Conferring with students during writing is a critical piece of strong writing instruction. As Susan Brookhart says in her book How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Students, “Feedback can…
There are so many reasons our kids don’t want to write. At the foundational level, when handwriting and spelling skills are weak, kids’ ability and confidence in writing will be…
It can be hard for kids to write. There’s a tremendous amount of mental energy involved with writing. It’s also very vulnerable. The writer’s thoughts, choices, and skill level…
Teaching writing is at the top of many teachers’ lists of things that are hardest to do. The actual teaching of it can be uncomfortable for many, but a bigger…
In so many ways, the newest science of reading movement (SOR) is a really good thing. But as with so many things in education, we tend to go all in…