Yesterday I was at a workshop for the Lucy Calkins Units of Study in Writing. We spent a lot of time discussing why writing instruction is so important. Obviously it was a lot of preaching to the choir for me. But, I found I was looking at writing through the lens of my blogging … Continue reading On 100 Days of Blogging-#BLOG365 Day 100
Writing Instruction
Interdisciplinary Learning Done Right: Student Exhibition Projects – #BLOG365 Day 29
There has been a little bit of chatter on the #IMMOOC Voxer group about interdisciplinary learning over the last few days. It was also something my accreditation group spent a lot of time discussing last week when we were doing a site visit. True cross-curricular learning seems to be the Holy Grail in teaching. Great … Continue reading Interdisciplinary Learning Done Right: Student Exhibition Projects – #BLOG365 Day 29
Write Long and Strong – #BLOG365 Day 15
"Write long and strong." I heard this in a classroom the other day. We adopted a new writing series this year and I have been in classrooms almost every day to see how it's going, offer support, and facilitate the introduction of writing workshop at our school. Being in the midst of writing instruction … Continue reading Write Long and Strong – #BLOG365 Day 15
Five Things I Miss About Teaching – #BLOG365 Day 7
I have been in and out of the classroom the last few years. After a four-year stint as a Curriculum Integration Specialist in a public school, I moved to a charter school to teach. Then, a year and a half later, I moved to my current position, Director of Teaching and Learning at a private … Continue reading Five Things I Miss About Teaching – #BLOG365 Day 7
Jill Cross 