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A Great Coach This past summer, my daughter, Sophia, practiced diving. Coach Jodi was kind enough to open her backyard pool up to us for private swim lessons. Sophia would … Continue Reading Generating Ideas for Opinion Writing: Meet Writers Where They Are
When planning any genre study, we can ponder: How can the experience children have with this genre become more like the experience they can have with it in the world? … Continue Reading Opinion Writing: Expand the Possibilities of Genres You Teach
There is power in knowing and understanding standards because within them, we can extract teaching points, learning targets, and even success criteria. In this post, we’ll thing about how we can use the standards so set up anchor charts, as well as learning progressions in order to establish clarity and navigable pathways for writers.
Here’s a peek at some of my favorite tools for opinion writing and perhaps some ideas for developing tools for other genres, as well.
It’s great to be prepared when we are conferring with our writers. However, being ‘prepared’ and being ‘present’ are not the same thing…
To help guide our teaching we needed to know what our kids can do and where they would need our support.
How can we help writers develop solid ideas before delving too far into the work of persuasive writing?
The word essay comes from the latin exigere, meaning “to ascertain,” or “to weigh.” It was used in the late 15th century as a verb, meaning “to test the quality of.” Writing … Continue Reading Stronger Essay Writing: Differentiating Between Reasons and Evidence
Meet Pablo and take an adventure in Delphine Perret’s book as he travels the world!
Once upon a time, there was a teacher who became a better teacher by connecting with other passionate educators…
To be an effective democratic citizen, the ability to engage in debate is crucial. For anyone remotely interested in politics (don’t worry, I won’t stay on this topic long, I … Continue Reading Politics, Heated Debate, and Most Importantly: Angling Evidence to Support Persuasive Writing
Finally! I’ve found a new picture book I can use in opinion writing units of study. Learn more about One Word from Sophia by Averbeck and Ismail in this post. Then, leave a comment on this post for a chance to win a copy of this book.
So I was planning to try a new kind of post last Friday. And then Friday came and went. How does this happen? So right now, let’s just pretend it … Continue Reading Pretend it is Friday
