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Over the last few years, I have been doing a lot of thinking around the idea of Digital Mentor Texts. I believe strongly in Reading and Writing Workshops to move all students forward in literacy. ...
Over the last few years, I have been doing a lot of thinking around the idea of Digital Mentor Texts. I believe strongly in Reading and Writing Workshops to move all students forward in literacy. ...
Questions for directing discussion General More than just paper, pencil, & words on a page... what constitutes "writing"? What is the value of writing? What evidence is there that writing needs imp...
Peer review is more than just having students read and comment on each other's papers. The idea of peer review extends into what academics do-to the idea of disciplinarity. We research and write. T...
The Medium Is the Medium Recently, book publishers got some good news. Researchers gave 852 disadvantaged students 12 books (of their own choosing) to take home at the end of the school year. They...
I wonder… About ten years ago I slowly stopped giving my kids very sequential directions. About five years ago I stopped giving rubrics. And in the past few years, with some classes, towards the...
The end of the school year presents us with an opportunity for reflection at Envision Schools. We take a final measure of students' progress throughout the school year, celebrate the many Envision ...
Franki: Pat and Katie, you've both done so much work in learning how best to support struggling readers. Can you share any new learning or thinking you have about this topic? Pat: Sure. I'll go ah...