Move Beyond "Great Job". Teach your students how to compliment well, based on all they know about qualities of good narrative writing.
Author: Anna Gratz Cockerille
Anna is a staff developer, literacy coach, and writer, based in New York City. She taught internationally in places such as Sydney, Australia; San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and Auckland, New Zealand in addition to New York before becoming a staff developer for the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University (TCRWP). She has been an adjunct instructor in the Literacy Specialist Program at Teachers College, and teaches at TCRWP where she helps participants bring strong literacy instruction into their classrooms. Anna recently co-wrote Bringing History to Life with Lucy Calkins, part of the 2013 series Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing (Heinemann). She has been a researcher for Lucy Calkins, contributing especially to Pathways to the Common Core (Heinemann, 2012) and Navigating Nonfiction (Heinemann, 2010).
Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 3 of 31
Are your students writing every day? It's Day Three of the Slice of Life Story Challenge.
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 2 of 31
Welcome to Day 2 of the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge!
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Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge: Day 1 of 31
Today Kicks off the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge 2014. Welcome and Happy slicing.
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Conducting Effective Internet Research
Many students struggle with the research portion of research-based writing. Here are some tips to help students to conduct Internet searches safely and effectively.
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Teachers! Join the Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge in March
Calling all Classroom Teachers! Are you looking for a way to inspire your students and infuse your writing workshops with energy and enthusiasm? Look no further. The Classroom Slice of Life Story Challenge is here.
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Writing about Reading: A Quick Guide to Quick Literary Essays
Literary Essays are one of the most formal ways to write about reading. Though they may be formal, they need not be taxing or daunting. In this post, you will learn how to support your students in writing quick, thoughtful literary essays in just a class period or two. Really!
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Anna’s One Little Word for 2014
My One Little Word for 2014: Roots.
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Tips from Amanda Hartman, Conferring Guru
Amanda Hartman, author of One to One: The Art of Conferring with Young Writers, offers tips for teachers on how to strengthen their writing conferences.
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New Blog Series: Tailoring our Teaching / Assessment-based Strategy Groups for Expository Writing
When I first began teaching using a workshop model, I spent forever planning my minilessons. I wanted to make sure that my language was exactly right, and that I got to each part of the minilesson (I often forgot the active engagement). I felt that the quality of my minilessons was the measure of my… Continue reading New Blog Series: Tailoring our Teaching / Assessment-based Strategy Groups for Expository Writing
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Celebrating The National Day on Writing: Bottom Lines Beliefs
Happy National Day on Writing! One way to celebrate this day is to take a moment to reflect on your bottom line beliefs about quality writing instruction.
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Demonstration Writing Tips: Information Writing as a Case in Point
Most writing workshop teachers agree that using demonstration writing to teach with is crucial. However, creating it is not always easy. Here are some tips to help you get the most bang for your writing buck.
