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- Episode 40 What Questions Should I Ask?
One big struggle many writing teachers face is knowing what to teach their writers.
I believe that your writers are your biggest resource, and that asking questions during writing conferences will provide the teaching points you are looking for!
We don't need to know it all. If you don't know, ask!
This episode provides ways to come up with questions to ask as well as examples of those questions.
We will also discuss 2 tips for using data to plan your questions.
Happy Listening!
About Melissa:
Melissa is an enthusiastic educator and continuous learner with over 19 years' experience in education. Her passion and expertise is transforming writing programs so that teachers are confident in writing instruction and student writers thrive! She strongly believes teachers are the key to effective instruction and their writers are their best resources.
Melissa knows that too often, explicit writing instruction is pushed aside in elementary education, and she feels it is her calling to help schools make it front and center, providing teachers with the knowledge and support necessary to implement effective and engaging writing instruction.
Teaching to Transform, LLC was founded by Melissa in 2018 and partners with school districts to provide professional development in writing instruction.
If you would like to learn more or refer Melissa to your district, check out her website below!
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22 min - Episode 39 Pt2 Teaching Writing is Like Coaching the High Jump
Here is Part 2 where we will relate that high jump session to writing instruction!
Identifying a jumper's bar height, understanding their approach, observing and analyzing their jump, identifying a foundational skill, demonstrating a skill, allowing for practice and providing feedback all happened in one training session!
Each part of that session correlates to a variety of components in writing such as: identifying a student's writing level of ability, understanding their writing identity and how they plan, observing their process, analyzing data, identifying a foundational skill, demonstration, practice and feedback!
I can't wait to hear what resonates with you after listening to this episode:)
About Melissa:
Melissa is an enthusiastic educator and continuous learner with over 19 years' experience in education. Her passion and expertise is transforming writing programs so that teachers are confident in writing instruction and student writers thrive! She strongly believes teachers are the key to effective instruction and their writers are their best resources.
Melissa knows that too often, explicit writing instruction is pushed aside in elementary education, and she feels it is her calling to help schools make it front and center, providing teachers with the knowledge and support necessary to implement effective and engaging writing instruction.
Teaching to Transform, LLC was founded by Melissa in 2018 and partners with school districts to provide professional development in writing instruction.
If you would like to learn more or refer Melissa to your district, check out her website below!
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23 min - Episode 38 Pt 1: Teaching Writing is Like Coaching the High Jump
I mean, it really is!
I recently watched my daughter's high jump training session and was blown away by the parallels between teaching writing and coaching the high jump!
The cycle of observation, demonstration, practice, and feedback the trainer used is exactly how we want to support our writers.
Listen in to see if you can find the similarities to writing as I tell the story of my daughter's session and learn how the high jump can teach us about growing writers!
About Melissa:
Melissa is an enthusiastic educator and continuous learner with over 19 years' experience in education. Her passion and expertise is transforming writing programs so that teachers are confident in writing instruction and student writers thrive! She strongly believes teachers are the key to effective instruction and their writers are their best resources.
Melissa knows that too often, explicit writing instruction is pushed aside in elementary education, and she feels it is her calling to help schools make it front and center, providing teachers with the knowledge and support necessary to implement effective and engaging writing instruction.
Teaching to Transform, LLC was founded by Melissa in 2018 and partners with school districts to provide professional development in writing instruction.
If you would like to learn more or refer Melissa to your district, check out her website below!
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17 min - Episode 37 Be Encouraged!
Teachers, I feel ya! It seems to be that time of year when you've been in full swing for a while, and you're tired.
I hope this episode will provide some validation as well as support with a couple of strategies for moving forward.
Thank you for all you do!
About Melissa:
Melissa is an enthusiastic educator and continuous learner with over 19 years' experience in education. Her passion and expertise is transforming writing programs so that teachers are confident in writing instruction and student writers thrive! She strongly believes teachers are the key to effective instruction and their writers are their best resources.
Melissa knows that too often, explicit writing instruction is pushed aside in elementary education, and she feels it is her calling to help schools make it front and center, providing teachers with the knowledge and support necessary to implement effective and engaging writing instruction.
