Writer's workshop

Shameer Bismilla

Oct 30, 2021

My Take on Early Literacy: Debunking Common Myths

What is Early Literacy? In my many years of being an early childhood and adult educator, I have believed that early literacy is a social...

Shameer Bismilla

Oct 16, 2020

Just write from the heart!

"I don't have anything to write about", "I don't have a story" - sounds familiar? This seems to be a common roadblock between your...

Shameer Bismilla

Oct 11, 2020

Author Celebration!

Writing conferences happen when you converse with students; you listen to students talk about their writing. You look at students work...

Shameer Bismilla

Oct 2, 2020

Books we read this week

Here are some of the books we read this week - books that support reader's and writer's workshop lessons. We had fun studying how authors...

Shameer Bismilla

Sep 26, 2020

Making Thinking Visible

During Reader's Workshop sessions, children used thinking-stem statements ("I am thinking... I am noticing... I am wondering... I am...

Shameer Bismilla

Sep 20, 2020

Small Moments

What is a small moment? A small moment is taking an event, "zooming in" on a specific thing that happened in that event and writing about...