Do you know Colleen Cruz's book "Independent Writing: One teacher,
thirty-two needs, topics and plans"? I'm reading it right now and it
does a brilliant job describing how to plan and teach toward
independence. It's short and 100% practical. A great model to turn
to for your writer's wor
I'm going to address some of the management issues. I'm not in the classroom
right now, but I visit schools and classrooms as a substitute and also as a
workshop presenter and consultant. So I'm probably in classrooms about 10
days a month.
One thing I consistently see is teachers spending too muc
Hi all,
My sixth grade teaching partner and I will be teaching together next year in
open space (two sixth grades of about 38 kids). I will lead Language Arts
instruction while she will lead Math. I'm really excited and a bit nervous too!
LOL
I want to use reading and writing workshop wi
