"If students don't write at least three times a week, they are dead". - Donald Graves
"Real writers are eager for collaboration. They use other people's brains to help them get their writing right". - Mem Fox
"You learn to write by grappling with a real subject that truly matters to you". - Ralph Fletcher
"If students don't write at least three times a week, they are dead". - Donald Graves
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catherine@allaboutwriters
- Jun 18, 2019
- 3 min
As a parent...and a teacher
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP ding a ling ling BEEP BEEP BEEP ding a ling ling... My fingers scratch around for my alarm in the still dark morning....
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Jun 11, 2019
- 2 min
Holding Hands
They've changed so much already, those hands. Gone now are the dimpled knuckles and marshmallow fingers bubbling out from squishy palms....
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Jun 4, 2019
- 3 min
One that's getting away...
So many great things today, working with teachers and young writers across three schools from kindergarten to 4thgrade. What’s the one...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- May 7, 2019
- 2 min
I've re-launched!
As I emerge from school at 2:05pm, clunking in my heels in an effort to get to the car a few seconds faster, I fumble in my bag for keys...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Apr 17, 2019
- 2 min
A tale of the unexpected.
Even my daughter had commented on the fluffy look of the back of my neck, the sideburns now starting to crawl down in front of my ears....
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Apr 8, 2019
- 4 min
Dangling Feet
"Can we stop for a play?", she asks, looking over at me with that silvery blonde hair swinging around her shoulders, face flushed pink...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Apr 2, 2019
- 3 min
Hair? Overrated.
What isn't there to love about a shaved head? Aside from looking edgy and cool, a shaved head can save you so much time that you'd...
catherine@allaboutwriters
- Mar 31, 2019
- 3 min
Yeeeeee-haaa!
It's been great. I'd like this last challenge piece to be a shout out to those who have made this wonderful month of writing...
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