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Pre-K Sentence Builders: Namers, Actions, and Big Wins!

December 4, 2024 Jessica Rogers

sentence building lesson

Building Sentences in Pre-K? Absolutely! Think Pre-K students are too young to learn about parts of speech? Spoiler alert: they’re not! Last month, I worked with a Pre-K class transitioning from Writers’ Workshop to a more structured writing approach. The goal? To introduce the idea that every sentence needs a namer (subject) and an action […]

Filed Under: Instructional Coaching, Structured Writing

Active Reading, Dynamic Conversations, and Powerful Writing Strategies

October 12, 2024 Jessica Rogers

Active Reading, Dynamic Conversations, and Powerful Writing

Middle schoolers don’t often come to class eager to discuss global warming, but when you hand them a vivid image and ask them, “What’s going on in this picture?”—well, you just might surprise yourself. Recently, I had the chance to work with an incredible group of middle school students, most of whom are second-language learners. […]

Filed Under: Accountability, Blog, Critical Thinking, Independent Reading, Instructional Coaching, Lesson Planning, Main Idea, metacognition, Science of Reading, Vocabulary

Shared Writing: Bringing the Magic of Collaboration Back to the Classroom

September 5, 2024 Jessica Rogers

Shared Writing

Shared writing is a fantastic, collaborative approach that brings students into the writing process. Imagine sharing the cognitive load (and sometimes the literal pen) with your class – it’s a powerful way to model writing skills, strategies, and even the mechanics of encoding. It’s one of those teaching techniques that packs a serious punch. In […]

Filed Under: Blog, Instructional Coaching, Lesson Planning, Revising and Editing, Strategies/Craft, Writing Response

Lesson Plan: A Close Read of The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

August 14, 2024 Jessica Rogers

Lesson Plan: A Close Read of The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

A lesson plan outline to teach close reading of The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin.

Filed Under: Author's Purpose, Blog, Characterization, Close Reading, Critical Thinking, Instructional Coaching, Main Idea, Making Connections, Making inferences and predicting, Plot, Theme, Vocabulary, Writing Response

What to Look for When Observing a Classroom: A Guide for Administrators Grounded in the Science of Reading

June 12, 2024 Jessica Rogers

Vibrant classroom with children reading.

As an administrator, observing classrooms is a crucial part of ensuring effective instruction and supporting teacher development. When you walk into a classroom, you should see clear evidence of both word recognition and language comprehension being taught. Here’s a guide to help you know what to look for and the questions to ask to ensure […]

Filed Under: Back to School, Blog, Instructional Coaching, Science of Reading

Writers’ Workshop: Organizing Ideas for Personal Narrative Drafts

September 11, 2019 Jessica Rogers

Using a read aloud mentor text to teach students how to write a personal narrative

We are getting Writers’ Workshop kicked off school-wide – K-12!

Filed Under: Blog, Instructional Coaching, Mini-Lessons, Personal Narrative, Retell, Writers' Notebook, Writers' Workshop

Reading Nonfiction Text in Guided Reading and Small Groups

December 6, 2018 Jessica Rogers

guided reading demonstration in an elementary using nonfiction text

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 […]

Filed Under: Blog, Guided Reading, Instructional Coaching, Readers' Workshop, Reading Strategies, Text Features, Vocabulary

One Is Not Enough: Writing Multiple Drafts in a Writers’ Workshop

December 8, 2016 Jessica Rogers

writing

** 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 […]

Filed Under: Blog, Instructional Coaching, Writers' Workshop

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