About

Leah Thomas

Kindergarten- 2nd Grade Teacher, Writer, Reader, Runner

About

I am proud to be a Kindergarten teacher in St. Louis, MO. My passions include literacy, science of reading and writing, writing workshop, and social-emotional learning in the primary grades. I am a co-author at twowritingteachers.org, where I love learning and talking about writing with brilliant colleagues.

I created this blog to participate in the Two Writing Teachers Slice of Life Challenge because I believe that good writing teachers must be writers themselves. My Slice of Life Stories are mostly about my favorite things: running and teaching.

Gateway Writing Project

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PUBLICATIONS

• Two Writing Teachers Blog
• Lessons in Authorship and Resilience from Second Grade Writers The Missouri Reader Journal, Fall 2022
• My Journey to Surrendering Power in Writing Workshop, The Currere Exchange Journal, May 2022
• The Link Between Movement and Learning, National Social Science Association Proceedings Publication, 2016, Volume 61 #1

PRESENTATIONS

• NCTE/NCTM Joint Conference 2025
  • Writing Communities for All: Creating a School-Wide Writing Culture
  • Write to Teach, Teach to Write: How Being a Writer Can Revolutionize Your Classroom
• NCTE 2024
  • From Research to Practice: Research-Based Writing Instruction That Strengthens Teaching and Engages Scholars
• CCIRA Literacy Conference 2024:
  • Leverage the Power of AI For Writing Instruction
  • Thoughtfully Choosing Mentor Texts for Every Writer
• National Social Science Association 2016
  • The Link Between Movement And Learning: Why Students In Motion Learn More Effectively.