Leah Thomas📝
@leahthomaswrites.bsky.social
MSEd • Co-Author at Two Writing Teachers Blog • Gateway Writing Project • Kindergarten Teacher in St. Louis, MO • Kirkwood School District • Passionate about young readers and writers
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A big crowd of teachers who write at NCTE/NCTM Joint Conference in Chicago! I loved presenting with @litcoachvalter.bsky.social and @lainlev.bsky.social.
Leah shares an update on Author's Club in the hope that these reflections might inspire others to create a space for passionate young writers of their own.
How’s It Going? Year 3 of Author’s Club
Leah shares an update on Author's Club in the hope that these reflections might inspire others to create a space for passionate young writers of their own.
twowritingteachers.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Leah shares an update on Author's Club in the hope that these reflections might inspire others to create a space for passionate young writers of their own.
Collaboration Brings Clarity: Practices of Great Writing Teachers
The collective expertise of teachers working together to problem-solve and respond to learners is what brings any curricular resource to life.
The collective expertise of teachers working together to problem-solve and respond to learners is what brings any curricular resource to life.
Collaboration Brings Clarity: Practices of Great Writing Teachers
The collective expertise of teachers working together to problem-solve and respond to learners is what brings any curricular resource to life.
twowritingteachers.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Collaboration Brings Clarity: Practices of Great Writing Teachers
The collective expertise of teachers working together to problem-solve and respond to learners is what brings any curricular resource to life.
The collective expertise of teachers working together to problem-solve and respond to learners is what brings any curricular resource to life.
Students of all ages love the March Classroom Challenge and connecting with young writers from around the world. Just like exercise, writers get stronger the more they work their writing muscles. By the end of the month, students will be able to reflect on their growth as writers! Learn about how to
Overview and Sign Up for the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge
Students of all ages love the March Classroom Challenge and connecting with young writers from around the world. Just like exercise, writers get stronger the more they work their writing muscles. By the end of the month, students will be able to reflect on their growth as writers! Learn about how to make the Classroom SOLSC work for your class!
twowritingteachers.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Students of all ages love the March Classroom Challenge and connecting with young writers from around the world. Just like exercise, writers get stronger the more they work their writing muscles. By the end of the month, students will be able to reflect on their growth as writers! Learn about how to
At my NCTE presentation, I shared strategies for boosting writing engagement, using the ICEL Framework as a guide. Some key recommendations include increasing involuntary student participation, being flexible with curriculum demands, and fostering a supportive writing community.
Proactive Pathways for Engagement
At my NCTE presentation, I shared strategies for boosting writing engagement, using the ICEL Framework as a guide. Some key recommendations include increasing involuntary student participation, being flexible with curriculum demands, fostering a supportive writing community, and getting to know students as writers and people.
twowritingteachers.org
December 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
At my NCTE presentation, I shared strategies for boosting writing engagement, using the ICEL Framework as a guide. Some key recommendations include increasing involuntary student participation, being flexible with curriculum demands, and fostering a supportive writing community.
Ending the conference at the National Writing Project brunch!
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ending the conference at the National Writing Project brunch!
Thanks to my co-presenters, Jen Scoggin, Hannah Schneewind, and Ellin Keene for an inspiring presentation about engagement in literacy. We discussed proactive instructional design that centers students' voices and identities as readers and writers. #NCTE25
November 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thanks to my co-presenters, Jen Scoggin, Hannah Schneewind, and Ellin Keene for an inspiring presentation about engagement in literacy. We discussed proactive instructional design that centers students' voices and identities as readers and writers. #NCTE25
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Explore the writing process every unit follows! Learn teaching strategies, immersion tips, co-creating charts, and ways to boost students' purpose, planning, drafting, & revising. Plus, ways to celebrate & reflect on writing success!
Listen now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2027003/episodes/18149681
Listen now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2027003/episodes/18149681
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Explore the writing process every unit follows! Learn teaching strategies, immersion tips, co-creating charts, and ways to boost students' purpose, planning, drafting, & revising. Plus, ways to celebrate & reflect on writing success!
Listen now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2027003/episodes/18149681
Listen now! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2027003/episodes/18149681
Join us today!
November 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Join us today!
New episode of #TWTPod. I chat with Melanie and Sarah about inspiring writers beyond the classroom: contests, challenges, clubs, and more! Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New episode of #TWTPod. I chat with Melanie and Sarah about inspiring writers beyond the classroom: contests, challenges, clubs, and more! Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Kindergarteners aren’t too little to do BIG work! These writers co-created a learning progression, analyzed sample texts and placed them on the progression, then set their own goals and worked to improve their writing.
