Two Writing Teachers Podcast

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Since 2007, Two Writing Teachers has been a vibrant community of reflective writers. We're excited to take our passion for teaching writing to new heights in the second season of our podcast. Join us as we explore ways to create, lead, and sustain joyful and productive writing workshops, empowering educators to help their students become competent, brave, and confident writers. Let's make writing instruction engaging and rewarding for everyone involved!

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Our Go-to Writing Conferences: A Digging Deeper Dialogue

Conferring is the heart of writing workshop, which is why we are talking about four types of writing conferences we adore having with students. In this episode, we discussed on-the-spot writing conferences, complement-only conferences, table conferences, and inquiry conferences. As usual, we tuck in some conferring tips as well! MORE ABOUT CONFERRING We have written a lot of content about conferring over at Two Writing Teachers so it's hard to pick just a few pieces to share in today's show note...

Sep 22, 2022•28 min

A Special Idea About Your Mid-Workshop Interruption: A Tip for Tomorrow from Stacey

Maximize the power of your mid-workshop interruptions by having a precise location where students can easily find you. To read more about mid-workshop interruptions, head over to our blog and read: The Mid-Workshop Interruption: An Opportunity for Instruction During the Workshop Writing Workshop Fundamentals: Structure For more about the teaching of writing, check out the blog! https://twowritingteachers.org ***** Send us Fan Mail Please subscribe to our podcast and leave us ratings/reviews on y...

Sep 18, 2022•4 min

Keeping Writers Organized: A Tip for Tomorrow from Amy

To read more about the organization of materials in the workshop, check out some of our blog posts, including: My Conferring Toolkit: Our Favorite Things Blog Series Writers Need Tools This is the Year I'm Going to Make Writing Toolkits Creating Classroom Environments: Paper Choices For more about the teaching of writing, check out the blog! http://twowritingteachers.org ***** Send us Fan Mail Please subscribe to our podcast and leave us ratings/reviews on your favorite listening platform. You m...

Sep 11, 2022•6 min

Thinking About Charts: A Digging Deeper Dialogue

Some of our past blog posts that correspond to today's conversation are: The Importance of Charts in Classrooms Making the Most Out of Charts Personalizing charts to foster intention and independence For more on the teaching of writing, out our blog at https://twowritingteachers.org . This episode was recorded on August 21, 2022. ***** Send us Fan Mail Please subscribe to our podcast and leave us ratings/reviews on your favorite listening platform. You may contact us directly if you want us to c...

Sep 08, 2022•27 min

Building Independent Writing Time Stamina: A Tip For Tomorrow from Stacey

To read more about building writers' stamina, check out some of our blog posts including: Building Stamina in Primary Writers Developing Stamina Resources Teachers Can Share With Families: Increase Writing Volume and Stamina at Home Stamina in Our Youngest Writers For more about the teaching of writing, check out the blog! https://twowritingteachers.org ***** Send us Fan Mail Please subscribe to our podcast and leave us ratings/reviews on your favorite listening platform. You may contact us dire...

Sep 04, 2022•5 min

Record Keeping: A Digging Deeper Dialogue

For more on record keeping, check out some of these posts from Two Writing Teachers: Record Keeping- Why and How: Assessment Strengthens Writers Conferring Toolkits: Record Keeping Record-Keeping Forms The Case for Record-Keeping This is the year I’m going to keep better records. Melanie's posts about Google Forms are available through the following posts: Ideas for getting started with google forms Continuing to Think About Google Forms Follow us on Twitter! Amy Ellerman: https://twitter.com/sa...

Sep 01, 2022•27 min

Building Confidence in Writers: A Tip for Tomorrow from Amy

To read more about building writers' agency, check out some of our blog posts including: Student Agency: Solving Predictable Problems Blog Series Top Three Beginning of Year Conferences: Our Favorite Things Blog Series Joy and Agency: An Origin Story Fostering Authorship, Identity, and Agency in the Early Childhood Classroom Through Storytelling Subscribe to our podcast at https://twtpod.buzzsprout.com . For more about the teaching of writing, check out the blog! https://twowritingteachers.org F...

