Author: Leah Thomas

Leah Thomas is passionate about honoring student voice and identity through writing workshop and early literacy. She believes that for children to see themselves as writers, they must be trusted with autonomy and supported as they explore their writing processes. By centering intentional identity development, foundational skills instruction, and a brave classroom community, Leah nurtures young writers as they grow in both skill and craft. The Gateway Writing Project strengthens her belief that teachers who write are better writing teachers. Leah slices at leahthomaswrites.wordpress.com, and you can follow her on LinkedIn and BlueSky: @LeahThomasWrites.

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Up the Ante With a Quick, Co-Created Learning Progression

Monday March 11, 2024Sunday March 10, 2024 Leah Thomas7 Comments

Quantify your teaching point with a progression to motivate and engage writers.

Preparing for a Unit: Leveraging AI for Writing Miniseries

Wednesday February 21, 2024Friday February 23, 2024 Leah Thomas

In this three part miniseries, Leah, Sarah, and Melanie will share powerful ways teachers can leverage Artificial Intelligence for writing instruction. Today, Leah shares planning tools for teachers who are preparing for an upcoming unit of study.

Build Your Expertise Blog Series · Inventive spelling · research · spelling

Invented Spelling is the Gateway to Skilled Writing: Build Your Expertise Blog Series

Thursday February 15, 2024Monday February 12, 2024 Leah Thomas9 Comments

Teachers of writing know that invented spelling is a crucial component of literacy development for young learners. Today, build your expertise around the research that supports invented spelling and provides recommendations for moving from invented to conventional spelling, an important goal for all writers.