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02/24/23

Helping Kids Find a Good Book

Until students are comfortable with authors, genres, and interests, it’s hard for them to find books they will love to read. Learn how the Good Books box can help students select a book.  (continue reading)
01/27/23

The Literacy Studio: Workshop Reimagined

Enter the Literacy Studio, a new approach to the workshop model that allows for integrated reading and writing instruction without demanding more time or extra planning.  (continue reading)
12/15/22

Improve Student Writing with Mentor Texts!

What can we learn from the texts that we admire the most? How can they inform our own writing?  (continue reading)
12/02/22

All About the Complete Comprehension: Expansion Packs for Fiction and Nonfiction

The Complete Comprehension: Fiction expansion pack gives your students more choice in what they read for assessment, and you more options for matching students’ interest with their assessment book.  (continue reading)
11/16/22

The Planning Wheel: A Tool to Integrate Reading and Writing

An easy and practical tool that will help teachers prioritize student’s work time. Download a free copy of the planning wheel from The Literacy Studio by Ellin Oliver Keene.  (continue reading)
11/08/22

Four Steps to Using Mentor Texts to Teach Writing

When you use mentor texts in your teaching, you have at your fingertips concrete examples of craft techniques and conventions to refer to during your mini-lessons, small group lessons and writing conferences.  (continue reading)
11/02/22

Super Powers: A Favorite Unit Gets an Update

The updated unit places kindergartners in a superhero-themed learning environment that makes them heroes-in-training.  (continue reading)
07/29/22

3 Reasons to Love Independent Reading

For anyone looking for high-quality reading instructional methods, it’s easy to fall in love with independent reading time.  (continue reading)
06/28/22

Promoting Reading Joy at School

Donalyn Miller writes about what inspired The Joy of Reading and led she and Teri Lesesne on a seven-year long journey to study readers and what makes reading joyful for them (and what doesn’t).  (continue reading)
06/14/22

How to Find Books for Your Students… and You!

Donalyn Miller and Teri Lesesne share answers to their most frequently asked questions ... in a downloadable PDF.  (continue reading)

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