Keeping a Teacher Notebook by Leigh Anne Eck
Leigh Anne Eck shares how she creates and uses a Teacher Notebook to capture the best of last year and to make plans for the next.
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Jennifer Laffin
- Jul 13, 2021
- 2 min
10 Ways Student-Writers Benefit When Their Teacher is a Writer
Ten reasons why teachers who write make better writing teachers, and how their students benefit when they do.
Jennifer Laffin
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
Re-visioning Revision by Cathy Hutter
It's time to take a new look at how we teach students to revise their writing. Cathy Hutter will show you how!
Jennifer Laffin
- Nov 9, 2020
- 3 min
Shared Writing in the Upper Elementary Classroom by Jackie Higgins
Think shared writing is just for our youngest learners? Think again.
Jennifer Laffin
- Nov 4, 2020
- 3 min
Switching Up Sentence Length {Writer's Toolkit Series}
Writers can instantly improve the quality of their writing simply by switching up the number of words in each sentence. Here's why!
Jennifer Laffin
- Nov 3, 2020
- 3 min
Building Classroom Community Through Writing by Erica Johnson
Erica Johnson shares how you can harness the power of writing to draw people together into a classroom community.
Jennifer Laffin
- Oct 22, 2020
- 2 min
The Writing Round-Up {10.24.20}
In this edition: A writing community for YOU * The purpose of paragraphs * New stickers * Finding writing ideas & MORE!
Jennifer Laffin
- Oct 20, 2020
- 3 min
Paragraphs: Give Us a Break {Writer's Toolkit Series}
Paragraphs are important! Here's why good writing needs paragraph and how to use the New-New Rule for paragraphing.
Jennifer Laffin
- Oct 20, 2020
- 3 min
Connecting to Readers Through Poetry by Bridget Magee
Unpack some basic poetic elements and infuse them into your own writing to really reach your readers!
Jennifer Laffin
- Oct 14, 2020
- 2 min
Balance Writing with the Power of Three {Writer's Toolkit Series}
Writing is more balanced and pleasing to the mind when the details come in groups of three.
Jennifer Laffin
- Oct 6, 2020
- 2 min
Successful Online Writing Conferences with Student Writers by Dana Clark
Teaching writing online? Here's how you can help your student-writers prepare for a successful writing conference.
Jennifer Laffin
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
Ideas for Writing Across the Curriculum by Karen Megay-Nespoli
Even if you aren't an ELA teacher, you can still get your students writing as a way to deepen their understanding of your content area.
Jennifer Laffin
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Keeping a Space for the Analog Notebook by Michelle Haseltine
Even in virtual learning, students still need a paper notebook. Michelle Haseltine tells you why.