Playing with small group structures to maximize cooperation, choice, and most importantly, kids doing big work that will help them grow as writers right away.
Author: Jessica Carey
My Top Three Coaching Tools: Planning for Small Groups
Today on the blog, Jessica Carey shares three go-to coaching tools that all support planning for small groups.
Fostering Community Through Writing Workshop
How does your writing workshop foster a sense of community in your classroom?
Seeing Problems as Opportunities
Problems during writing workshop can become opportunities to reflect on our instruction and work as a community to find solutions.
Teaching Writing: A Creative Process
Teaching writing is a creative process. Unit mapping is one way we can think about what additions we can make to our curriculum to best meet the needs of our students.
Looking Forward
The end of the school year is the perfect time to venture out of our classrooms and learn about what is happening in classrooms across our school buildings. These opportunities remind us that the work we do with writers is collective.