Workshop Wednesday

I am linking up with Jivey from Ideas by Jivey for her Workshop Wednesday Linky. I was at home sick today so I do not have a lot of pictures from my classroom to share, but I really wanted to share these three things that I started using as part of my writer's workshop.

#1. 3D Movie Glasses - Last year I asked my students to bring in their 3D movie glasses so we could have a class set. We popped the lenses out and the students wear the glasses when editing their work - so that they are using their writer's eyes!

#2 Celebrity Pictures in Dollar Store Frames - I took this idea from the incredibly awesome Teacher Tipster (I spent some enjoyable summer days watching his videos!). When revising their writing they take a celebrity photo and read their story to them. They need to make sure their writing includes "celebrity" words.

I have pics of Selena, Bieber, Spiderman, Santa, Captain Underpants and more.

Here is the celebrity I would read my writing to!

#3. Paragraph of the Week writing resource by Stephanie at Teaching in Room 6.  I love this resource. I just started using it this year but now I could not live without it. I love how it is broken down into small writing chunks - so that even on days when our schedule is crazy we can still get some writing in. I love how easy it is for my kids to see improvement in their writing and to feel sucessful. You might think I am saying this because I am a blogging buddy with her - but I swear I do not even know her - unless you consider blog stalking someone knowing them - I just really love this resource.

Go check out all the writing ideas and link up your ideas. I would love to hear about some must have resources or activities.