Two Writing Teachers Podcast

Writing Workshop in Contentious Times: A Digging Deeper Dialogue

In the season four finale, Stacey Shubitz and Melanie Meehan tackle the increasingly contentious topic of “writing workshop” in today’s educational climate. They reflect

Use the Summer to Cultivate Your Wri-dentity: A Tip for Tomorrow from Stacey

In this episode, Stacey dives into what happens when educators reconnect with the familiar passions that ground them after a demanding school year. While the daily hustle

What General Educators Need to Know About Neurodiversity in the Writing Classroom: A Writing Roundtable

This episode features a rich conversation with author and educator M. Colleen Cruz about her new book, Neurodiversity in the Literacy Classroom: The General Educator’s Gu

Introduce Summer Writing Bingo Boards: A Tip for Tomorrow from Melanie

Melanie introduces customizable writing bingo boards to keep students writing over summer. These boards combine playful activities with purposeful skill-building, like fi

Turn Authors Into Mentors for Your Students: A Tip for Tomorrow from Stacey

​This year’s 11th Annual Author Spotlight Series transforms professional creators into accessible mentors to help you inspire the next generation of writers and artists.

Shaping Writerly Identities with Joyful Teaching: A Writing Roundtable

Stacey is joined by beloved authors and educators Lily Howard Scott and Ralph Fletcher to explore how teacher language shapes students’ writerly identities. They examine

Teach, Don't Just Tell: A Tip for Tomorrow from Stacey

Stacey spotlights a foundational principle of writing instruction: "Teach, don’t just tell." Inspired by Sarah Valter’s insights and rooted in educational research, she e

Partnering with AI to Make Test Prep More Engaging: A Conversation with a Colleague

In this episode, we talk with Two Writing Teachers Contributing Writer Jess Mazzone about using AI to scaffold and gamify test prep. By generating model responses, encour

The Power of a Completed Written Work: A Tip for Tomorrow from Melanie

In this episode, Melanie shares three ways to inspire and scaffold students with exemplar and mentor pieces of writing.  Go Deeper:  Reimagining ImmersionImmersion in W

Activism in Writing: A Writing Roundtable

This episode features Doug Kaufman and Tracey-Ann Lafayette talking about student activism, voice, and writing as a tool for social change. They explore how students move

The Power of Read Alouds: A Conversation With a Colleague

Two Writing Teacher Co-author Jessica Carey joins Melanie to talk about the power of read alouds with tips and strategies that you can use right away in literacy instruct

The Importance of Morphology: A Tip for Tomorrow from Melanie

In this tip for tomorrow, Melanie talks about why morphology is so important as students learn and use words. She also offers strategies for how to build students' s

Reset Tough Conferences Quickly: A Tip for Tomorrow from Stacey

Conferences don’t always go as planned, but you can quickly get back on track with a simple reset. Whether a student shuts down, you start over-teaching, or time runs out

Foundational Skills of Writing: A Writing Roundtable

In this episode, Stacey talks with Melanie Meehan and Maggie Roberts about their book, Foundational Skills for Writing: A Brain-Based Guide to Strengthen Executive Functi

Conferring as Equity Work: A Tip for Tomorrow from Stacey

This week’s TFT episode shifts the conversation about conferring from technique to equity. Even with solid conferring routines, some students, especially multilingual lea

Writing Together with Slice of Life: A Digging Deeper Dialogue

Stacey and Melanie dive into the transformative power of the Slice of Life Story Challenge, a writing initiative that has connected educators since 2008. Stacey shares th

Interval Training in Writing: A Tip for Tomorrow from Melanie

While interval training shouldn't take the place of process writing, there are potential benefits to writing in short spurts. In this episode, Melanie shares some re

Embracing Imperfection as a Teacher-Writer: A Conversation With a Colleague

This episode features Ana Valentina Patton, an Instructional Coordinator at KLA Academy in Miami and a contributing writer for the Two Writing Teachers blog. Together, St

Building Self-Advocacy: A Tip for Tomorrow from Stacey

Discover how teaching self-advocacy during writing workshop empowers students to express their needs and take charge of their learning. Drawing on insights from her upcom

Previewing MAKE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK FOR YOUR CHILD WITH DISABILITIES: A Digging Deeper Dialogue

In this episode, Melanie talks with Stacey about her forthcoming book, Make the School System Work for Your Child with Disabilities: Empowering Kids for the Future. From