Simply put, mentor texts are texts that serve as mentors, or guides, for reading and writing instructions. In writing, these texts will serve as an example of a strategy, craft, or convention that students can study in order to emulate in their own writing. In reading, these texts can be reread multiple times to discuss […]
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Writers’ Workshop: Organizing Ideas for Personal Narrative Drafts
We are getting Writers’ Workshop kicked off school-wide – K-12!
7 Strategies for Generating Ideas in a Writers’ Workshop
In the ideal Writers’ Workshop, students will write about topics of their choice that they are passionate about. This sometimes leads to frustration on the part of the students because they have a hard time figuring out what they want to write about and many times we hear comments like “I have nothing to write […]
Reading Nonfiction Text in Guided Reading and Small Groups
Children are naturally fascinated by learning through nonfiction books, but many don’t know how to navigate the complexity of the text. Small groups and guided reading groups are the perfect places to teach and reinforce how to read nonfiction texts. First, you’ll want to choose strong nonfiction texts! Think about what the students want to […]
One Is Not Enough: Writing Multiple Drafts in a Writers’ Workshop
** Contact us if you would like Rogers Education Consulting to bring an engaging, hands-on Writers’ Workshop session to your campus ** In a true Writers’ Workshop, students are busy working on drafts of multiple works at the same time. While I believe that there are some aspects of frameworks like Writers’ Workshop that are left […]
Generating Writing Topics the First Week of School
** Contact us if you would like to have our evidence-based, engaging Writers’ Workshop session come to your campus! ** “I don’t have anything to write about Miss…” This phrase was all too familiar in my classroom when I began Writers’ Workshop. Regardless of the grade I taught, first, fifth, or eighth, the students would resist writing. […]
Growing Readers in Middle School
This month I was hired to do the best job imaginable, model a Readers’ Workshop. At the end of March I took a whole cart of great fiction (mostly off the Lone Star Reading List) into 6 different sixth grade classrooms, with the one goal of hooking kids on a book. I prepared a mini-lesson […]