Here are five different ideas Jen McDonough uses in her classroom for supporting students who don't know what to write about.

If we are going to ask students to write, we must provide an audience for the work. 

Help students focus and set clear goals, and make their efforts more intentional and effective! Get the lesson.

Use this lesson to introduce the concept of respectful communication to your students. Get a choice of six printable posters.

Teach students to be independent to empower them to take charge of their learning, make informed decisions, and solve problems on their own.

We teach students what it means to be engaged because active participation is key to meaningful learning. Get the Lesson!

Looking for ways to keep your students writing during Spring Break? Here are a few fun ideas!

Take a look at these ideas to inspire a spirit of play in our young writers. 

Many students love to have a goal of how many books they will read in a year. If they choose this goal, print out one of these trackers to help them! 

Before students can be independent with Daily 5, they must be able to stay in one spot. Here are some suggestions for success. 

These how-to videos take you from start to implementation of responding to reading. 

Research on the importance of readability has made us rethink the old five-finger rule. 

Not knowing how to spell a word tends to put the brakes on writing fluency and stamina building. In this video, Gail gives students an important strategy that will allow them to keep their writing flowing.

Watch Gail teach this lesson. 

Watch Jessica teach an Independent Writing foundation lesson showcasing the underline and move on strategy. 

Could you be incorporating this phrase into your daily conversation? 

Students will find it hard to be reluctant writers once they see all the possibilities open to them. 

Step into this fourth-grade classroom with us to see what Prepared Classroom looks like when it is up and running.

What does a classroom really look like when all of the components of Prepared Classroom are up and running?

Watch Ruby's class.

Take a look at the keys to making the most of the time students are completing their work.

The beauty of the I-PICK method is that students can find a good-fit book wherever they are without being shackled to a colored dot or number.

Here is an article explaining how we introduce choosing good-fit books with our students as well as a pdf of the I PICK form for you to use in your classrooms.

Kristin shares 4 ideas on what we can do when students hit a wall of frustration. 

Discover 6 ways to increase your students' reading volume.

Watch this short video of a kindergarten student sharing his story. 

Discover why this is such a deeply held value. 

This series of five videos shows how Gail meets with a fourth grade class new to writer's notebooks.

Students discover a connection between Three Ways to Read and their writing workshop.