Writing is challenging and vulnerable work. Synthesizing everything you know and understand about a topic into a cohesive text appropriate for the audience and the task can leave you staring at a blank page—even when that page is in a private...
Keisha Smith-Carrington supervises English teachers and school librarians in a public school district in New Jersey. For 29 years, she has collaborated with others to transform classrooms and schools into the inclusive and responsive spaces of learning and belonging students deserve. Keisha is also coauthor of K–2 and 3–5 versions of Read-Alouds with Heart: Literacy Lessons That Build Community, Comprehension, and Cultural Competency.
Writing is challenging and vulnerable work. Synthesizing everything you know and understand about a topic into a cohesive text appropriate for the audience and the task can leave you staring at a blank page—even when that page is in a private...