Topic: Writing

Writing minilessons are a powerful tool for teachers, helping students to grow as independent writers.

Young children love to learn and use new words. How do we tap into this natural curiosity and excitement to support vocabulary development?

It can be hard to strike the right balance between conventions and creativity when teaching writing. Too many rules can cause kids to disengage, while too few may lead to writing that fails to convey its intended meaning.

How can writing help students see they are not alone?

How does teaching occur at that nexus of storytelling, performance and art?

Join host Liz Prather and guest Willeena Booker as they explore the transformative potential of writing as a tool for healing and social justice.

Wille Carver and Liz Prather explore how sharing personal narratives can pave the path to healing and advocacy.

David Rockower and Liz Prather discuss how students explore what matters to them through writing.

Writing workshop minilessons are meant as intervals for explicit, brief instruction in skills and strategies that then become part of a writer’s ongoing repertoire.

Stacey Joy and Liz Prather discuss the transformative power of using writing to reflect and rediscover joy in teaching.

To teach writing well, it is important to know about qualities of the four major genres of writing.

How do you approach essay, poetry, book clubs, and digital composition? If we reimagine our approach we can open the door to more engaged and challenging learning.

Record-keeping systems allow you to consolidate data, study individual progress, track the frequency with which you meet with students, and easily access and update your data across time.

Here are six tools you can slowly introduce into your classroom writing center to support student independence.

Guided reading nurtures strong readers and plays a pivotal role in helping young learners become confident and capable readers.

Small-group reading lessons have the potential to transform students into confident and skilled readers.

The study of 100-word stories teaches students to identify a story’s intrinsic architecture.

The goal of our new book, How to Become a Better Writing Teacher, is to help you become really good at teaching writing.