Donald Murray compared a writer’s notebook to composting, as the notebook is where insights, discoveries, quotes, thoughts, etc are stored. Out of this collected mix, a story may be born. #northwestela#guidetowriting
The “Demonstrate-Scaffold-Release Approach” to teaching writing is explicit writing instruction that teaching the skills and strategies to write in each stage of the writing process. #northwestela#guidetowriting
Good writers have several tools to get “unstuck.” A teacher needs to help to students know when and how to use certain tools. #northwestela#guidetowriting
@BeckElem#WildatBeck Being the Wild Card for students is like charting your own course to be different and realize a creative mindset makes all the difference to a child.