Top 5 from CCIRA: leahkochtwt.wordpress.com/2024/02/13/cci…

Why you should encourage invented spelling: twowritingteachers.org/2024/02/15/inv…

#TWTBlog's 17th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge, a month-long writing challenge for educators, begins on Friday, 3/1! More info: i.mtr.cool/onttwltbmz Sign-up: i.mtr.cool/rfxgqsghnt #SOL24

Giving our opinion writing an authentic audience! Where better to put “Why You Should Recycle” than right on the bin? And of course “Why I Love Books” belongs in the Kindergarten hallway to help beginning readers. 💕

🎦In this #TWTPod Tip for Tomorrow, Melanie Meehan provides three ways to use digital mentor texts. She provides insight on using videos as part of your whole-class instruction, inquiry lessons, & as a goal-setting tool. 🎧Stream the episode at i.mtr.cool/cyleavmwpt

Fancy pencils instead of florals at a fancy restaurant? The writer in me loves it.

The next Author’s Contest is underway… leahkochtwt.wordpress.com/2024/03/01/kic…

Consider having some short reads available for students who are between books #AYear4theBooks #BackPocketWisdom Maria Walther Stenhouse Publishers

How a goal progression guides our reading growth:

Thank you for the writing tips, Kelly Starling Lyons!

Adapting Lainie Levin’s idea when we started to run out of ideas for opinion writing… this got us fired up!

We got the exciting news that our 2nd grade Kirkwood School Dist Foundation grant was approved! We can't wait to put Scholastic Times into our daily reading 📖📚

Quantify your teaching point with a progression to motivate and engage writers. twowritingteachers.org/2024/03/11/up-… #TWTBlog

Just found my new favorite opinion mentor text! Melanie Meehan instagram.com/reel/C2KWuHOAO…

✏️ Melanie Meehan shares a tip to reduce cognitive load for students in written expression! 🧠 Learn how two strategies can aid word retrieval and make writing more accessible for students. 🎧Listen now: buzzsprout.com/2027003/145317…. #TWTPod

Using our reading journals to make inferences about Vashti Harrison's "Big." leahkochtwt.wordpress.com/2024/03/27/usi…

Does That Even Count? Getting ready for the classroom challenge: leahkochtwt.wordpress.com/2024/03/28/doe…