20 Ideas for Incorporating Writing In ‘Other’ Subject Areas
20 Ideas for Incorporating Writing In Other Subject Areas by Barbara R. Blackburn, PhD and TeachThought Staff Teaching writing is traditionally though of as an ‘English Language Arts’ responsibility rather than viewed as the responsibility of the...
12 Common Reasons Students Don’t Read & What You Can Do About It
12 Common Reasons Students Don’t Read & What You Can Do About Itby Terry HeickWhy don’t students read more?Digital distractions? No books at home? Too much testing? Kim Kardashian? It depends on the student. It depends on illiteracy vs aliteracy. It depends on how...
How I Helped My Students Assess Their Own Writing
How I Helped My Students Assess Their Own Writingcontributed by Peg Grafwallner, M.Ed.As the School Support Teacher/Reading Specialist of a large urban high school, I create, develop, implement and assess lessons with teachers of all content areas.I consider myself...
A Better Alternative To Grading Student Writing
A Better Alternative To Grading Student Writingby Terry HeickThis is a quick post that just occurred to me while writing about–well, writing about writing.I was brainstorming ways to use technology to help students improve their writing and realized that over...
It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom
It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroomby Terry HeickAmong the biggest changes of modern academic standards is the shift in the burden of general literacy. Rather than only “writing teachers,” teaching reading and writing, now...Learn More & Register!
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