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How do I Choose Who to Confer With?
READ MORE →: How do I Choose Who to Confer With?In my primary classroom, we have non-negotiables. These are decisions that don’t have to be made, but…
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Why I Don’t Like Starting the Year off with Narratives
READ MORE →: Why I Don’t Like Starting the Year off with NarrativesMost of us are on summer break. Even though our minds should be resting and relaxing…
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Reflection Time: Bringing it all Back Together
READ MORE →: Reflection Time: Bringing it all Back TogetherYou’ve taught your mini-lesson. Check. You’ve modeled for your students through a mentor text or your…
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Writing Stations Develop a Classroom Community
READ MORE →: Writing Stations Develop a Classroom CommunityI have been asked so many times over the years, “How do you get your students…
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Teaching the Writer, Not Just the Writing
READ MORE →: Teaching the Writer, Not Just the WritingEvery day, every week, every month, every year…I heard the same statements. Over and over again. …
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Power of Conferring
READ MORE →: Power of ConferringMy first memories of conferring include preparing my conferring binder. It was a crisp white binder.…
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A Parent’s Guide to Summer Literacy Development
READ MORE →: A Parent’s Guide to Summer Literacy DevelopmentSummer is a very important time in the lives of children. That break away from traditional…
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Fostering a Community of Writers
READ MORE →: Fostering a Community of WritersWhen I asked my six year old son what his favorite subject in school was, my…
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Kids are Authors, Too!
READ MORE →: Kids are Authors, Too!“Mrs. Garrett, I used speech bubbles just like Mo did.” “Mrs. Garrett, I used an onomatopoeia…