Authors chair

Author's Chair

The Author’s Chair is a celebration of sharing a piece of writing. It is considered a culminating task in the writing process. The Author’s Chair is a good way to gain positive feedback from students’ peers. An Author’s Chair has many purposes: ü To develop ownership of a piece of writing ü To develop learning skills that involve collaboration ü To develop peer editing skills ü To ensure motivation ü To develop active listening skills as an audience ü To reflect upon student work An Author’s…

Use these six effective guidelines to establish strong Author's Chair expectations in your classroom.

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Hello hello! Having a great start of the school year?? I am! I would have never thought that I would be enjoying third grade this much! They...

Author's Chair is such an important part of Writing Workshop, and it is a part that I always find myself skipping for time purposes. Well, I am vowing to turn over a new leaf this year! And to help me stick to my guns, I created a new Author's Chair for my classroom. It was so much fun to research and make... and I think it will be just as fun to use... for both me and my students. First, I started with an old stool that my children had stained from their artistic endeavors. But any stool…

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So what is an Authors Chair? For me and my classroom, our Authors Chair will act as the final stage of the writing cycle. It will provide a purpose for students writing as they plan, draft, edit an…

Author’s Chair

My very first Authors chair. So much creativity went into it. I hope they can feel it when they finally get to read from it. 4th #4thgarderocks

Hi-ya, Friends! How are ya? Last week was our first week back after the holiday break. After enjoying some time to rest and rejuvenate, we returned to school on one of the coldest days of the year to a chilly 19 degrees! Ugh, it makes me cold just thinking about it! In true Texas fashion, it was back in the 70’s by Friday…BUT getting to Friday with the coldest weather we’ve experienced yet, rain, and NO recess was just a little K-RA-ZzzzY, with a capital K {wink, wink}! HA! Sooo, as I…

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My Author's Chair is finished!!! (Except for the 2 jewels I need to add and the final sealant to keep it pretty forever!) :) Now all I need is a classroom to use it in! haha

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Authors chair

Author's Chair

Many years ago, I spent a lot of time making an author's chair. If you aren't sure what an author's chair is, it is "just" (Not really "just," but there's more on that at the end of the post) a fancy chair your author-students sit in when reading their work to the class. Somehow, one year, my chair disappeared from my room. I'm pretty sure it was probably broken misplaced one summer during the room cleanings. Lately, I've been toying with the idea of creating a new author's chair. While the…

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