Archive for the ‘Writing’ Category

Reading and Writing Instruction are Reciprocal!
February 29, 2008

Hi everybody, I attended a the Tucson Area Reading Council (TARC) Reading Interventions Conference on Saturday with Dr. Maryanne Manning and 2 educators from Alabama!  They were filled with great ideas (and were also like a comedy team–lots of laughs)!  I have been doing a lot of writing with my ELLs this year during writing [...]

Nonfiction Writing
February 18, 2008

As I said on my first post, reading and writing are reciprocal.  The more kids write, the more they will be able to transfer those skills to reading!  I had kids make nonfiction bulleted lists of facts they learned about red-eyed tree frogs.  My next endeavor is to combine fiction and nonfiction writing.  What are [...]

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