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Recognizing that there is a vast difference between children getting it and children holding on to what they have learned, Shanna lays out the universal principles of "stickiness" and describes how they can be used to tweak your teaching for a more lasting impact on young writers. A Quick Guide to Making Your Teaching Stick is part of the "Workshop Help Desk" series. About the "Workshop Help Desk" seriesThe "Workshop Help Desk "series is desig...

In "A Quick Guide to Reaching Struggling Writers" Colleen Cruz shows how to stop struggling with writers who struggle. You'll find effective support for students who say: "I'm not a good writer, My hand hurts, I don't know how to spell, I don't have anything to write about, I never get to write anything I want to write, I'm done." "A Quick Guide to Reaching Struggling Writers" is part of the "Workshop Help Desk" series. About the "Workshop Hel...

In A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time Alison and Cheryl explain how choice-time workshops can be structured to help English language learners imagine, create, and explore language through play. They outline two units of study for choice-time workshops, the first using open-ended materials, the other using literature to inspire play. A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time is part of the Workshop H...

Children have voices that need to be heard and ideas that need to be understood. Building on this premise Sarah describes why you should try a persuasive writing unit of study, describes two units of study for the primary classroom, and lists tips and ideas for helping students get their persuasive writing out into the world. "A Quick Guide to Teaching Persuasive Writing" is part of the "Workshop Help Desk" series. About the "Workshop Help Des...

In response to the overwhelming demand for more high-quality, age-appropriate nonfiction texts, Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis have developed the three volume series "Toolkit Texts: Short Nonfiction for Guided and Independent Practice. "With articles personally selected and edited by Harvey and Goudvis, these volumes are designed to provide supplementary texts that are precisely matched to the strategies described and supported in "The Comp...

Research shows that for long-term retention and real-world application spelling instruction needs to be more than the memorization of word lists. Offering an alternative to the traditional word-list approach, Sandra Wilde's "Spelling Strategies and Patterns" brings joy and teaching to spelling instruction. Sandra's inquiry-based approach to spelling instruction engages children in exploring the spelling patterns they are already starting to in...

50 Essential Lessons" is the result of the lessons Jim Burke learned while asking himself how to teach his students the skills they needed to succeed in school and in the larger world. Anchored in standards shared by a range of national literacy documents, these lessons focus on the core cognitive and personal skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening, taking notes, taking tests, and managing oneself - required on state tests and colle...

In A Quick Guide to Teaching Second Grade Writers with Units of Study Lucy Calkins chronicles a curricular calendar that will help teachers increase the volume of student writing, encourage students to lift the level of their writing by reviwing, rethinking, and rewriting their work, and empower students to write with greater independence. A Quick Guide to Teaching Second Grade Writers with Units of Study is part of the Workshop Help Desk seri...