Sep 01, 2022•4 min

The Importance of Volume: A Digging Deeper Dialogue

For more on the importance of volume, check out some of these posts on the Two Writing Teachers blog: Pump Up the Volume Paper Choices: What’s up with that? All About the Paper. Follow us on Twitter! Amy Ellerman: https://twitter.com/sanderling12 Melanie Meehan: https://twitter.com/MelanieMeehan1 Stacey Shubitz: https://twitter.com/sshubitz Subscribe to our podcast at https://twtpod.buzzsprout.com . Advertising Inquiries: Email us at contact@twowritingteachers.org. Send us Fan Mail Please subscr...

Sep 01, 2022•23 min

Thinking About Transitions: A Tip for Tomorrow from Melanie

To read more about transitions, check out some of our blog posts including: Rituals and Transitions Three Tricks for Smoother Classroom Transitions A Game Plan for Writing Workshop Transitions Subscribe to our podcast at https://twtpod.buzzsprout.com . For more about the teaching of writing, check out the blog! https://twowritingteachers.org Follow me on Twitter! Melanie Meehan: https://twitter.com/MelanieMeehan1 Advertising Inquiries: Email us at contact@twowritingteachers.org. Send us Fan Mail...

Sep 01, 2022•4 min

Opportunities for Instruction During a Writing Block: A Tip for Tomorrow from Stacey

Some useful links on teaching shares and mid-workshop interruptions: Mid-Workshop Interruption Category on TWT Teaching Shares: Ending Strong Subscribe to our podcast at https://twtpod.buzzsprout.com . For more about the teaching of writing, check out the blog! https://twowritingteachers.org Follow me on Twitter! Stacey Shubitz: https://twitter.com/sshubitz Advertising Inquiries: Email us at contact@twowritingteachers.org. Send us Fan Mail Please subscribe to our podcast and leave us ratings/rev...

Sep 01, 2022•3 min

Thinking About Extended Time for Writers: A Digging Deeper Dialogue

Some of our past blog posts that correspond to today's conversation are: Co:Writer Differentiating and Inspiring Students with Learning Differences in Writing Workshop Finding Accessible Fonts for Classroom Use Subscribe to our podcast at https://twtpod.buzzsprout.com . For more on the teaching of writing, check out our blog at https://twowritingteachers.org . Follow us on Twitter! Amy Ellerman: https://twitter.com/sanderling12 Melanie Meehan: https://twitter.com/MelanieMeehan1 Stacey Shubitz: h...

Sep 01, 2022•31 min

Why Teachers Should Write: A Digging Deeper Dialogue

For more on being a teacher-writer check out It's Not Magic (but it IS): The Power of Being a Teacher Who Writes , and The Power of Writing Timelines, You may also check our archives at https://twowritingteachers.org/category/teacher-of-writing/ . Follow us on Twitter! Amy Ellerman: https://twitter.com/sanderling12 Melanie Meehan: https://twitter.com/MelanieMeehan1 Stacey Shubitz: https://twitter.com/sshubitz Subscribe to our podcast at https://twtpod.buzzsprout.com . For more about the teaching...

Sep 01, 2022•20 min

TRAILER: Introducing the Two Writing Teachers Podcast

Welcome! We are glad you are here. We are excited to talk about the ways to create, lead, and sustain joyful and productive writing workshops. This trailer will provide you with an overview of where we are headed with this project. In addition to finding us here on the Podcast, connect with us on our blog, Two Writing Teachers. Send us Fan Mail Please subscribe to our podcast and leave us ratings/reviews on your favorite listening platform. You may contact us directly if you want us to consult w...

Jul 27, 2022•7 min

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