Do you struggle with teaching writing? Do your students struggle with writing? Does their writing frustrate you? Does your writing instruction bore them? Do you believe there has to be a more effective way to teach writing? Have you tried different methods? Have you explored different theories? Do you believe that there must be a method [...]
Why Teach Children Poetry? Are you a true lover of poetry? Are you an avid and exceptional teacher of poetry in the classroom? If so… then this article is not for you. This article is for the rest of us teachers who know that poetry has value… but with limited time and so much to [...]
Six Reasons You May Want to Use a Writing Prompt When Teaching Children Writing 1. Challenge students’ thinking and writing skills 2. Create interest in writing and inspire creativity 3. Get reluctant writers writing 4. Help students develop the habit of writing every day 5. Practice for writing assessments 6. You are giving a classroom assignment that involves writing Kinds of [...]
Three Important Questions about Middle School Writing Instruction 1. Are your middle school students remedial writers or are they on grade level? 2. How do you bridge the gap between your remedial writers and your high achieving writers? 3. What are appropriate goals and objectives of middle school writing instruction? The Six Traits of Effective Middle School Writing [...]
The Research Shows Series: Writing and Social Studies – Writing Across the Curriculum Students must write across the curriculum; and I do not mean fill-in-the-blank workbook pages. Writing helps students process and organize information in a way that makes sense to them. As a new teacher, I felt my students should be writing more across [...]