by Shonna | Feb 18, 2014 | Cinderella's Dress, Teaching Writing
For months I’ve been living in relative bliss, with thoughts of the infamous EDIT LETTER looming over my head…but far above my head, like a distant storm I knew was coming but was a ways off yet. And then…it came: (Thanks Theresa and...
by Shonna | Jan 29, 2014 | Teaching Writing
(Know these quotes? Check out the list at the end of this post!) When I started down the path of professional writer I had to unlearn some “rules” I’d picked up along the way. I saw one of these misleading rules while looking for pictures to repin to my teaching...
by Shonna | Oct 15, 2013 | Teaching Writing
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). My kids LOVE this month. We set aside our regularly-scheduled language arts curriculum and we just have at it, writing as many words as we can every day. At the end of the month they have a short novel to show for...
by Shonna | Oct 3, 2013 | Teaching Reading, Teaching Writing
New parents are always getting advice. Some unwanted. Some ineffective. Some so spot-on you’ve got to pay it forward. I don’t remember where I heard it first, but early on, I picked up the idea to read to my kids. But not just read to them until they can read for...
by Shonna | Sep 17, 2013 | Teaching Reading, Teaching Writing, Uncategorized
I’m working my way through my teaching philosophy regarding reading and writing. Last blog I covered some of the ways we introduced our kids to books from the time they were babies, up through preschool. The most radical method involved severely limiting electronics...
by Shonna | Sep 11, 2013 | Teaching Reading, Teaching Writing
Developing the Reader/Writer Series (Part 2) While some couples can’t wait to take their kids camping or surfing or to soccer games, my husband and I pictured vacations filled with bags of books being trotted out poolside followed by hours of sustained silent reading....