Bonnie Warne

I appreciated the affection and respect Bonnie showed towards her students and the honoring of her community.

She was refreshing in her approach to balancing the requirement for students to be prepared to do well in formal testing with the need to empower students to want to write to expand their futures.

She created practical tools which she explained with leniency in such a way that we were empowered to use this and adapt.


The article on the slinky which I envision as green and pink is a graphic picture of the process of writing. That concept is visual to use with students too.

There were resources she mentioned such as "E pal" that were new to me. It was a gratifying to be able to explore them before entering a school.

I was tantalized by the experience Bonnie has had learning to communicate to parents and others her intentionality in writing fluency and assigning grades. She would an invaluable resource if I ever had to think through how to balance the two.