Writing Isn’t Hard
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Writing Isn’t Hard

  I reject the notion that writing is hard.   It’s not hard. It takes time. Lots of time.   These are two different things.   In an earlier post…
Writing is never finished…
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Writing is never finished…

  When I was in the classroom, writing seemed easier to teach. Granted, I wasn't a writing teacher, but I did help students write in the context of science and…
Teaching Tasks
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Teaching Tasks

  If we teach things without a clear why, what we are essentially doing is teaching tasks.   For instance, if we believe we are teaching opinion writing to learn…
Be Creative
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Be Creative

  It's a phrase we hear often,   “Be Creative!”   It's probably mostly uttered in regards to art or some artistic endeavor.   We hear it at the beginning,…
Start. Now.
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Start. Now.

  "A year from now you will wish you had started today." Karen Lamb   Start. Now. There has never been a better time. About a year ago, I procrastinated…
5 Questions with… Jennifer Serravallo
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5 Questions with… Jennifer Serravallo

I recently discovered The Literacy Teachers' Playbook by Jennifer Serravallo. The book details practical strategies for utilizing data to truly guide instruction in reading and writing. Inspired by the book, I…
5 Questions with… Amy Brennan
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5 Questions with… Amy Brennan

Each week, the #G2Great community meets on Thursdays from 8:30-9:30 pm EST to discuss ways to improve literacy instruction and intervention in our schools. The group continues the discussion on…