On a recent sunny October morning, I laced up my sneakers and set out on a run through golden tree-lined paths in a park close to my house. The run was at a mild pace, the air fresh, and I was daydreaming while running. I ended the run red-cheeked but not overly winded or strained. […]
I tried Rebekah O’Dell’s Flash Revision and loved the results. Later in the unit, one of my students asked, “Why don’t you help me with a timer while proofreading too? It’s harder than revision.”
Many of you have reached out in the last few hours asking for an all-inclusive PD option. The short answer: Sure! Here is the Moving Writers 2024-2025 PD All-Access pass. It is priced at 20% off the price of all six sessions purchased separately, which is essentially more than one session FREE. (And members of […]
Oct 8 2024 Ashley Anderson Source Shock-tober is just as much a thing for teachers as it is for students. I don’t know where y’alls students are, but mine are struggling. Struggling not only to make it to school on time but also to even write a sentence…correctly. Because the “struggle is real”, I knew […]
Use nature as your guide for writing. Come join Abigail in her beat this month which offers ways to get involved in the beloved Write Out event going on– and ideas to spark your students writing all year long.
Forensic Science is one of the most popular electives at our school, which makes sense given how often students tell me that either Law & Order, SVU, Criminal Minds, or Cold Case is their favorite tv show. Students are engaged by clues, puzzles, and intrigue. While ELA teachers lean into this engagement strategy when we […]
This is why I love the leap into non-literal sense making that is Nancy WIlliard’s poem “Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him.” Each of the questions are lovely and from a child’s mind of wonder. But, the answers exceed that sense of childhood awe into a kind of riddle-world where wisdom […]
One of my greatest frustrations in teaching is waiting for – what feels like hours – as my students wade through their bags and files to find the draft or handout they’re looking for. The ticking of the clock slowly comes into my awareness and with every second, it gets louder and louder as I gather my wits together and desperately try to hold onto them while every part of me wants to scream.
Sep 10 2024 Ashley Anderson Source This school year is very different for me. I am still in the classroom, but on a different campus. I am working mainly with students who are trying to graduate early, but have not passed one or both of their state-mandated English tests. These students are juniors and […]
I heard Dance Monkey for the first time after watching the NYT analysis. My response was limited to “catchy and cool”. All my mentor texts are new to my ELLs and they read them for the first time when I bring them to class. Their response is similarly limited to “nice and good”.
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