Launch an Intermediate Writing Workshop: Getting Started with Units of Study for Teaching Writing, Grades 3-5

If the writing workshop is always changing, always haphazard, children remain pawns waiting for their teacher s agenda. For this reason and others, I think it is so important for each day s workshop to have a clear, simple structure. Children should know what to expect. This allows them to carry on; it frees the teacher from choreographing activities and allows time for listening. How More »