writing workshop

Three Things Emergent Writers CAN Do

In order to understand what emergent writers can do, you have to understand that writing is more than handwriting and spelling--it is storytelling, composing, and communicating.

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Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge

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Slice of Life Story Challenge

Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge

Join us every Tuesday for our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge!

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge

Join us every Tuesday for our weekly Slice of Life Story Challenge!

centers · Expanding the Reach with Small Group Work Blog Series · foundational skills · high frequency words · letter formation · phonics · phonological awareness · small group

Favorite Ways to Teach Foundational Skills in the Primary Grades: Expanding the Reach with Small-Group Work Blog Series

This post covers the how, the why, and the what of introducing stations or centers to support small group work on foundational skills in the primary grades.

collaborative planning · curriculum planning · month-long planning · units of study

Three Steps to Prioritizing Your Writing Instruction During the Pandemic

Whether you are fortunate enough to have a structure to collaborate with others on your grade-level team, or if you are planning solo here are three steps you can take.

conventions · editing · grammar · language · precise language · punctuation

Many Reasons to Love the Oxford Comma

I love the Oxford comma. But not for the reasons you might think.

curriculum planning · june planning · lesson plans · month-long planning · plan · plan book

Three Ideas for Planning a Multiage Curriculum Calendar for Writing Workshop

In this post, I'll share three things I've learned from my own school district, where we have many multiage classrooms.

coaching · conferences · conferring · literacy coaches · Our Favorite Things Blog Series · strategic conferring · toolkits

My Conferring Toolkit: Our Favorite Things Blog Series

In this post, I'll share everything that's inside my conferring toolkit for writing workshop, as well as how I organize it all.

june planning · literacy coaches

Literacy Coaches: Three Things I’m Doing in June to Get Ready for Next Year

The end of the school year is a highly important time for me as a coach. Read to find out the three really important tasks that I work hard to complete before school's out for summer.

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge

Join us today for the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge!

Slice of Life Story Challenge

Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge

Join us today for the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge!