Carly Van Der Wende

Classroom workshop musings.

[Carly Van Der Wende @CVanDerWende]

Looking to inspire middle school writers to care more deeply about the writing process? Check out my new article for @edutopia! ✍️💡🩷 https://t.co/ANKzDDH5sM @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower

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@meganloumcq @edutopia @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower I’m so glad you found it helpful, Megan! Thank you for your note!

[Carly Van Der Wende @CVanDerWende]

Looking to inspire middle school writers to care more deeply about the writing process? Check out my new article for @edutopia! ✍️💡🩷 https://t.co/ANKzDDH5sM @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower

[Carly Van Der Wende @CVanDerWende]

Who doesn’t love a book club slogan jingle? 🎶 📚 Today students have fun collaborating with their new book clubs to create group norms and more. @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower

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Book club book exploration day! 🎉📚@wyckoffschools @wpseisenhower

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8th graders collaborating in advisory! @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower

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7th graders have been hard at work enhancing their memoir drafts and then sharing the lines that make them most proud. 💡📝 @WPSEisenhower @wyckoffschools @mrskgraziano

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Prior to drafting memoirs, students analyze professional memoirists’ craft and share what they noticed and loved. 💙📚📝 @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower

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Embarking on a memoir writing journey, students create and share notebook prewriting strategies. Today a student demonstrated how good writers can scrap ideas and start anew - it’s all part of the beauty of the writing process.📝💡💙@WPSEisenhower @wyckoffschools @mrskgraziano

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Can you feel the energy of classroom thespians in action? 🎭 Prior to drafting, students deconstruct and act out a read aloud scene to reveal that memoir moments are short frames of time told with vivid details. 📝💡 @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower @mrskgraziano

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What songs 🎶, people, feelings, or photos 📸 evoke special memories for you? This week students explore and share past experiences through memoir moment flash drafts. 📝💕 @WPSEisenhower @wyckoffschools

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How would you define your life in exactly 6️⃣ words? Seventh graders write and share six-word memoirs.💡@WPSEisenhower @wyckoffschools @mrskgraziano

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In celebrating 🥳 the end of our class read aloud 📚 , students created their own glass castles 🏰 and wrote detailed descriptions, infusing vocabulary and Greek and Latin roots. @WPSEisenhower @wyckoffschools

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To celebrate the journey’s end of our year-long class read aloud 📖, students have begun construction on their own glass castles! 🏰 @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower

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In speed sharing rounds, students present their book bentos 🍱. Thanks to @MaycieSchmidt for sharing this fun, evidence-based project! 📚 @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower

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Greek and Latin roots have never been more fun! @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower

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Such joy 🤩 today when a student arrived to language arts with his 3D printed🐢 book stand created in @MrOTechTeacher’s digital prototyping and design class!💡 @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower

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Beautiful! @WPSEisenhower @wyckoffschools

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Such a fun day of trying out @pennykittle 's "Illustrated Quotations" notebook entries. Collecting examples of beautiful writing and significant quotes in our book club books. Always the best when students say, "Can we do this again?" Thanks for sharing this idea @CVanDerWende

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I’m delighted that @ncte has published and spotlighted my @edutopia article on Speed Booking! 📚 ❤️ https://t.co/BVu2r277kn @WPSEisenhower @wyckoffschools

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Which lines from text pressed on your heart this week? 📚 💙 Students share impactful quote art in book club discussions. @wyckoffschools @WPSEisenhower

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What speaks to you about each of these poems? 📝 Students connect with their classmates and powerful words through traveling poetry rounds. 💙 @WPSEisenhower @wyckoffschools