Teaching Kids How to Write a Summary for Nonfiction
In a previous post, I shared one of the easiest, most effective strategies for simplifying narrative summary writing for kids. If you haven’t read that post yet, please take a…
Why Teaching Text Structure Matters for Writing Instruction
For the elementary level, most state standards expect three main types of writing genres. Broadly, these are narrative, opinion/argument, and informational. There are of course many types of writing that…
Want Stronger Readers? Focus on Writing Instruction
When it comes to education in the United States, it seems that whenever there’s a heavy focus on one thing, other things tends to get overlooked, or even ignored. Right…
Why Writing is Essential to Literacy for True Success
If you’re a literacy teacher, you understand that the reading-writing connection is huge. They go together like macaroni and cheese–you really cannot have one without the other. Well, you could,…
Using Small Group Instruction to Teach Big Writing
Small group instruction is heavy on the minds of many teachers. And a lot time is spent forming them, planning them, and gathering resources for them. The problem? Almost all…