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The Difference Between Storytelling and Band-Aids
Are you writing stories, or band-aids? Read on to find out.
The Comic Sans Trick
The internet has proved itself useful and has given us the Comic Sans trick. Read on to learn how the font we love to hate can help you cure writer’s block.
Three Ways to Be A Better Colleague
Three ways YOU can be a kinder, more generous, better person to work with.
Language Awareness In Classrooms: Teaching Writing with a Social Justice Lens
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of ways that each of us use language each day that intentionally or unintentionally limits some of our students capacity to learn from us. Here are just a few.
Overview of the 12th Annual March Slice of Life Story Challenge
This March, we’ll host the 12th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge.
Never Write About the Same Topic as Your Students–Except Sometimes
The cornerstone of writing workshop is that students get to choose their own topics rather than be assigned a topic by the teacher.
Differentiating the Writer’s Notebook for Every Stage K-8: Notebooks as a Writer’s Tool
If you can’t sketch quickly or jot words quickly, or the lines in on the paper feel too small, or you find it difficult to organize your ideas on a blank page, then perhaps there might be other tools that are a better fit for you.
Three Reasons Spelling Lessons Aren’t Transferring into Writing Workshop–and What You Can Do
The same kids who are successful with spelling patterns during word study time are sometimes not applying that spelling pattern to their independent writing. Why?
Overcoming Anxiety About Displaying Student Writing
You see the beauty in your kids’ work: every misspelled word, every cross-out, every taped-on flap. You know that all that “messiness” is evidence of good work that kids are doing. Hard work.
But outside your classroom, the rest of the world might not see it that way.
Tips for Analyzing and Scoring a Ton of Writing
Time is precious, and your mental energy even more so. Why waste either when others before you have learned through trial and error? Avoid common missteps by reading these simple tips.
A Fall To-Do List for Shared Writing in Your K-2 Classroom
Maybe this will be the year I do a lot more shared writing!
My One Piece of Advice
“If you were going to give just one piece of advice to a colleague who is just starting out with writing workshop, what would it be?”
As a literacy coach and consultant, this is a question that I have been asked again and again… and again.
And each time my answer is the same.
This is the year I’m going to organize and grow my mentor text collection.
Think you know mentor texts?Some of the advice in this post might surprise you!
The ABC’s of Literacy Coaching: Reminders for the Start of a Great Year
I have a vivid memory of a coaching conversation from many years ago. I was the one being coached; one of my mentors had observed me and was giving me some no-holds-barred feedback.… Continue reading
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Welcome to the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge!
Watching Our Word Wall Come Alive
Read this post for the story of one classroom’s creative celebration of word wall words.
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
Welcome to the Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge!
Tuesday Slice of Life Story Challenge
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Teach Kids How To Teach Minilessons
Teaching kids how to teach a minilesson might be easier than you think.