7 steps to writing success

Knowing the answer is one thing...but being able to justify your thinking by citing text is an entirely different type of skill. Taking the text and combing through it, like an old man at the beach with a metal detector, determined to find some treasures, not only takes strong reading comprehension skills, but also takes some perseverance, to find what we're looking for. In this post by The Teacher Next Door, I'll share the six steps I use in my classroom, to teach this important reading…

Show, Don't Tell: A Writing Minilesson! This blog post focuses on teaching students to write showing sentences instead of telling sentences. It includes an anchor chart and a FREE Bingo game!

Many of us have seen TED talks, but have you ever had to write one? Click here for the 7 steps to writing a concise TED talk that captivates.

7 Steps To Succes We can follow these steps for our better life

Young children can write and this writing should occur daily in the early childhood classroom. In fact, most students will write before they read! “Over the school year, students’ writing develops…with increasing levels of sophistication of vocabulary, syntax, and stylistic features” (Bailey &am

Are you looking for ways to help your students revise their narrative essay? This post is one of several mini lessons on using the acronym D.A.R.E. (Delete, Add, Rearrange, Exchange) to revise and will focus on the A- ADD more details and ADD transition words in narrative writing. It

Happy Tuesday Love Bugs, With our state standardized tests right around the corner, I am reviewing all of the writing techniques with my little love bugs to ensure their success. One writing strat…

Reading Workshop includes resources to implement a reading workshop whether you have one in place already or are looking to change up your existing routine.

A look at Success Criteria and why it's relevant in the classroom