In 2018, I toyed with the idea of digital writer’s notebooks. In 2019 I piloted it with just one class during the Writer Wednesday part of our weekly ELA warm ups. When we found ourselves in a global pandemic in 2020, I was glad I took that risk!
Student learning is no accident!
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🎧Hearing crickets in your Google Meets? In your live classes? Are students just not working? This is MORE than helping. It’s shifting the focus and taking the pressure off of everyone!![]()
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🗓We started using this structure in a middle school Writers Workshop three years ago. Writer’s Block was an epidemic and blank stares were contagious. We eradicated Writer’s Block with this protocol and gained ACTIVE LISTENERS and built respect within our community. Step #3 is crucial: “Who heard something brilliant in their small group that the rest of us need to hear?” Suddenly, the student who came into class feeling clueless and defeated has a waving hand in the air (literal or virtual) and is gaining status for their share and crediting their peer. “Sonja said that she thinks it was a robbery.” 💥Boom! You participated. You listened. Annnnndddd you have an idea when it’s time to write independently. ![]()
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🏆BONUS: Try it with a math problem. Just one! Sick of “going over the homework all period while kids’ eyes glaze over? STOP! Give them ONE problem to make sense of using this protocol. Everyone will have a BETTER sense by step 4, then they did walking into class. And THEY are doing the work, not just you! 🤷🏼♀️![]()
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🤨How else would you apply this?![]()
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🚨Go grab the Writers Notebook slide deck for step by step slides and my teacher notes in my link in bio. Use it for ANY subject! 🚨![]()
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This pandemic has been a long haul for teachers. We’ve been running on fumes and caffeine.![]()
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@drbiden addressed teachers this evening, accompanied by @randiweingarten and Becky Pringle @neatoday ![]()
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She spoke more teacher truth in 15 minutes then I’ve heard from government officials in all of my 15 years combined.![]()
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I have hope in the future of this country because change comes from a strong, well supported and valued educational system... and I think we might be on our way to just that!!!![]()
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Happy Writer’s Wednesday!!!![]()
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It’s a great day to be back in person, because I’m my first period class these young writers were ready to rock and roll. ![]()
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Have you used this prompt yet? We’re heading toward publishing later this week with a Writing Shuffle. 🎈🎉 I love how amazed the kids are at JUST HOW wildly different everyone’s finished pieces are... when we all began with the same story map!![]()
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I’m pretty excited that on Day 1 as First Lady, Dr. Biden has plan ready to go for our young Americans to access the inauguration in a way that meets them where they are- in childhood. So... she planned ahead, did a little DI, has it all rolled out... 🤷🏼♀️
Our White House: An Inaugural Celebration for Young Americans hosted by Keke Palmer
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How’s your state or county demonstrating their commitment to education? Here in RI, we are a strong C.![]()
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A- Keeping schools remote and everyone safe? ![]()
B- Opening schools and offering vaccines to keep everyone safe? ![]()
C- Opening schools back up in a state with one of the highest infection and death rates in the country? And not making them available to school staff?![]()
D- Something else?
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Reflecting information on vaccination planning collected on January 12, 2021