Writing
What does early literacy look and sound like?
Yesterday I was trying to make a grocery list for a quick run to the store. While I was in the act of writing the items on paper and checking the cabinet for a few critical supplies, Bossy Boots (age 4) walked in. She immediately wanted to help me with my list and snatched the…
Read MoreWriting is constructing thoughts. Writing is NOT copying.
From the desk of Hope… My blog topics are inspired by the work I do in classrooms as a literacy specialist, my 13 year old son’s educational experiences and my own literacy life. This particular topic hit me slap in the face this week as I was out and about “living literacy”. (This is a…
Read MoreWriter's Traffic Jam
Recently I have had writer’s block and have had a hard time composing blogs. By writer’s block, I really mean a traffic jam. I mean I have plenty of ideas. Plenty of thoughts running around in my head and some zooming and some lingering and some bouncing back and forth, but none that have become…
Read MoreFrustrated Writer #1
I just spent 45 minutes composing my thinking about the Atlanta cheating scandal and was just about ready to post. It was a good one–I had checked names and included details, and it was really coming together. I liked it. I was trying to add a link to the draft and somehow I lost…
Read MoreRough Draft
Well ERG fans, here it is. The inaugural blog post for ERG. This is one of those things I have talked about and thought about and am giving it a try as of today. This is our blogging rough draft moment. I want this space to be a place for ideas, conversations, and all thinking…
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