Teachers around the country are faced with a pervasive issue: students can’t write in their classrooms. When tasked with what most would believe to be a simple task such as responding to an open-ended prompt, students face myriad challenges from forming an idea to writing
The term “balanced literacy” has been in use for several decades. School systems just about everywhere say that they use a “balanced literacy” approach. After all, who would want their literacy instruction to be unbalanced? The question is, what is in balance? And the answer to that has changed significantly over the past several
Vocabulary and comprehension are soul mates! They go together like cheese and crackers, bread and jam, friendship and trust. The more words students have the better they can read and comprehend. With a wealth of words, students can write and be creative and innovative problem solvers. We’ve