Website Update
Posted By bberry on June 25, 2009
Great Job Karl!
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Rebecca Harper
Posted By mbrooks on June 23, 2009
Rebecca Harper brought energy and passion into the classroom today with her love for picture books, clarity on point of view ideas, fairytale newspapers and letter writing, transitions from poetry to prose, along with a name unit that could mean a great deal to any age. She was refreshing and certainly complimented our hard work and free flowing ideas! Wonderful class!
For discussion
Posted By lynner on June 23, 2009
- NWP Site Bulletin – REACH OUT AND WRITE!
Please take a moment this summer to write or email your legislators. Let them know you appreciate their support for the writing project. Tell them something you did in your classroom this year or plan to do next year. Give them a glimpse of your summer institute or another writing project opportunity that is making a difference to your teaching. Be brief. One or two short paragraphs from an educator like you will assure members of Congress that their commitment to the NWP has a specific and lasting impact. Let your voice be heard and your work be recognized!
WRITE DURING THE SUMMER INSTITUTE — a chance to write from your heart and from the program that is the heart of the writing project.
WRITE BEFORE YOU GO BACK TO SCHOOL — a chance to share your excitement about returning to school with new plans, new ideas, new enthusiasm. Forward your summer writing, such as Op-Ed pieces and other reflections on the importance of writing and the impact the writing project has on teachers and students in your area.
PLAN A LOCAL EVENT FOR THE NATIONAL DAY ON WRITING, OCTOBER 20, 2009 — For more information go to http://www.ncte.org/action/dayonwriting.
Let us hear from you. Share your letters to Congress and any responses you receive by sending them to us at publicaffairs@nwp.org. This not only helps us keep up with the extraordinary work you do, but also helps shape our national advocacy effort.
For more tips on writing to your legislators, follow this link: http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2455.
Rebecca Harper
Posted By crobinson on June 23, 2009
We had guest speaker Rebecca Harper today from the Midlands Writing Project. Her demonstration was very insightful, useful, and entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to her today and she gave me some great ideas and resources for future use.
Posted By mmance on June 22, 2009
I can’t believe it’s been three already. Boy how time flies. I have learned so much about writing and reading during the summer institute. Each demo has given me new strategies and techniques that I can really use with my students. I am looking forward to the start of the new school so I can starting using them with my students and open them up a whole new world of writing.
Halfway to paradise
Posted By lynner on June 22, 2009
We’re at the halfway point, which means that we’ve seen some excellent demos, engaged in great discussions about a variety of issues, composed promising anthology pieces, and researched and read some of the foundational texts that will help us to develop position papers and teaching stories. Good work, everyone!
Mall Writing
Posted By jjustice on June 20, 2009
Friday’s writing adventure led a group of us to the mall. The sounds and sites of children and parents wanderng about, inspired a wonderful start to a paper by Pamela in which she discussed “No means No”. We discussed how adults’ fear of telling children “no” may be giving them the wrong life messages. My eight year old attended with me and she even took the time to sit and write about our lab who just birthed 8 puppies. I enjoyed the time.
Writing in Mathematics
Posted By Karl Fornes on June 19, 2009
Poetry To Learn Chemistry
Posted By Karl Fornes on June 19, 2009
Authentic Writing
Posted By Karl Fornes on June 19, 2009