Click here for post #2 in this series on quick writes. Letting Students Choose Letting students choose the text is a direct way of honoring their voices… Read more “Text Selection: Who and How (post 3/3)”
Pacing mentor text lessons in the multilingual classroom (post 2/3)
Click here to read the first post in this series. So, the reason we might go from a Quick Write as a one-time deal to using it… Read more “Pacing mentor text lessons in the multilingual classroom (post 2/3)”
Break away from traditional scaffolds with quick writes (post 1/3)
Some instructional approaches, including many traditional scaffolds, reinforce internalized and institutionalized racism and bias. Teacher-centered direct instruction can create relations that promote and rely on compliance, obedience… Read more “Break away from traditional scaffolds with quick writes (post 1/3)”
White teachers: Whatever we are doing, it isn’t enough
A lot of memes have been floating around telling teachers that, through this pandemic, what we are doing is enough. Because what we are doing is hard… Read more “White teachers: Whatever we are doing, it isn’t enough”
Updating the Writers Workshop : The Share
In previous years, when I’ve taught writing (after leaving the elementary TCRWP curriculum I was initially trained in), we used an approach that felt radical in its… Read more “Updating the Writers Workshop : The Share”
Key Ideas from the Theories & Research Driving our Practice:
Here is the primary research we use in synthesizing our pedagogy. We have included quotes or excerpts we found most powerful from each work. In addition to… Read more “Key Ideas from the Theories & Research Driving our Practice:”
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