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01/18/24

Why the Writing Workshop is More Important Now Than Ever

The writing workshop is an opportunity to ensure every student feels safe and welcomed into your classroom community and empowers students by inviting them to be all-in on learning.  (continue reading)
12/29/23

Record-Keeping System Ideas for Writing Teachers

Record-keeping systems allow you to consolidate data, study individual progress, track the frequency with which you meet with students, and easily access and update your data across time.  (continue reading)
12/26/23

6 New Tools to Introduce into Your Classroom Writing Center

Here are six tools you can slowly introduce into your classroom writing center to support student independence.  (continue reading)
08/30/23

How to Support Multilingual Language Learners in Writing Workshop

Tips to help you adapt your writing workshop to support multilingual language learners.  (continue reading)
08/25/23

How to Support Multilingual Language Learners in Reading Workshop

Tips to help you adapt your reading workshop to support multilingual language learners.  (continue reading)
08/01/23

Understanding 3 Key Elements of Balanced Assessment in Math Workshop

Assessment is the bedrock of good teaching. By utilizing a variety of assessments, we get a multidimensional mathematical profile of each student.  (continue reading)
01/30/23

Top 3 DON’Ts: Teaching Kids to Write Graphic Novels

A list of the top three things to avoid when teaching kids how to write graphic novels from Eric Hand, coauthor of the new Writing Unit of Study.  (continue reading)
01/06/23

The Cognitive Benefits of Writing Graphic Novels

The craft decisions involved in creating an actual graphic novel are numerous, varied, and complex—but they can be explicitly taught and learned, practiced and perfected.  (continue reading)
12/13/22

Why Teach Kids to WRITE Graphic Novels?

Three reasons why teaching students to compose graphically is beneficial.  (continue reading)
11/18/22

Lucy Calkins on The Important Truth About How to Teach Reading

Lucy Calkins recently penned an OpEd for Education Week. In the piece, she addresses the serious challenges facing education today and outlines how recent updates to the Units of Study meet those challenges head-on.   (continue reading)

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