collaboration · revision

Ranking Student Work: A Collaborative Unit Launch

Challenging students to rank peer writing was the perfect way to kick off a new unit.

celebration · Reflective Practice

Empowering Mentors at a Multiage Writing Celebration

Read how second graders mentor younger writers during a narrative writing celebration.

collaboration

Introducing the Two Writing Teachers Learning Community Facebook Group

Read to learn how to join our new Facebook group, a collaborative place for questions, ideas, and resources.

Stronger Together: Involving Other Professionals in Your Workshop Blog Series

Collaborating with Teaching Assistants and Paraprofessionals: Stronger Together Blog Series

Learn three tips for working with support staff and read an interview between Leah and her teaching assistant, Lucy.

collaborative planning · Read Aloud

Planning Read Alouds that Support the Workshop Model

lock·step noun, often attributive \ˈläk-ˌstep\ Definition of LOCKSTEP 1: a mode of marching in step by a body of persons going one after another as closely as possible 2: a standard method or procedure that is mindlessly adhered to or that minimizes individuality — in lockstep : in perfect or rigid often mindless conformity or… Continue reading Planning Read Alouds that Support the Workshop Model