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Kirsten Widmer Kirsten Widmer

Get to Know Students, and Teach Foundational Writing Skills, with Informational Writing

Starting with a quick informational piece can help us get to know our students–what they like to do, where they go, what they’re passionate about and can teach–all while teaching conventions and syntax.

For this idea, we’re going to use some lessons from our book

Informational Writing Lessons: Your Go-To Guide for Flexible, High-Impact Instruction.

The intention is to focus on teaching sentence and paragraph structure within the genre of informational text as well as to get to know your students’ interests.

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Brianna Feldott Brianna Feldott

#Writing About Reading

This article explores how writing about reading can tap into the social media worlds of students. It offers a fresh approach to exploring tools and techniques to engage students in deeper thinking and ways to convey ideas

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