For information report writing, I used a writing ladder which worked wonderfully! For narrative writing, I have updated my writing lad...

As you may remember (and if you don't, check out this post: Writing Unit Sequence , my writing sequence to begin a new writing genre al...

This is one the best parts of starting a new writing genre... student self-evaluation and goal setting for their own writing The ...

You may have noticed a bit of a pattern that I use when teaching a writing unit. I often start the units the same way, as I believe that th...

This is an absolutely amazing idea that was shared with me by my colleague Ryan, who is also coincidentally an amazing teacher. It can be u...

Another strategy for giving students greater accountability and ownership over their work! As my students were working on writing the...

For this writing unit on information reports, I used some new techniques that I felt really worked well to help students with their writing...