Topic: Writing Instruction

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How we can build dignity and self-regard in our students?

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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.

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Here are six tools you can slowly introduce into your classroom writing center to support student independence.

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The study of 100-word stories teaches students to identify a story’s intrinsic architecture.

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The goal of our new book, How to Become a Better Writing Teacher, is to help you become really good at teaching writing.

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In our forthcoming book, How to Become a Better Writing Teacher, we focus on the question of how to help teachers become good writing teachers.

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As humans we have the great gift, the great evolutionary achievement, of speech and story. It’s what we do best—and all literacy instruction needs to honor and build on that gift.

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Tips to help you adapt your writing workshop to support multilingual language learners.

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Strong writing minilessons open a world of possibilities for learners, creating an environment that nurtures students’ ability to write with purpose, imagination, and voice.

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Children not only need to write, they also need direct, explicit instruction in the skills and qualities of effective writing.

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Student engagement is crucial for students to learn to write well. When students are engaged, they’re more likely to learn.

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In what ways can an understanding of the relationship between reading and writing make planning more efficient?

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Heinemann is pleased to announce the latest addition to our growing line of audiobooks, Writing Unbound: How Fiction Transforms Student Writers by Thomas Newkirk.

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Students can be made aware of all the decisions they are making when crafting a photo and be encouraged to apply that thinking to their writing.

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Today on the podcast we have a special conversation hosted by author Carl Anderson with his longtime friend and colleague, author Matt Glover.

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In this video, Allison & Rebekah explain how simple it can be to get the creative juices flowing with inspiration from 'analysis in the wild'.

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When teaching whole-class novels, Roberts continually asks two questions to determine if her teaching practice truly has students' interests in mind:

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In this video, Amy VanDerwater explains that if we are able to harness a love of poetry and use it as a way to demonstrate writing techniques across genres, students gain a better understanding of writing overall.