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Use code WRITINGMINDSET at Chic Sparrow Leather Co. to get 10% off your order.
Read more on the blog about my complete review of Chic Sparrow leather notebook and planner covers.
Writing Supplies, Notebooks, & More
Notebooks, Sketchbooks, & More
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Leuchtturm 1917 A5 Notebook
251 Pages
Dotted, Plain, Ruled, Squared
Hard Cover
80 gsm paper
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Leuchtturm 1917 B5 Notebook
219 Pages
Dotted, Plain, Ruled, Squared
Hard Cover
80 gsm paper
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Dingbats A5+ Notebook
192 Pages
Dotted, Plain, Ruled, Squared
Hard Cover
100 gsm paper
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Dingbats B5 Notebook
128 Pages
Dotted, Plain, Ruled, Squared
Hard Cover
160 gsm paper
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John Muir Laws Sketchbook
96 Pages
Sketchbook
Traveler’s Notebook Supplies
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Wanderings Dotted Regular Size Travelers Notebook Inserts | 4.25" x 8.25"
Hand-stitched
100 gsm
60 page booklets/180 pages total
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Wanderings Blank Regular Size Travelers Notebook Inserts | 4.25" x 8.25"
Hand-stitched
100 gsm
60 page booklets/180 pages total
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Wanderings Grid Regular Size Travelers Notebook Inserts | 4.25" x 8.25"
Hand-stitched
100 gsm
60 page booklets/180 pages total
Journaling Stickers
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Fayware Ephemera Book: Forest Dreams
453 Stickers
20 Scrapbook Pages
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Rongrong Planner Babe Sticker Book
24 Pages
Hand Drawn Stickers
Bullet Journaling
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Rongrong Neutral Palette
25 Pages
Square, Circle, Rectangle
Neutral Colors
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Rongrong Junk Journaling
24 Pages
Hand Drawn Stickers
Scrapbook Accessories
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Auguro Scrapbooking Stickers | Coffee Shop
20 pages
Pre-cut, Transparent
Item dimensions 5.9 x 0.2 x 4.3 inches
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Auguro Scrapbooking Stickers | Life at Home
20 pages
Pre-cut, Transparent
Item dimensions 5.9 x 0.2 x 4.3 inches
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Auguro Scrapbooking Stickers | Reading Time
20 pages
Pre-cut, Transparent
Item dimensions 5.9 x 0.2 x 4.3 inches
Journaling Organization & Tools
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Lochby Field Folio A5
Zipper Journal Cover
Water Resistant Waxed Canvas
Jump Bands and Pockets
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Moterm A5 Leather Cover
Fits A5 Notebook
Snap Closure
Pockets
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Moterm B6+ Leather Cover
Fits B6 Notebooks
Snap Closure
Pockets/Pen Loop Attached
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Metal Journal Clip
Page Holder for Drawing/Writing
1.8"L x 1.57"W
Markers, Crayons, & Pens
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Tombow ABT Dual Brush Pen set of 10, GRAYSCALE
Flexible and resilient nylon brush tip for creating fine, medium, and broad strokes.
Sturdy bullet tip for drawing consistent fine lines.
Water-based, blendable, acid-free, odorless ink.
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STABILO Highlighter BOSS ORIGINAL NatureCOLORS - Pack of 4 - Mud Green, Sienna, Umber, Black
A design classic with proven STABILO quality in calm and natural-looking colors for more structure in your texts.
2 in 1: Thanks to its chisel tip, the highlighter can be used to underline and highlight,and has two line widths (2 mm and 5 mm).
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STABILO Premium Fiber-Tip Pen with Brush Tip Pen 68 brush ARTY - Pack of 30
With the Pen 68 brush, it’s easy for beginners to get started with brush lettering Select from a wide color spectrum: 30 brilliant colors
My Favorite Mentor Texts
Picture Books & Chapter Books
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The One Thing You'd Save
Read more on how to use this book to teach Claim, Evidence, Reason Writing.
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A Face is a Poem
Read the blog post on how to use this book in your classroom, home, or notebook.
