Small Group Writing Planning Made Easy
Teachers and administrators alike put a lot of emphasis on small group instruction. Reading tends to get the lion’s share of attention, but writing is equally important. Reading and…
How to Have Awesome Student Writing Conferences
Without a doubt, conferring with students is one of the parts of workshop instruction teachers are most nervous about. This is because there’s no clear cut answer to the question…
Teach the Reader, Not Just Reading
There’s yet another reading war going on. For educators my age or older, this makes us roll our eyes, because the exact same core argument rears up nearly every decade…
How to Quickly Assess Student Writing
How many times have you lugged home a stack of student writing with the goal of getting it all graded? And how many times has that stack remained in your…
Powerful Instruction: Interactive Read Aloud
Raise your hand if you often feel like you never feel like you have enough time. How about this one: do you ever feel like your kids just aren’t getting…