TTT 05.13.2020 How are teachers and librarians supporting parents and their children?
Channel: Paul Allison
Date: 2020-05-13

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This Wednesday evening at 9E/8C/7M/6P on TTT https://teachersteachingteachers.org, we're checking in with elementary school teachers, librarians, and National Writing Project educators who have launched https://kidwriting.nwp.org/ -- a four-cycle writing adventure. The website welcomes parents and caregivers:
Are you at home with a young child (or children) who is between the ages of four and eight? We want to offer manageable and fun ways to think about writing that might give you and your child something to do together while providing structured writing practice. In this overview, we offer a sense of how you might help your young writer grow. Then we offer four cycles of exploration and writing for you to try out. You can do these activities with your children to give them something to learn and talk and write about.
Jessica Early, Judy Buchanan, and others working on this project will be joining elementary school teachers on TTT tomorrow evening at 9E/8C/7M/6P. Fred Mindlin has been asking to talk with other elementary teachers, and I asked a wonderful third-grade teacher from the New York City Writing Project, Marina Lombardo to join us just to talk about how things are going with the children they are teaching. 

Another related group of educators -- librarians and media specialists -- will be joining us as well
Last week Harry Brake interviewed a public librarian near him, Donna Carter, and he published "a podcast tying together the public and school librarianship connections."
https://anchor.fm/harry-brake/episodes/Mid-May-Corona-Meanderings-edsq34
Harry invited Donna Carter to join us on TTT, and I invited Bud Hunt to join us as well. One question we'll ask these librarians and media specialists: What about summer reading?

We are also planning to take a look at the Philidelphia Writing Project's related work as represented on the PhilWP Blog: Kid Writing at Home & in Classrooms.

Add your stories, your voice, your hopes -- and concerns. We'll publish a link to join us at https://teachersteachingteachers.org 15 minutes before we go live on Wednesday evening, May 13th at 9E/8C/7M/6P.