Anyone who names her blog/TpT store The Reflective Educator is honor-bound to devote at least one post to how I structured reflection into my opinion writing unit. Right? So here goes... Writer's Workshop Review Let's review how I set up writer's workshop in my class during a typical week. Monday - introduce prompt and complete analysis (agree/disagree) chart Tuesday - writer's craft mini-lesson and graphic organizer Wednesday - write rough draft Thursday - revise and edit with … [Read more...]
Sally Camden - The wise teacher makes learning a joy.
How I Use an Online Lesson Planner to Easily Write Detailed Lessons
It’s only the beginning of February, but the winter weather has caused several snow days in my district. This used to mean lots of time devoted to erasing and re-writing my lesson plans by hand. Not anymore! Now that I am using an online lesson planner, writing (and revising) lesson plans has never been so […]
Quick and Easy Reading Workshop Mini-Lessons for Busy Teachers
Can anyone explain why reading workshop mini-lessons, which last only 10 minutes, take an hour to plan? What’s up with that?! Am I the only one that wishes a mini-lesson had a minimum amount of prep time? I didn’t think so. Read on, teacher friends, about how you can quickly plan your reading workshop mini-lessons […]