Teaching to Transform, LLC was founded by Melissa in 2018 and partners with school districts to provide professional development in writing instruction.
If you would like to learn more or refer Melissa to your district, check out her website below!
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachingtotransform/message
12 min - Episode 34 So many levels!
Writing teachers! I know there is such a variety of writing levels in your classroom!
This issue has been brought to my attention from several teachers this school year, so we are going to tackle this challenge head-on in today's episode!
Listen in to hear how to collect real-time data from your writers and then use it to guide your writing instruction. It will take a bit of time to gather data, but it is the necessary step in moving writers forward, and in feeling confident in your teaching of writing!
After this episode, you will have a better plan for tackling writing instruction for all of your writers!
About Melissa:
Melissa is an enthusiastic educator and continuous learner with over 19 years' experience in education. Her passion and expertise is transforming writing programs so that teachers are confident in writing instruction and student writers thrive! She strongly believes teachers are the key to effective instruction and their writers are their best resources.
Melissa knows that too often, explicit writing instruction is pushed aside in elementary education, and she feels it is her calling to help schools make it front and center, providing teachers with the knowledge and support necessary to implement effective and engaging writing instruction.
Teaching to Transform, LLC was founded by Melissa in 2018 and partners with school districts to provide professional development in writing instruction.
If you would like to learn more or refer Melissa to your district, check out her website below!
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23 min - Episode 33 Just Keep Swimming Just Keep Swimming
Just like me, I bet you have said, "they just aren't growing!" and you've felt frustrated with your students' writing growth.
What do we do when our writers (or we) struggle with writing instruction. Long story short, Just Keep Going!
It takes time and lots of repetition for students to grow and succeed, so we need to keep teaching, writing, sharing, trying and supporting our students!
Listen in to hear about what I mean and how and why to just keep going with writing instruction!
About Melissa:
Melissa is an enthusiastic educator and continuous learner with over 19 years' experience in education. Her passion and expertise is transforming writing programs so that teachers are confident in writing instruction and student writers thrive! She strongly believes teachers are the key to effective instruction and their writers are their best resources.
Melissa knows that too often, explicit writing instruction is pushed aside in elementary education, and she feels it is her calling to help schools make it front and center, providing teachers with the knowledge and support necessary to implement effective and engaging writing instruction.
Teaching to Transform, LLC was founded by Melissa in 2018 and partners with school districts to provide professional development in writing instruction.
If you would like to learn more or refer Melissa to your district, check out her website below!
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachingtotransform/message
16 min - Episode 32 Why Don't We Trust Our Writers?
I've been there. I've wanted to be in charge of what my writers do in the classroom.
I worried that their writing might not reflect 'good teaching', so I controlled much of what they did as writers. When writers struggled to strong pieces, I thought I needed to come up with all of the next steps. But did that help them to learn how to be successful writers? I don't think so.
Today we talk about a few possible reasons for our lack of "trust" in our writers as well as ways to provide it by giving our students' ownership over their writing.
I hope this episode will help you begin to make the shift towards providing student autonomy for your writers.
About Melissa:
Melissa is an enthusiastic educator and continuous learner with over 19 years' experience in education. Her passion and expertise is transforming writing programs so that teachers are confident in writing instruction and student writers thrive! She strongly believes teachers are the key to effective instruction and their writers are their best resources.
Melissa knows that too often, explicit writing instruction is pushed aside in elementary education, and she feels it is her calling to help schools make it front and center, providing teachers with the knowledge and support necessary to implement effective and engaging writing instruction.
Teaching to Transform, LLC was founded by Melissa in 2018 and partners with school districts to provide professional development in writing instruction.
If you would like to learn more or refer Melissa to your district, check out her website below!
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachingtotransform/message
12 min - Episode 31 Why Don't We Let Them Talk?
I can picture it now, students are still and silent as they try to work on their writing piece. The teacher quiets anyone who is whispering and tells them to keep writing.
Maybe that is just asking too much, or not enough, of our young writers.
In this episode, we talk more about what it means to allow students to write authentically, which includes encouraging collaboration with peers...DURING writing time!
