It’s important for children to understand that the purpose of writing is to communicate in some way with a reader—to write for a real audience. However, even if we’re writing every day, and writing to publish and share pieces with classmates...
Ann Marie Corgill
Ann Marie Corgill has been a classroom teacher learning alongside young readers and writers for the past 30 years. She’s taught grades 1–6 and is currently learning daily from fourth graders at Vestavia Hills Elementary, Cahaba Heights in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and the author of Of Primary Importance: What’s Essential in Teaching Young Writers.
Ann Marie believes in children and that their voices, their passions, and their brilliance should be honored and centered in the classroom and beyond.