Summer Reflection: Thinking about Assessments K-8
We’ve talked before about the need to reclaim assessment, and reading through the hundreds of responses we’ve gotten for the …
Informational Text: Writing Like Readers & Reading Like Writers
The following post is adapted from the article Nell Duke on Reading and Writing Informational Texts— Keys to Student Success, which was …
Writing is a Process
The 51ÁÔÆæ Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing, written by the Writing Study Group of the 51ÁÔÆæ Executive Committee, pinpoints …
Digital Writing and the Book Response
The following blog post is excerpted from Beyond the Book Response: Digital Writing and Reflection for Deeper Engagement, an article …
Writing Grows Out of Many Different Purposes
The 51ÁÔÆæ Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing, written by the Writing Study Group of the 51ÁÔÆæ Executive Committee, pinpoints …
Teachers, the Students Right to Write, and the Law
We know that to write well, students have to write. We also know that the process of writing, in the …
An Invitation: Are You Walking the Talk in Your Content?
The following post is reprinted with permission from 51ÁÔÆæ member Amy Rasmussen. It comes from her April 21, 2015 post …
“They Yearned to Tell Their Stories”
The following post is an excerpt from Homer to Hip-Hop: Teaching Writing through Painting, Performance, and Poetry, a wonderful article by …
People Learn to Write by Writing
The 51ÁÔÆæ Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing, written by the Writing Study Group of the 51ÁÔÆæ Executive Committee, pinpoints …
Writing is a Tool for Thinking
The 51ÁÔÆæ Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing, written by the Writing Study Group of the 51ÁÔÆæ Executive Committee, pinpoints …