If you are wanting to get your students to write, you need to let them write just as any other writer does; with comfort, choice, time for thinking, collaboration and even quick breaks!
Listen in to hear more!
About Melissa:
Melissa is an enthusiastic educator and continuous learner with over 19 years' experience in education. Her passion and expertise is transforming writing programs so that teachers are confident in writing instruction and student writers thrive! She strongly believes teachers are the key to effective instruction and their writers are their best resources.
Melissa knows that too often, explicit writing instruction is pushed aside in elementary education, and she feels it is her calling to help schools make it front and center, providing teachers with the knowledge and support necessary to implement effective and engaging writing instruction.
Teaching to Transform, LLC was founded by Melissa in 2018 and partners with school districts to provide professional development in writing instruction.
If you would like to learn more or refer Melissa to your district, check out her website below!
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachingtotransform/message
11 min - Episode 30 Why are we afraid to teach writing? Let's change that!
Alright teachers, here's the thing. I know it can be scary to teach this writing stuff!
Today I talk about the 3 obstacles around teaching writing and the ways to combat our fears and concerns and start transforming writing instruction!
Teaching writing does not have to be scary! Teaching writing doesn't have to be fancy!
In this episode, I share my best strategies for making the jump into helping your students as writers, and hopefully give you the push you need to make some changes!
Resource: Writing Pathways; Performance Assessments and Learning Progressions K-8, Lucy Calkins
About Melissa:
Melissa is an enthusiastic educator and continuous learner with over 19 years' experience in education. Her passion and expertise is transforming writing programs so that teachers are confident in writing instruction and student writers thrive! She strongly believes teachers are the key to effective instruction and their writers are their best resources.
Melissa knows that too often, explicit writing instruction is pushed aside in elementary education, and she feels it is her calling to help schools make it front and center, providing teachers with the knowledge and support necessary to implement effective and engaging writing instruction.
Teaching to Transform, LLC was founded by Melissa in 2018 and partners with school districts to provide professional development in writing instruction.
If you would like to learn more or refer Melissa to your district, check out her website below!
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachingtotransform/message
20 min - Episode 29 Bare Bones of BOY Writing Instruction
If you are wondering how to start your writing program this year, this is the episode for you!
K-8 teachers will find helpful information for getting started with writing so that your students will ASK for writing time and enjoy writing!
In order to create classrooms full of independent, successful writers who enjoy writing, try these 3 things.
*Encourage community
*Get to know your students as writers
*Choose a few teaching points
In the episode, I provide ways to do all three things in order to get your students to write!
Key Points: Your students are your best resource!
Be inquisitive!
Teach what they need!
About Melissa:
Melissa is an enthusiastic educator and continuous learner with over 19 years' experience in education. Her passion and expertise is transforming writing programs so that teachers are confident in writing instruction and student writers thrive! She strongly believes teachers are the key to effective instruction and their writers are their best resources.
Melissa knows that too often, explicit writing instruction is pushed aside in elementary education, and she feels it is her calling to help schools make it front and center, providing teachers with the knowledge and support necessary to implement effective and engaging writing instruction.
Teaching to Transform, LLC was founded by Melissa in 2018 and partners with school districts to provide professional development in writing instruction.
If you would like to learn more or refer Melissa to your district, check out her website below!
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/teachingtotransform/message
21 min
About Getting Students to Write- Helping Elementary and Middle School teachers improve student writing.
From the publisher's feed
Are you a K-8 Elementary or Middle School ELA teacher wondering how to get your students to write? This podcast is for teachers looking for a way to revamp and transform their writing time! You don't need daily lesson plans or prompts-you just need to understand what writers need!
In this inspiring podcast, you will hear about the struggles, pitfalls, practices, and joy of teaching writing in a student-centered (workshop) model. Melissa guides you through the journey away from a more traditional, product-based writing time to a much more authentic, progress-based way of teaching writing.
In each episode, you will gain insight into a student-centered model for writing instruction and receive bite-sized strategies that are able to be implemented right away.
If you would like to feel more confident in teaching writing AND see your writers flourish, just press play!
Let's begin your writing TRANSFORMATION!
Melissa's Website: www.teaching-to-transform.com
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