“I don’t want to judge their art!” Using Creative Prompts in Writing Projects
I am a writing teacher. I am not an art teacher. However, I know that artistic expression is a fantastic way to get learners engaged
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I am a writing teacher. I am not an art teacher. However, I know that artistic expression is a fantastic way to get learners engaged
I always struggled with math. My grades didn’t reflect that. I was a straight-A student who excelled in math on paper, but the concepts never
At the beginning of all of my online classes, I send parents/guardians a form to gather some information about their family’s expectations, preferences, and needs.
I know that discussions about standards can be fraught, and I completely understand the frustration many families feel about standardized tests, stilted ways of judging
In an earlier post, I talked about how early reading skills are early writing skills, and I pointed to some studies of how reading practices
A lot of people are really worried about their learners’ abilities to become strong writers, and I completely understand. Writing is a lifelong skill that
For a variety of reasons (many of them pandemic-related), I’ve been having similar conversations with lots of worried first-time homeschoolers in the past few days.
Many of us — homeschoolers and not — were dropped into the deep end of online learning in 2020 and forced to sink or swim. For
I really like pairing nonfiction and fiction. From a pedagogical standpoint, readers usually tend to gravitate toward one format or the other, and pairing the
When it comes to grammar and mechanics, not all errors are created equal. Sometimes, a missing comma after an introductory phrase or a sentence ending