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Tips for Teachers: Unboxing Fresh Routines Blog Series

Routines are just as important for teachers as they are for students. Focusing on three key areas will start your school year off strong!

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Writing Community: Unboxing Fresh Routines Blog Series

When it comes to building a writing community, students need to see themselves as writers—peers among peers. Classroom routines are one way to cultivate that environment.

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Identity Through Process: Unboxing Fresh Routines Blog Series

Identity influences whether we engage with writing or not. Spending time on routines early in the year to help students develop a unique writing process and build a writerly identity pays off! Learn actionable steps to try this year, no matter your curricular resource.

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Unboxing Fresh Routines for Immersion Days

Experience the impact of immersion days on student writing. By letting students deeply explore rich mentor texts before they write, teachers build confidence and help learners grasp the unique conventions of each genre. This approach not only prepares students for success across different writing tasks but also makes teaching easier by providing clear models to guide learning. Discover a simple, practical routine to transform the immersion days at the start of your writing units.

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Building Agency Through a Unit: Unboxing Fresh Routines Blog Series

Regardless of the units, scripts, or minutes you have, the more you can weave evidence-based practices into the writing lives of students, the more they are likely to grow their abilities to communicate.

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Getting to Know Writers: Unboxing Fresh Routines Blog Series

Strong relationships are the foundation of effective writing instruction. This post shares concrete routines and research-based strategies to help teachers get to know their students as people and writers from day one.

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Routines Build Capacity: Unboxing Fresh Routines Blog Series

Intentional routines do more than organize a classroom. They strengthen executive function and empower students as writers. Take a look at what to expect from our August blog series and check out the giveaway information.