“Dear Future Me…”: An End-of-Year Activity That Builds Confidence for Next Year’s Writing Workshop

Your students filled notebooks, found their voices, and grew as writers this year—don't make them start from scratch in September. Try “Dear Future Me…”, a simple end-of-year writing tradition that helps students reflect, celebrate progress, and walk into next year’s workshop already confident, capable, and ready to write from day one.

Slice of Life Tuesday

Happy Tuesday! We’re so glad you’re here.  Write a Slice of Life. Share your link in the comments section of this post. Give comments to at least three other Slice of Life stories.

Inviting Students to “Read Like a Writer”

Are you looking for a way to integrate writing into your reading block? Consider introducing mentor text work as part of students' reading time.

People, Places, and Things: Connecting Labels to Drawings in the Pre-K Classroom

Recently, I thought about what I could teach my particular group of pre-k students who are all getting to the point where they know most of their letters and sounds, and are up for a challenge. Knowing that they will be doing a lot of labeling next year in kindergarten, I thought, "Why not give it a try now?"

Slice of Life Tuesday

Happy Tuesday! We’re so glad you’re here.  Write a Slice of Life. Share your link in the comments section of this post. Give comments to at least three other Slice of Life stories.