In this episode, host Gary R. Gray Jr. speaks with Katie Wood Ray and Stella Villalba, coauthors of the recently published Wondrous Words: Reimagining Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom. They explore what it means to read like a writer...
During my first couple of years of teaching, I noticed that despite students coming in with vibrant imaginations and endless ideas for stories, few seemed genuinely enthused about writing. They did not complain or refuse to write; they just never...
Dear Teachers, Being a teacher who writes has taught me so much about what it means to be a writer. In my classroom, I help students see that we’re all learning what it means to live the life of a writer. It means showing up to a blank page...
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...