We are getting Writers’ Workshop kicked off school-wide – K-12!
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Modeling Generating Ideas with Heart Maps in Elementary
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 […]
Choosing Books for Guided Reading
One huge component of preparing for Guided Reading is selecting books to use with your groups, and this requires some quality thinking ahead of time! It is not enough to just choose an “M” book or an “average book” from the book adoption. When choosing a book, you must take into consideration why the students […]
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 […]
The Thinking Part of Writing: Editing and Revising
** Contact us if you would like Rogers Education Consulting to come to your campus with engaging, evidence-based, and practical professional development ** Anyone who knows me knows I’m a strong proponent of Writers’ Workshop and making sure students in grades K-12 are writing – EVERY DAY. Writing is hard and if we want students to […]