When I look back to my first experience teaching five paragraph essays to fifth graders, I can remember how terribly unprepared I felt. I knew that the five paragraph essay format was what my students needed to help them…
Spring is just around the corner and we’ve got Earth Day, nursery rhyme sequencing, fact and opinion, and a month of STEM…
The only way I’ve found for students to really grow as writers is for them to write a lot and get meaningful feedback on their work. The reality, though, is there’s only one of me and 170+ of them, so my time with each student is limited. One way to maximize writing growth is a technique my students have dubbed, “Crazy Essay Week”…
Something I get asked frequently is, “How do you plan your writing units?” Well, I love teaching writing, but planning for it can certainly be time-consuming! I have to consider state standards, our curriculum, kids’ strengths and needs, and the list goes on…
So, you have to teach writing, huh? Or maybe you already teach writing and you’re looking for some fresh insight? Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is the blog post for you…