Topic: Writing

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

Our first live webinar session with Colleen Cruz was packed with thinking about a mindset for teaching writing, strategies to guide repetitive student writing, mirror writing, and more!

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In Back and Forth: Using and Editor's Mindset to Improve Student Writing, Lee Heffernan encourages teachers to go from giving writing feedback to students as their teacher, to giving feedback as stude

Vitale Reilly Supporting Struggling Learners SM 7

Since every classroom will have struggling learners, it is helpful to define the kinds of struggling learners we might encounter and then plan moves to support them.

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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.

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Today on the podcast, Tom Newkirk talks about his new book, Embarrassment And the Emotional Underlife of Learning

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

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Rozlyn Linder on Lee Heffernan's new Back and Forth

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Today on the podcast, Lee Heffernan discusses her new book Back and Forth: Using an Editor’s Mindset to Improve Student Writing

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Cris Tovani on Project-Based Writing

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Helping Families Understand Units of Study & Workshop Teaching: Working Together to Support Students All Day & Year Long, K-5

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Writing Engaging Characters for Nonfiction

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Taking the Fear Out of Jumping Into Inquiry

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The Four Essential Elements of Engaging Science Stories

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Tips for Teaching the New Up the Ladder Information Writing Unit, 3-6

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6 Steps to Create an Environment that Supports Revision

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Launching a Strong Reading Workshop

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What Do You Do With Your Struggling Readers and Writers: New Thoughts, New Ideas