Topic: Lucy Calkins

Ways to Study the Teaching of Writing with Your Colleagues: PD Ideas for Inside & Outside the Classroom K-8

As students move up the grades and further in their history educations, they will be expected to write about it in increasingly sophisticated ways.

Because of the myriad ways writing workshop and oral language development are linked, it’s hard to tell where one ends and the other begins.

Readers who read strictly for plot nearly always remain stuck in literal interpretations of text, and typically struggle with more complex reading skills.

Creating Powerful Book Clubs 4-8

A study written up by the Association for Psychological Science on factors that affect learning. Which traits help students to do well in school?

Think of the possibilities as graphic novels provide readers who might not be able to tackle higher-levels of text an inroad for high-level thinking work.

Information writing is one of those topics that can seem, on the outset, rather dull. It doesn't have to be that way. Here's how.

There are two key considerations when planning a curriculum that supports success with ELA exams: time and level of text complexity.

This is part of the beauty of the Units of Study: the specificity and precision of the Unit books juxtaposed with the flexibility of the If…Then…Curriculum book.

When it comes to teaching young students to read and write, no curriculum for the primary grades would be complete without an emphasis on word study. Emergent readers and writers must understand how l

The kinds of readers that enter our classrooms are vast. Some read voraciously, and benefit from help tailoring reading plans to push their thinking to more nuanced levels. Some slog through books, wi

Positive Approaches to Supporting All Learners in Writing Workshop K-5

How to Plan for Book Clubs in Middle School

Building a strong workshop practice is similar to building a house. Doing it successfully takes the right tools.

Teachers of middle school reading have their own, unique set of challenges. Some of these hopes for middle school readers might resonate with you:

When we teach students to express themselves well in writing, we are doing so much more than simply helping them to do better on school assignments.

Establishing a Vibrant Community of Readers: Fostering Partnerships, Independence, and Courage