Organize Writing Organization is an important part of writing instruction – both organizing ideas and papers. I run my writing classroom as if my students were authors. It’s important to me that they have the skills to organize their work in a...
Learn the benefits of a grammar mini-lesson! One of my biggest struggles with teaching writing is fitting in time for grammar. My students desperately need it, but we barely have enough time for them to write, much less for me to teach the grammar...
Teaching writing with 1:1 devices doesn’t have to be scary. In fact, it’s a great way to have examples and directions right at your students’ fingertips! The first year that our 1:1 iPads were released, I taught primarily reading...
I love doing an opinion writing unit, but I tend to get students in my classroom that struggle to write with any substance. Watch the video below to see a walkthrough of the first part of my opinion writing unit: brainstorming and forming opinions...
It’s no secret that kids struggle with writing. Writing is an art form and takes years and years to master. Here are some ways to help your reluctant writers begin their journey! Give them engaging topics I often find that giving them too many...
We’ve all heard it… the suggestion to write an individual plan for every single student in your class in order to differentiate instruction. The last time I heard this, I went into panic mode. I had 96 students and about 20 minutes of...