Being a Writer offers student-centered writing instruction with the dual goals of fostering students’ growth as skilled writers and as caring members of the community. The writing instruction integrates…
In my previous blog, I addressed text-dependent analysis (TDA) questions and how they require analytical reading before a student can put their thoughts in writing. We explored the idea…
Take a look at the three images below. What do they all have in common? Answer? They are all examples of common acronyms that are used by teachers…
Being a Writer offers student-centered writing instruction with the dual goals of fostering students’ growth as skilled writers and as caring members of the community. The writing instruction…
As we know, coaching conversations—when targeted and purposeful—can be so powerful! This is example of how targeted, purposeful coaching conversations can support teachers’ development of writing instruction, through…
In part 1 of this blog series, we considered two overarching types of scaffolds that support English language learners: Verbal Scaffolds use language to support students during instruction…