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Finding Wider Audiences for Student Work
Children pursue their passions in many ways, like music or art lessons, clubs, and sports. It's natural for kids to want that for their writing. Here's a resource for students who want their voices heard by a wider audience.
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Reimagining Immersion
Give students a voice from day one. Starting a unit with shared writing helps students see the process, practice the craft, and approach their own writing with clarity and confidence.
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Purposeful Teaching Shares, Lasting Impact
The teaching share may take only a few minutes, but its impact is lasting. When we close writing workshops with self-assessment, communication, and reflection, we show students that writing is never done—it’s a cycle of noticing, trying, refining, and reflecting.
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Hands in the Air: How Gestures Support Writing Instruction
Gesturing serves as a powerful tool connecting brain and body, while reducing the cognitive load during the writing process.
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One Topic Writers: The Importance of Interest in the Writing Workshop
What do we do when a student wants to write about the same topic every day? Let them be! Keep reading to explore why interest is so important for our student authors.
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Turn It Up: Using Rap in the Classroom
The co-authors of Rap It Up! Discuss how rap can span the curricula to support standard skills in English/language arts, social studies, music, and SEL (social-emotional learning). Rap’s rhythm, rhyme, and wordplay develop literacy, expand vocabulary, strengthen reading fluency, and build confidence in oral expression. At the same time, rap’s cultural relevance fosters student engagement and inclusivity.
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This or That: A Quick Activity to Learn About Writers (and Help Them Learn About Themselves)
One of the things I value most about being a writing teacher is knowing my writers and providing opportunities to help them know themselves. A strategy that recently helped me do this is a “Writing This or That.”
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Not Your Granny’s Grammar: Book Review
As a grammar nerd, I’ve been looking forward to reading Not Your Granny’s Grammar by Patty McGee and Tim Donohue ever since I heard about it when it was barely in draft form. And yes, the final product is worth the wait. Don’t forget to leave a comment about how you hope to use this book to be entered in a chance to win! Thank you, Corwin Press, for sponsoring this giveaway.
