughts in italics)

Students learn at different rates – instruction should be differentiated
Be engaged in authentic work – give them strategies for where writers get their ideas from (key to writers workshop)
Explicit instruction going on
Students need a model – do writing in front of them.  You can use mentor text, [...]

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