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Dear Acorn (Love, Oak)
Read the blog post on how to use this book in your classroom, home, or notebook.
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Daniel Finds a Poem
Read the blog post on how to use this book to create a classroom found poem.
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Wonder Walkers
Read the blog post on how to use this book to lead an inquiry writing-to-learn activity.
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When You Find the Right Rock
Read the blog post on how to use this book in your classroom, home, or notebook.
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Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
Read the blog post that includes disciplinary literacy writing activities for all subject areas.
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I Am Human: A Book of Empathy (I Am Books)
Read the blog post on how to use this book to teach writing and mindfulness.
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The Smart Cookie (The Food Group)
Read the blog post on how to use this book and the entire series in your classroom or notebook.
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The Wild Robot (Volume 1)
Read the blog post on how to breakdown this entire chapter book to teach writing skills.
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I'm From
Read the blog post on how to use this book to teach Where I’m From and I Am Poems.
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Forests
Read the blog post on how to use this book as a mentor text in your classroom or journal.
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The History of We
Read the blog post on how to use this book as a mentor text in your classroom or journal.
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So Tortoise Dug
Read the blog post on how to use this book as a mentor text in your classroom or journal.
Professional Learning Resources
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Awakening the Heart, Second Edition: Teaching Poetry K-8
Read the blog post on how to use this book in your classroom and try using heart maps in many different ways.
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Ratchetdemic: Reimagining Academic Success
Read the blog post and book study guide.
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Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy
Read the blog post and book study guide.
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Patterns of Power, Grades 1-5: Inviting Young Writers into the Conventions of Language
Read the blog post and how I use this text to teach grammar.
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Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
Read the blog post and book study guide.
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Ink and Ideas: Sketchnotes for Engagement, Comprehension, and Thinking
Read the blog post about how to use sketchnotes in your classroom.
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Four Tendencies
Read the blog post that provides one point of view on student motivation.
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Writing, Thinking, and the Brain: How Neuroscience Can Improve Writing Instruction
Writing, Thinking, and the Brain exposes the invisible thinking behind writing to help both the teacher and the learner identify personal learning trajectories for better outcomes.
Writing is the highest form of thinking, as evidenced by neuroimaging that shows how more neural networks are activated simultaneously during writing than during any other cognitive activity. This book will help teachers understand how the brain learns to write by unveiling 15 stages of thinking that underpin the writing process, along with targeted ways to stimulate them to maximize each individual’s writing potential.
Disciplinary Literacy
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This Is Disciplinary Literacy: Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Doing . . . Content Area by Content Area
Disciplinary Literacy is about to go from theory to game plan―taking students from superficial understanding to deep content expertise. And guess what? ReLeah Lent’s big secret lies in highlighting each content area’s differences―advancing a discipline-specific model in which literacy is used as a tool for strategic thinking, reading, writing, and doing within each field.
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Building Disciplinary Literacy Skills: A Teacher's Guide for Secondary Students
Unlock the power of literacy across all disciplines with Building Disciplinary Literacy Skills: A Teacher’s Guide for Secondary Students. This essential guide delves into the critical connections between reading, writing, and disciplinary knowledge, offering practical strategies for educators at the secondary level. Learn how to decode complex texts, foster media literacy, and support adolescent brain development for meaningful learning experiences. Whether you’re a seasoned teacher or just starting your journey, this book provides actionable methods to enhance literacy skills in any classroom, ensuring students can navigate the symbols, contexts, and challenges of modern education.
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Literacy in the Disciplines: A Teacher's Guide for Grades 5-12
This successful guide--now in a revised and expanded second edition--gives teachers effective strategies to support adolescents' development of relevant literacy skills in specific disciplines. Demonstrating why disciplinary literacies matter, the authors discuss ways to teach close reading of complex texts; discipline-specific argumentation, communication, and writing skills; academic vocabulary; and more. The book draws on revealing interviews with content-area experts and professionals in history, science, mathematics, literature, the arts, and physical education. Teacher-friendly tools include 21 reproducible forms that also can be downloaded and printed, "Try It On!" practice activities, lesson plans, chapter anticipation guides, and links to recommended online teaching videos.
