Conferring with Writers Conferring Toolkit: Improve Student Writing with Micro-Progressions Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn In a recent blog post, I shared how Read More »
Conferring with Writers Mentor Texts: Must-Have Tools for Your Conferring Toolkit Have you heard the following piece of advice before? “Teach the writer not the writing.” If so, have you ever Read More »
Writer's Notebooks 3 Simple Techniques for When Students Can’t Think of a Writing Topic One of the most frequently asked questions I receive when I lead professional development on writing instruction is: “What do Read More »
Reading Engagement and Independence Re-Engage Your Readers and Writers After a Long Break As students return to school after a long break, you might notice that their reading stamina isn’t where it was Read More »
Phonics Brain-Friendly Ways to Teach Sight Words Did you know that there are 109 words in the English language that account for 50% of written English in Read More »
Explicit Teaching Make Your Teaching Stickier by Being More Explicit Years ago, if I had been asked the question “Are you teaching or just telling?”, I would have been insulted. Read More »
Comprehension How to Increase Student Engagement, Thinking, and Comprehension Kids Need to Talk in Order to Learn Kids like to talk. No, kids LOVE to talk. I know I’m Read More »
Phonics Making Sense of the Science of Reading vs. Balanced Literacy Conversation Not long after I started teaching in the late 1980s, literacy educators were involved in a “reading war”. For those too Read More »