This week, Kristina Peterson is back with a two part series about reading and writing and how two experiences have influenced hers as a teacher. You will enjoy these reflective pieces and I encourage you to add your own thoughts too. First – Writing… ~EMP The Story: Eleven years ago I created a portfolio for [...]
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1:1 technology implies that each student in a classroom has access to a piece of effective technology be it a computer, laptop, tablet or other electronic devise. Many classrooms across the country and around the world are implementing, this while others are barely there…yet! It may be the classroom of the future for some teachers, [...]
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Sarah Morris, from Primrose preschools, shares a post with us today about how to cultivate a great love of literacy with children. ~EMP Young children love to imitate what the adults in their lives are doing. They will happily “clean” the house while Mom performs her chores or “mow” the lawn in imitation of Dad. [...]
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When you think of the creative process – a learning process – you may think that the person involved needs to be inspired by something and that they are constantly coming up with creative original material. But that is not always the case, nor should it be. In fact, I am a firm believer that, [...]
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Kristina Peterson is back to share her insights about writing, specifically revision – an important part of the writing process, a creative process. To read more from Kristina, visit her author page, by clicking her name. ~EMP I had the distinct pleasure of taking a writing class this past summer with Tom Romano during which [...]
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If there is one thing my students learn before they leave me to move onto the next teacher, it’s the BME Rule. I have a sign in my classroom that states: “The BME Rule – All Good Writing is Following It!” It has to do with the fact that all good pieces of writing have [...]
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In my last post, I wrote about how visualization using music can help students build their visualization in reading. In this post, I want to explore the possibilities of using musical visualization to prompt good writing. Being able to allow students to imagine their story, repeat it in their minds, and “walk around” their visualization [...]
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What better way to explore the writing process than with music?! Musical creation, or composition, is nearly identical to the writing process that we teach our students. Just look: Composing Writing Prewriting Students brainstorm sounds/melodies for their composition. Students brainstorm ideas/topics for their writing. Rough Draft Students get their ideas down. Students get their ideas [...]
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There is quite an ongoing debate about the 5 paragraph essay. Is it a good thing to teach? Is it stifling young writers’ creativity? Does it teach real writing? As for me, I started out by loving the 5 paragraph essay: It was predictable, easy to use and so formulaic that I could write a [...]
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