The 2nd annual 100 Days of Summer Writing is underway! Welcome, new friends! So good to see you, friends from last summer! We are hopeful that this will be a restorative and transformative experience for you both as a person and as a writing teacher! We are also grateful to those of you who registered […]
Friends, it’s almost time. Moving Writers is hosting its second annual 100 Days of Summer Writing — a mentor-text driven writing exploration for teachers and students alike! But we need your help! We need to compile (at least) 100 mentor-text-inspired writing invitations! And we want YOU to contribute a verse! Here’s how: Find some mentor […]
Today’s guest post by Jenifer Pastore (@jeniferpastore) inspires me. Putting together 100 Days of Summer Writing is kind of a lot of work. And Jenifer is doing it by herself. For her 3rd graders. Every time I see one of her slides, I want to stand up and cheer: all kids (and teachers) can do this! Jenifer […]
Throughout the summer, we’ll be bringing you stories from teachers who are participating in the 100 Days of Summer Writing! We hope that we can all find inspiration as we hear how this summer writing practice is changing the way teachers and students alike look at the writing process. Our first guest post is from Melissa […]
You can find everything you need for the 100 Days of Summer Writing right here — including the slidedeck, blog posts for teachers using the 100 Days instructions for students, instructions for teachers, a link for registration, and a link to our online community on Facebook! ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Shhhhh … I need to whisper this: I […]
Summer reading is part of the school norm — we want ensure students’ engagement over the summer, we want to prevent “summer slide” in literacy. And yet, we tend to ignore writing slide. The Moving Writers staff have been asking: What happens to our writers over the summer? So we are gearing up to share a […]