November 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Kindergarteners aren’t too little to do BIG work! These writers co-created a learning progression, analyzed sample texts and placed them on the progression, then set their own goals and worked to improve their writing.
Taking conferring notes shouldn't feel harder than the conference itself, but for me, it often does. Finding a system that lets you focus more on students and less on note-taking makes all the difference.
The Conferring Notes System That Finally Works for Me: Google Forms
Taking conferring notes shouldn't feel harder than the conference itself, but for me, it often does. Finding a system that lets you focus more on students and less on note-taking makes all the difference.
twowritingteachers.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Taking conferring notes shouldn't feel harder than the conference itself, but for me, it often does. Finding a system that lets you focus more on students and less on note-taking makes all the difference.
On the first day of Author’s Club, we decorate our notebooks!
October 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
On the first day of Author’s Club, we decorate our notebooks!
The Two Writing Teachers Podcast is back for the fourth season! Listen to the first episode wherever you get your podcasts.
October 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Two Writing Teachers Podcast is back for the fourth season! Listen to the first episode wherever you get your podcasts.
A short belief statement inspired by Daniel Pennac.
The Rights of a Writer
A short belief statement inspired by Daniel Pennac.
twowritingteachers.org
September 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A short belief statement inspired by Daniel Pennac.
The first day of Kindergarten = First day being writers = First name written on our author’s chair!
August 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The first day of Kindergarten = First day being writers = First name written on our author’s chair!
Yay, Kindergarten!
August 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Yay, Kindergarten!
I love any chance to chat about writing with passionate educators. Thanks for having me on the podcast, Melissa! open.spotify.com/episode/0Ehy...
August 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I love any chance to chat about writing with passionate educators. Thanks for having me on the podcast, Melissa! open.spotify.com/episode/0Ehy...
Have you joined our Two Writing Teachers Facebook Group yet? Come on in to participate in conversations and ask your questions. We are stronger together! www.facebook.com/share/g/15pw...
August 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Have you joined our Two Writing Teachers Facebook Group yet? Come on in to participate in conversations and ask your questions. We are stronger together! www.facebook.com/share/g/15pw...
Come on in to participate in conversations and ask your questions. We are stronger together! www.facebook.com/share/g/15pw...
August 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Come on in to participate in conversations and ask your questions. We are stronger together! www.facebook.com/share/g/15pw...
Identity influences whether we engage with writing or not. Spending time on routines early in the year to help students develop a unique writing process and build a writerly identity pays off! Learn actionable steps to try this year, no matter your curricular resource.
Identity Through Process: Unboxing Fresh Routines Blog Series
Identity influences whether we engage with writing or not. Spending time on routines early in the year to help students develop a unique writing process and build a writerly identity pays off! Learn actionable steps to try this year, no matter your curricular resource.
twowritingteachers.org
August 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Identity influences whether we engage with writing or not. Spending time on routines early in the year to help students develop a unique writing process and build a writerly identity pays off! Learn actionable steps to try this year, no matter your curricular resource.
I played today- AND I wrote today! Thanks to the great Tracy Brosch and Diana Hammond for the research-based and fun ideas for play-based and place-based writing today at the Love & Literacy Conference.
July 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I played today- AND I wrote today! Thanks to the great Tracy Brosch and Diana Hammond for the research-based and fun ideas for play-based and place-based writing today at the Love & Literacy Conference.
I enjoyed sharing mentor text protocols and strategies for independence today with Sarah Valter at the Love and Literacy Conference. @litcoachvalter.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I enjoyed sharing mentor text protocols and strategies for independence today with Sarah Valter at the Love and Literacy Conference. @litcoachvalter.bsky.social
Some inspiration from Donalyn Miller @donalynbooks.bsky.social at the Love & Literacy Conference in St. Louis, MO.
July 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Some inspiration from Donalyn Miller @donalynbooks.bsky.social at the Love & Literacy Conference in St. Louis, MO.
@litcoachvalter.bsky.social kicking things off at the Love and Literacy Conference!
July 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
@litcoachvalter.bsky.social kicking things off at the Love and Literacy Conference!
Finished!✅ “Leadership in Teaching Writing” Summer Institute with the Gateway Writing Project through UMSL
July 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Finished!✅ “Leadership in Teaching Writing” Summer Institute with the Gateway Writing Project through UMSL