Topic: Writing

Everyone has the capacity to write; writing can be taught; and teachers can help students become better writers. Prompts to get teachers and students thinking about the importance of writing as a pillar.

Explicit instruction turns talking and writing from classroom routine into real engines of comprehension. Talking and writing is most powerful when we teach students how to build a discussion, how to choose what matters, how to jot a note that's worth revisiting, how to shape a written response with purpose.

Learn how knowledge building supports reading comprehension, vocabulary growth, and academic success within a comprehensive approach to literacy.

How to become a teacher who understands how to use and help shape the curriculum, not just being handed one.

Learn how reading comprehension instruction supports meaning making, knowledge building, and academic success within a comprehensive approach to literacy.

Over the summer, many students can lose reading and writing progress they worked so hard to build. To combat this, set your students up with books they'll actually want to read and simple writing ideas that feel more like a personal choice than a school assignment.

There's a difference between assigning writing and teaching it. When we assign writing, we give students a task and hope they write something of merit. When we teach writing, we give them the knowledge, the strategies, and the supported practice they need to grow as writers over time.

K-8 teachers, literacy coaches, administrators, and curriculum specialists who want to strengthen their writing curriculums. This institute is designed to support you in enhancing and revising your instructional approach to teaching writing to maximize the conditions for student engagement and increase achievement.

Learn how vocabulary instruction supports reading comprehension, knowledge building, and academic success within a comprehensive approach to literacy.

Interactive writing is a powerful tool to scaffold children’s literacy skills toward independence. Learn more in this new blog from new Heienmann author, Matt Halpern.

With thoughtful planning, writing workshops can thrive in any classroom, even when time is tight.

Writing workshop is a journey. Each unit, conversation, and shared moment adds to your understanding of what your writers need and how best to support them.

For many of our students, sports, video games, television, movies, and pop music form the fabric of their dominant culture. Just as we would never tell a student that she could not write about mariachis, we might consider biting out tongues when she wants to write about whatever latest heartthrob is on the top ten. Our students need to know that we value their lives, all of what goes on in their lives, in order to feel that they can bring and share those lives with their writing in the classroom.

Learn how to integrate writing workshop with your core curriculum using realistic schedules, aligned routines, and low-lift classroom strategies.

The writing workshop model empowers learners to take ownership of their craft while positioning teachers as mentors and guides.

A routine for exploring works of art and other interesting things: What do you see? What do you think about that? What does it make you wonder?

Discover how a research-backed, comprehensive approach to literacy helps educators align resources, close instructional gaps, and deliver responsive, effective teaching. Download the free ebook to learn how to build a more impactful literacy program.

What are the ways you can use A.I. as a teacher? How can students use A.I. to improve their work? Including title suggestions and revisions, A.I.-generated book covers, reflective rubrics, and brainstorming.