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TEACHERS COLLEGE READING AND WRITING PROJECT SITE

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TEACHERS COLLEGE READING AND WRITING PROJECT SITE

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Amy will add. Information about conferences, free Saturday workshops, student work, Twitter chat schedule, and more.

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Amy will add - page with UNITS videos.

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TEACHERS COLLEGE READING AND WRITING PROJECT VIMEO VIDEOS OF LESSONS & CONFERENCES

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TEACHERS COLLEGE READING AND WRITING PROJECT VIMEO VIDEOS OF LESSONS & CONFERENCES

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Advancing Literacy (formerly TCRWP) is a research think tank and staff development organization based at Teachers College, Columbia University. The videos in this...

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Amy will add - page with all units K-8.

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Amy LV's Notebooks Blog

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Hi Friends, I have been away from this space for some time, but I will be back beginning September 2021. While I adored being a classroom teacher, I also missed writing and teaching from here. I am no longer in the classroom, but instead you will find me here and at The Poem Farm. If you are interested in sharing your notebook, please just let me know. See you soon! xo, Amy

I know that some of you are home from school these days, and I hope you will find some new notebooking ideas here. I love keeping a notebook for writing, for drawing, for making a place for ideas and dreams and wishes and facts and feelings. This blog is home to many peeks into others' notebooks, and in each post you will find photos, notebooking-thoughts, and an idea to try. Feel free to poke around, notebook by your side, and explore your own brain and heart. Sometimes we don't know what we really think until we write. If you like writing poetry, feel free to visit my other site, full of poem writing ideas - www.poemfarm.amylv.com xxxx, Amy

Readers - if you or one of your students or friends keeps a notebook and would like to share in this space, please send an e-mail to amy at amylv dot com. I welcome your contributions and will send you the post specs for this blog.

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Hi Friends, I have been away from this space for some time, but I will be back beginning September 2021. While I adored being a classroom teacher, I also missed writing and teaching from here. I am no longer in the classroom, but instead you will find me here and at The Poem Farm.

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Amy LV's Poetry Blog

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Poetry and lessons for children of all ages by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater for classrooms or homeschools to teach literacy and writing workshop instruction

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From One Grateful Teacher Blog

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How is it possible that I've never written this blog post before?!?! Today, this day, notebook launching day...it's my favorite day of the beginning of the year! It's so exciting! The energy is palpable!

We begin by talking about what writing is. This helps me get a peek into their previous writing experiences and the emotions surrounding them. Here's what I heard today...

These answers gave me such joy and hope. It's evidence of students who already feel successful as writers. Next, I shared my life as a writer. I love when I show them my very first notebook and hear the gasps when they see what year I began writing...1982.

After we discuss my experience with writer's notebooks, I say, "Writers, you need notebooks." Students begin shuffling around until they see the giant pile of wrapped notebooks...

I begin passing them out and the volume slowly goes up. Students start whispering and soon, they are cheering. The sound of hearing their joy as they unwrap their packages is like no other I've ever heard. It's JOY!

Once the students open their notebooks, they notice that there's something inside...

I wrote a poem for them. It seems as if they enjoy the poem. And now, they are off! Writers, begin writing...

All this and it's only day one with our notebooks! Watch out world, here we come!

Thank you to the Two Writing Teachers for this amazing platform to write and share writing! What a wonderful community you've created! I'm honored to be part of it. Join us at Two Writing Teachers .

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How is it possible that I've never written this blog post before?!?! Today, this day, notebook launching day...it's my favorite day of the beginning of the year! It's so exciting! The energy is palpable! We begin by talking about what writing is. This helps me get a peek into their previous writing experiences and the emotions surrounding them.

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Read aloud 9/14/17.

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Want to encourage a child to write creatively? Introduce him to Rufus! The joy of writing (and reading) fills every page of this charming picture book. Why have a lemonade stand when you can have a story stand? That's what Rufus, a boy with a big imagination, decides. And once he&rsq...

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Each Kindness [Woodson, Jacqueline, Lewis, E. B.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Each Kindness

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Read aloud 9/14/17.

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juvenile fiction / social themes / friendship

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juvenile fiction / animals / reptiles & amphibians

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juvenile fiction/animals - frogs & toads

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personal & social issues: sexuality & relationships (children's / teenage)

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In spring, when City Dog runs free in the country for the first time, he spots Country Frog sitting on a rock, waiting for a friend. "You'll do," Frog says, and together they play Country Frog games. In summer, they meet again and play City Dog games.

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Read aloud 9/14/17.

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Study craft of EACH KINDNESS
Share goal progress

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juvenile fiction / social issues / values & virtues

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juvenile fiction / social issues / manners & etiquette

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juvenile fiction / social themes / manners & etiquette

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juvenile fiction / social themes / values & virtues

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juvenile fiction / transportation / general

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juvenile fiction/social themes - manners & etiquette

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personal & social issues (children's / teenage)

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They're off! Sam is the best race-car driver in history-he is number one at every race! But when his best friend, Maggie, shows that she has racing talent of her own, Sam doesn't know how to handle coming in second place. Will he learn what it truly means to be a winner?

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ARE YOU A SNAIL by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries

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ARE YOU A SNAIL by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries

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Read aloud 9/14/17. There are many books in this series!

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juvenile nonfiction / science & nature / biology

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A young snail faces many challenges as it tries to grow safely into an adult. All the facts a young child needs to understand the life of this intriguing backyard creature are packed into Backyard Books: Are You a Snail? by Judy Allen with illustrations by Tudor Humphries.

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Amy will add....