This week’s post is written especially for those who are making writing with their students and eager to elevate the…
“Because she laughs so much, and when she laughs, it’s like music,” she explained when I asked her why she’d…
“But how is that writing?” he asked, and I got it. I get it. This doesn’t look like writing, does…
I’m often asked what young writers can do to seek and connect with authentic audiences. Sure, writing for themselves, their…
This week, I had the opportunity to make and write personal narratives with writers and teachers from Fieldstone Middle School…
An important note, ahead of today’s post: There are different kinds of writing workshop teachers, in my experience: Those who…
If you’ve been hanging out in the Building Better Writers Facebook group this month, then you know that I’ve been…
Alignment matters. Defining the standards we expect students to meet, making them accessible to the kids we serve, and assessing…
I’d just wrapped a mini-lesson on using evidence to support a claim. The writers that filled up the room were…
This summer, I had the opportunity to facilitate a multi-day K-5 standards based report card design workshop in a new-to-me…