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Author Studies Can Help Children Write Better

Dec 3, 2009
Last month I was consulting in a school with some primary grade teachers. They expressed concerns about infusing mentor texts into their classrooms. I provided them with some language for developing theories about what an author is doing in a text,...

Refining the Art of Teaching

Dec 2, 2009
Refining is the process of purification.  Natural resources are refined when they are almost in a usable state in order to make them more valuable. I think teachers ought to engage in a refining process as well.  A process of purification.  A...

Tweets

Dec 1, 2009
I credit Kylene Beers with being the first person to tell me about Twitter in the Summer of 2007 when I was enrolled in a week-long course she was teaching at the TCRWP Summer Reading Institute.  Beers took some time to explain a variety of Web 2.0...

It's December. It's Tuesday. It's Time to Write!

Nov 30, 2009

Cris Tovani Thoughts

Nov 30, 2009
About a month ago, All-Write hosted Cris Tovani.  I probably should have blogged about the workshop the next day, but I didn’t.  Instead, I’m blogging about it today after I’ve had some time to digest the information. First, if you ever have the...




Christy Ward
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  I am so inspired by the resources and fantastic insight you provide to other teachers here. I will follow you ladies anywhere!
Posted 10/2/09 1:10 PM


Valerie A P.
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  I love love love your blog. And the idea that it's two of you collaborating to write and produce this blog is awesome. It inspired my colleague and I to set up a blog together. If you have time, check it out: http://lefanim.blogspot.c om I really like the concrete examples you give of strategies to teach writing and writer's workshop.
Posted 9/21/08 7:09 PM