Writing

Shameer Bismilla

My Take on Early Literacy: Debunking Common Myths

What is Early Literacy? In my many years of being an early childhood and adult educator, I have believed that early literacy is a social...

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Just write from the heart!

"I don't have anything to write about", "I don't have a story" - sounds familiar? This seems to be a common roadblock between your...

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Author Celebration!

Writing conferences happen when you converse with students; you listen to students talk about their writing. You look at students work...

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Books we read this week

Here are some of the books we read this week - books that support reader's and writer's workshop lessons. We had fun studying how authors...

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Making Thinking Visible

During Reader's Workshop sessions, children used thinking-stem statements ("I am thinking... I am noticing... I am wondering... I am...

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Small Moments

What is a small moment? A small moment is taking an event, "zooming in" on a specific thing that happened in that event and writing about...