Encouraging children to write regularly and independently is important. Providing children with guided options for writing outside of school can help them develop daily writing habits and become more confident and expressive writers.
Category: writing prompts
Writing About Reading: Building a Resource Toolkit for Middle School
Calling all middle school teachers! Today I'm sharing a ready to use resource toolkit for adolescent readers and writers featuring the book, Look Both Ways, by Jason Reynolds.
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The Forging of a Writing Community
No longer scared and timid, our work has forged a community of writers.
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Before You Go…
It's that time of year when we start to think about all the things we didn't get to do with our students! Here are five writing exercises I am going to make sure students don't leave without!
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What’s Working? Take the Time to Celebrate It
Sometimes our writing workshops can begin to feel a little like a house we live in-- always something to improve, always something we haven't been able to get to, etc. But I would venture to argue that, like a house, many things are working. It's time to notice and celebrate them!
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Writing to a Prompt
Our students spend their time in choice-based, unit-driven writing workshops. They are not accustomed to writing to a prompt.
