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		<title>Found Poetry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poetry Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had never heard of “found poetry” until I read about it a few years ago in Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s Literature K-6 (Dorfman and Cappelli, 2007).&#160; Poets.org explains that “found poems take existing texts and refashion them, reorder them, and present them as poems. The literary equivalent of a collage, found poetry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six-Room Poem</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 02:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Generating Writing Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently shared a “a fishing expedition for poetry&#8221;&#8211;a technique to help writers generate ideas for possible poems.  Here is another idea that I first learned about from Georgia Heard in her book Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School.  It is a graphic organizer that helps writers brainstorm ideas, words, phrases, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fishing Expedition for Poetry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 20:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poetry Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to start my poetry units by first immersing students in free verse poetry books and encouraging them to name what they notice about this type of poetry.&#160; Then I help them realize that poems are hiding everywhere by taking poetry walks around the classroom and outside of the school.&#160; Early on in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring into Poetry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poetry Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the past week I have been in four classrooms that have just begun or will soon begin a poetry unit of study during writing workshop.&#160; Since a lot of teachers seem to teach this unit in the spring, I thought I would write a series of entries on poetry strategies and ideas. My favorite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birthday Books</title>
		<link>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/reading-workshop/organizing-a-classroom-library/birthday-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Books for Pleasure Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organizing a Classroom Library]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I went birthday present shopping last night.&#160; For myself.&#160; At the library!&#160; I had to return some library books, and as I approached the entrance, I saw this sign: Well, of course, I couldn’t just walk by without at least browsing.&#160; Since it was the first day of the book sale, the selection was still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Teacher&#8217;s Writer&#8217;s Notebook (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Modeled Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology in the Classroom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[iPads and the Writing Workshop]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In yesterday’s blog I shared some thoughts on the importance of teachers keeping writer’s notebooks.&#160; I also shared that, while I have found my writer’s notebook to be a valuable teaching tool during mini-lessons and individual conferences, it is becoming cumbersome because it has no organization to it.&#160; When I first started this notebook, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Teacher&#8217;s Writer&#8217;s Notebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a writing teacher, I highly encourage you to keep a writer’s notebook.&#160; Because I’m not much of a journal writer, keeping a writer’s notebook used to intimidate me, and it seemed like “one more thing” to put on my to-do list.&#160; Then a few summers ago, I participated in the Oakland Writing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Impulse Purchase</title>
		<link>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/six-trait-writing/conventions-trait-minilessons/an-impulse-purchase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/six-trait-writing/conventions-trait-minilessons/an-impulse-purchase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conventions Trait Mini-lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology in the Classroom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPads and the Writing Workshop]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was just asked to put together a session on using iPads as tools in our writing classrooms for an upcoming conference.&#160; As if I needed another excuse to spend more time with my iPad!&#160; So I have spent a fair amount of time during the past two days “working” and surfing the net for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Teacher&#8217;s Hot Read</title>
		<link>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/blog/the-teachers-hot-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Reading Motivation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post I encouraged you to share your reading lives with your students.&#160; Here is another idea to model being readers ourselves and also to spark our students’ interests in reading.&#160; I read about this idea in Steven Layne’s book Igniting a Passion for Reading.&#160; Here is how it works: Get a book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Share Your Reading Life</title>
		<link>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/reading-workshop/share-your-reading-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/reading-workshop/share-your-reading-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conferring with Readers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reading Motivation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you an avid reader?&#160; Many teachers are.&#160; Some of us grew up with books and others became lifelong readers later in life.&#160; If you are one of these people, do you use this to its fullest advantage as a literacy teacher?&#160; If not, I encourage you to start!&#160; When we share our reading lives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPads in the Classroom</title>
		<link>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/blog/ipads-in-the-classroom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/blog/ipads-in-the-classroom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I visit classrooms and conduct workshops, I am seeing more and more iPads being used—both for teacher use and student use.&#160; Those who read my post last fall called This Seals the Deal know that it was the Confer app that helped me make the decision to purchase an iPad.&#160; I received it as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Physical Therapists and Conferring</title>
		<link>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/blog/physical-therapists-and-conferring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/blog/physical-therapists-and-conferring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conferring with Readers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conferring with Writers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking a lot about conferring again.&#160; I’ve recently read a couple of books on the topic and have decided it is an area I want to focus on for the rest of this school year.&#160; Several posts ago I shared my epiphany about how much the daily work of a teacher is like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Hot Mess</title>
		<link>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/writing-strategies/a-hot-mess/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/writing-strategies/a-hot-mess/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revision]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think revision is the stage of writing that many students (and teachers) dread.&#160; I am often asked for suggestions to help students embrace the act of revision.&#160; As I have become more comfortable with the writing process myself, I have found teaching revision strategies to my students to be the most enjoyable part.&#160; It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snow, Fire, and Flowers</title>
		<link>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/blog/snow-fire-and-flowers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/blog/snow-fire-and-flowers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the middle of January and we finally had our first little snowstorm of the season in Michigan. Even though I&#8217;ve lived through long, cold winters my whole life, I still do not embrace winter. But since my situation isn&#8217;t likely to change in the near future, I find ways to endure and at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Music Teachers Teach Writing?</title>
		<link>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/writing-strategies/do-music-teachers-teach-writing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Six-Trait Writing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[January is a huge professional development month for me this year. I am either leading or attending some type of training almost every day this month. All of December was spent preparing for this month. Hence, the reason I have not blogged&#8230;once again. Someday I will get this into my routine! Because I am on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctors and Conferring</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been struggling with some neck pain for a little over a year.&#160; Several weeks ago I finally went to see my doctor about it.&#160; As I was waiting for him to enter my exam room, I was thinking about conferring with our students.&#160; Weird, I know, but follow my line of thinking here.&#160; I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Conferring Notes Really Matter?</title>
		<link>http://www.teacher2teacherhelp.com/reading-workshop/do-conferring-notes-really-matter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked this question.  Teachers who ask this are not questioning the value of conferring itself, just the notetaking that comes during/after the conference. Typical reasons I hear against notetaking: “If I spend time writing notes, I end up conferring with fewer students.” “I don’t know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seminar Schedule Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just updated my website with information about upcoming events.  If you are interested in attending a seminar or conference, click here for availability in your geographic area. Don’t see something near you?  You can bring me to your school or district to present on one of these topics or you can contact me to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do Students Say About Choice in Writing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Choosing Writing Topics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently posted a blog entry about three reasons I think we should allow students to choose many of their own writing topics: 1) engagement  2) agency 3) independence.  In a subsequent post I wrote about how we can balance student choice with required writing. Today I would like to share the viewpoints of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Seems to Work for Patricia Polacco</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annemarie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Choosing Writing Topics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post I wrote about the importance of allowing students to choose their writing topics.&#160; Whenever I make that statement, I am always prepared to hear the “Yes, but…” responses.&#160; “Yes, choice seems important, but don’t I have to teach my students how to write for a prompt?”&#160; “Yes, but my students have [...]]]></description>
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