THE WRITE ONE

  One of the changes in the common core standards is going from persuasive writing to argument writing. It is more difficult to write a...

The Common Core State Standards have focused on three basic types of writing: narrative, informational, and argument. The interpretive essay...

The unit of study for first grade in October is: Writing for Readers. This isn't a new unit, but the issue is to be sure it meets the ri...

Meron adding details to her book. Next month in most kindergarten classes, the unit of study is going to be Approximating Small Moments...

As I have worked with groups of students learning to have purposeful discussions, I've noticed many times it's the same few students...

Next week is the last week in September. For many of you fifth grade teachers, that means you are wrapping up the unit of study in memoir....

Today I was thinking of the parts of the writing workshop in classrooms.  One of the important parts is the mini lesson or the focus lesson....