Propel Writers Forward With Reflection Shares: A Tip for Tomorrow from Stacey

01/28/24 • 5 min

Join Stacey as she delves into the power of reflection shares to promote growth and development in student writing. She discusses how whole-group reflection allows students to share insights, experiences, and strategies, and fosters a sense of community and accountability. She emphasizes the importance of students feeling valued and included in the larger writing community, which increases confidence and engagement in the writing process. Near the end of the episode, Stacey shares a few prompts to help you get started with reflection shares in your classroom as soon as tomorrow.

The reflection prompts mentioned towards the end of the episode:

I still need help with...
Something I will try again...
A question I still have...
I could teach others to...

You can find these and some additional reflection prompts in chapter nine of Welcome to Writing Workshop: Engaging Today’s Students with a Model That Works by Stacey Shubitz and Lynne R. Dorfman.

Two Writing Teachers contains excellent information about reflection and sharing. You may click on these category links to explore blog posts on these topics:

#TWTBlog posts about reflection
#TWTBlog posts about sharing

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The reflection prompts mentioned towards the end of the episode:

I still need help with...
Something I will try again...
A question I still have...
I could teach others to...

You can find these and some additional reflection prompts in chapter nine of Welcome to Writing Workshop: Engaging Today’s Students with a Model That Works by Stacey Shubitz and Lynne R. Dorfman.

Two Writing Teachers contains excellent information about reflection and sharing. You may click on these category links to explore blog posts on these topics:

#TWTBlog posts about reflection
#TWTBlog posts about sharing

Send us a text

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For more about teaching writing, head to the Two Writing Teachers blog.

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Research and Writing Instruction: A Tip for Tomorrow from Melanie

Research can be instrumental in supporting instructional decision-making for teachers. In this Tip for Tomorrow, Melanie gives an overview of some of the most critical research surrounding writing instruction. She will cover what the research says about:

Teaching kids about different aspects of the writing process.
Studying strong examples of writing to lift the level of student writing.
Teaching students to become fluent with handwriting, spelling, and typing so the cognitive focus is on content, not construction and transcription.
Providing daily time for students to write in and outside the writing workshop (e.g., content area writing, writing about reading).
Creating an engaged community of writers where writers confer, collaborate, and think about their audience.

Links to the research mentioned in the episode:
Steve Graham:

Constance Weaver:

Grammar intertwined throughout the writing process: An “inch wide and a mile deep”

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