by Danielle DeFauw | Jul 3, 2020 | Revision
My sister-in-law loves making messes. Last summer, as she played with her children and mine in a bubble mixture that seriously makes the coolest bubbles, she said, “I love bubbles. They’re therapeutic.” I shook my head as I eyed my three-year-old son who chose not to...
by Danielle DeFauw | Jun 18, 2020 | Publication
Today, as a newly published book author, my book birthday wish is to know more stories. Inherent power exists in everyone’s story. Stories provide simple steps we can all take toward understanding—understanding we need to teach and understanding we need to learn. My...
by Danielle DeFauw | Jun 8, 2020 | ASK Program, Family Dialogue Journals, Getting Started, Parent-Writers, Publication, Revision, Revision, Teacher-Writers, Writing Contest, Writing Workshop, Young Authors' Festival
My fingers have not tapped these keys to craft a blog post since June 10, 2019; yet, these fingers have been busy typing! I signed a book contract with Routledge July 19, 2019 for my book titled Engaging teachers, students, and families in K-6 writing instruction:...
by Danielle DeFauw | Jun 10, 2019 | Revision, Teacher-Writers
I had the pleasure to write for the #TeachWrite Chat Blog on May 16, 2019. Such a busy semester delayed this posting to Writing Connections: https://teachwritechat.blogspot.com/2019/05/take-notice-along-your-writing-journey.html
by Danielle DeFauw | Oct 22, 2018 | Writing Groups
My writing group is an instrumental component of my writing process. They inspire me through their own dedication to their writing, hold me accountable for consistent writing, and provide feedback that blends compliment and critique. Our group met at a writing retreat...