During the summer, I am sharing thematic posts bringing together responses on similar topics from the past 11 years. You can see all those collections from the first 10 years here.
Today鈥檚 theme is Writing Instruction.
You can see the list following this excerpt from one of the posts:
1. Teaching Writing Requires Leaving Students With an 鈥業 Can Do It!鈥 Spirit
Three educators share suggestions for writing instruction, including a visual-thinking strategy. Read more.
2. Four Strategies for Effective Writing Instruction
Three educators share their best ideas on K-12 writing instruction, including writing frames and graphic organizers. Read more.
3. Seven Strategies for Grammar Instruction
Five educators share instructional strategies for engaging and effective grammar instruction. Read more.
4. 17 Approaches for Encouraging Students to Revise Their Writing
Five educators offer instructional strategies to use when teaching writing revision, including the power of an authentic audience. Read more.
5. Ways to Help Ignite Students鈥 Intrinsic Desire for Writing Revision
Five educators make suggestions that might help students want to revise their writing, including by using 鈥渆diting stations.鈥 Read more.
6. 鈥業 No Longer Give Grades on Student Writing Assignments, and It鈥檚 the Best Thing Ever!鈥
Five educators share how they have helped students motivate themselves to revise their writing. Read more.
7. Making Revision of Writing a 鈥楥ollaborative Process鈥
Six educators discuss strategies they鈥檝e used to encourage students to revise their writing, such as demonstrating their own practice. Read more.
8. 12 Strategies for Encouraging Students to Want to Revise Their Writing
Four educators share suggestions for creating the classroom conditions in which students want to make revisions to their writing. Read more.
9. Spreading 鈥楶oetry Love鈥 in the Classroom
Nine educators share instructional strategies they use to teach poetry, including through read-alouds and through studying and writing odes. Read more.
10. Teaching Poetry in 鈥楶layful鈥 Ways
Four educators share multiple ways to teach poetry, including by modeling and by mimic writing, so that students can enjoy and appreciate the literary form. Read more.
More Q&A posts about writing instruction:
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Explore other thematic posts:
- It Was Another Busy School Year. What Resonated for You?
- How to Best Address Race and Racism in the Classroom
- Schools Just Let Out, But What Are the Best Ways to Begin the Coming Year?
- Classroom Management Starts With Student Engagement
- Teacher Takeaways From the Pandemic: What鈥檚 Worked? What Hasn鈥檛?
- The School Year Has Ended. What Are Some Lessons to Close Out Next Year?
- Student Motivation and Social-Emotional Learning Present Challenges. Here鈥檚 How to Help
- How to Challenge Normative Gender Culture to Support All Students
- What Students Like (and Don鈥檛 Like) About School
- Technology Is the Tool, Not the Teacher
- How to Make Parent Engagement Meaningful
- Teaching Social Studies Isn鈥檛 for the Faint of Heart
- Differentiated Instruction Doesn鈥檛 Need to Be a Heavy Lift
- How to Help Students Embrace Reading. Educators Weigh In
- 10 Strategies for Reaching English-Learners
- 10 Ways to Include Teachers in Important Policy Decisions
- 10 Teacher-Proofed Strategies for Improving Math Instruction
- Give Students a Role in Their Education
- Are There Better Ways Than Standardized Tests to Assess Students? Educators Think So
- How to Meet the Challenges of Teaching Science
- If I鈥檇 Only Known. Veteran Teachers Offer Advice for Beginners