by imavexadmin | Apr 17, 2017 | [Writing]
Learning Center Subscribe to Ask Smekens Filter by Category: All Reading Reader's Workshop Management Comprehension Planning Comprehension Lessons Standardized Reading Assessments Text Selection Annotating & Note-Taking Writing About Reading Literacy Stations...
by imavexadmin | Apr 5, 2017 | [Writing]
Learning Center Subscribe to Ask Smekens Filter by Category: All Reading Reader's Workshop Management Comprehension Planning Comprehension Lessons Standardized Reading Assessments Text Selection Annotating & Note-Taking Writing About Reading Literacy Stations...
by imavexadmin | May 6, 2016 | [Writing]
Our youngest readers and writers are exploding with continuous questions of what, why, and how. Their wonders never cease! Harnessing all that inquiry promotes a learning environment of critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. Encourage it further with the...
by imavexadmin | Oct 20, 2015 | [Writing]
Navigate the Internet Oct 20, 2015 | [Writing] Several writing standards (CCSS W.6, W.7, W.8, IAS W.5) outline that we need to teach students how to build knowledge about a topic by conducting research–and this means using the Internet. However, students tend to...
by imavexadmin | Dec 18, 2013 | [Writing]
Rather than tackling a massive research assignment that consumes numerous weeks and concludes with only one paper, consider providing students multiple, smaller, research experiences. For these smaller research papers, you can boost student motivation by having kids...