Topic: The Writing Strategies Book

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To connect reading and writing skills, make the connection between encoding and decoding; explore deeper meaning through themes; say it with punctuation; interpret punctuation cues; and study the art of word choice.

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For a substitute or guest teacher situation, The Reading and Writing Strategies Books make it simple through minimal prep work, flexibility, built-in differentiation, and more.

Enhance students' love for poetry with Jennifer Serravallo's strategies from Reading and Writing Strategies Books for National Poetry Month and beyond.

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No matter what kind of multilingual setting you teach in, be sure to try these strategies with your readers and writers.

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Engagement strategies that help readers and writers find their classroom footing again can help. Here are a few reading- and writing-based strategies to try.

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Did you catch our Facebook live sneak peek into our new learning site and into one of Jennifer Serravallo's On-Demand Courses? You'll find the full recording below in case you missed it or just wanted to review the details.

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Jen joins us to talk about the work that went into developing The Reading Strategies Book in Spanish as well as the Writing Strategies Book in Spanish.

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Today on the Heinemann Podcast, how do we address the gaps between formal assessments and really knowing our students as readers? In her newest book, Understanding Texts and Readers, NYTimes best-selling author, Jennifer Serravallo, narrows the distance between assessment and instruction.

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Today wrapped up the fifth and final week of Jennifer Serravallo's Summer Writing Camp−how time flies! This week was all about independent writing projects.

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Can you even believe that we've just closed out week four of Jennifer Serravallo's online Summer Writing Camp for teachers? This week focused on opinion writing, and once again involved a very special guest appearance.

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Jennifer Serravallo's online Summer Writing Camp for teachers is moving right along as week three comes to a close. This week focused on informational writing, and featured another special surprise guest!

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Week two of Jennifer Serravallo's online Summer Writing Camp for teachers is officially wrapped up! This week, participants focused on strategies for writing poetry. Find a debrief of each day below, along with links to videos of Jen explaining the strategy of the day.

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Today marks the end of the first week of Jennifer Serravallo's online Summer Writing Camp, and what a week it's been! Jen walked 'campers' through five strategies for writing fictional narratives.

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Offering a variety of elaboration strategies will also help students to vary the types of details they may include in their piece, so their drafts don't end up sounding one-note.

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Today on the Heinemann podcast, we’re packing our bookbags for summer camp!

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You’re invited to summer camp with Jennifer Serravallo (and it’s FREE!) Find all the necessary details here, and we'll see you in The Reading and Writing Strategies Community Facebook group this summer!

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When in the writing process do writers figure out a focus and decide on the point they want their writing to make?

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New York Times, Best-selling author Jennifer Serravallo talks about her new on-demand course: Strategies in Action: Reading and Writing Methods and Content.