Personal Writing Calendars for Each Student
With a personal writing calendar, each kid can see what is going to happen in the unit of study, and has the power to adjust it.
The Writer’s Process: Expand the Possibilities of the Genres You Teach
What do you find most challenging when it comes to the writing process? Have you considered a writer’s process as personal and unique or a step-by-step path rarely disrupted?
Curriculum of Time
I just finished reading the January 2009 Issue of School Talk, which is focused on nurturing young writers. Katie Wood Ray’s Article “Understanding the Curriculum of Time in the Teaching … Continue Reading Curriculum of Time
Demonstration in Minilessons: my personal narrative
When I attended T.C., I took “The Teaching of Writing” with Lucy Calkins, who truly taught me how to write better (not to mention how to be a better teacher … Continue Reading Demonstration in Minilessons: my personal narrative
TWO WRITING TEACHERS 