HAPPY TEACHING WITH RUTH AYRES
This is my offering to make the world a better place. It's the home of my online workshops to make teaching writers manageable and enjoyable.
I believe in making the world better through story -- listening to stories + telling our own + researching to know the story behind information. It's necessary for kids to learn to write well and to use their voices to impact the world. That's why I made this space -- a place for teachers to learn how to make teaching writers manageable and enjoyable. Because, after all, it will be teachers & stories that save the world.
I believe in making the world better through story -- listening to stories + telling our own + researching to know the story behind information. It's necessary for kids to learn to write well and to use their voices to impact the world. That's why I made this space -- a place for teachers to learn how to make teaching writers manageable and enjoyable. Because, after all, it will be teachers & stories that save the world.
VIDEO LESSONS
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Need a lesson? Check out my YouTube channel! These lessons are for students, so you can play the video during writing workshop, or listen ahead and deliver your own live version. Lessons are organized according to grade levels, units, and topics (process, craft, and conventions). Make sure to look for charts and materials link in the video description on YouTube. All lessons have an external link to a resource page with everything you need to deliver the lesson in your classroom.
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Free eBOOK: 14 Tips for Teaching Writers
Teaching writers is hard, so it's best to work together. I send weekly notes to my Email Pals with useful tips, inspirational stories, and encouragement for teaching writers. Here's the secret: much of what is shared with Email Pals isn't found anywhere else. You'll also get my eBook, JUMP IN: Great Teaching Begins in the Pool, as my gift to you. What are you waiting for? Jump in and let's get started teaching writers together.
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eBOOK: Finding Topics: A Guide for Teachers
eBOOK: ENTICE HARD-TO-REACH WRITERS WITH THESE 35 MOVES
Free Mini-Training: 3 Powerful Conference Tips
Free Mini-Training for Narrative Writing
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HOW TO MAKE STUDENT STORIES FUN TO READ (FREE MINI-TRAINING)Here's a FREE training to dig deeper into what it means that stories have struggles and how to teach this to students. You'll also get links to 3 video minilessons for more ways to teach students to write stronger stories.
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5 FREE Storyboard Templates
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Get five free storyboard templates to meet a variety of needs.
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Writing Mantra
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When we slow down and jot a few reflective thoughts on paper, we make space for positive changes in our lives. You are not too busy to reflect. You are not too busy to claim a mantra. In fact, this might just be the thing that makes this school year the best one yet!
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How to Stop Hearing "I Can't Write!" from Your Students
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Get 10 Tiny (but Mighty) Celebrations to use when there isn't anything to celebrate with your student writer. Organized by what the student is doing, a celebration to offer, and a suggested nudge to keep writing. You'll soon be enticing your hardest to reach students to write.
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WHAT KIND OF NOTE SYSTEM SHOULD YOU ESTABLISH?There are so many choices when it comes to establishing a note system. Should you set up a paper system or a digital system? Take this quiz to find out!
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SET-UP A PAPER NOTE SYSTEM.Favorite templates for a paper note system (plus bonus slides from my presentation: SHIPSHAPE Conference Notes).
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