Topic: 4 Essential Studies

Six practices for teaching poetry: begin with play, have students contribute to poetry discussions in a variety of ways, have students write poems, teach the language of poetry, ask students to immerse themselves in poetry study, and require students to publicly share poems.

Heinemann is pleased to announce the latest addition to our growing line of audiobooks, 4 Essential Studies by Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher.

Take a tour through some of the teaching tools featured in 4 Essential Studies by watching five complimentary conversation videos from Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher.

Kids are reading lots of novels and writing lots of essays—could one of these experiences be traded to make room for the creation of digital compositions?

The road to excellence is rife with trial and error. It is up to us to entrust our young writers to wrestle with their decisions. Doing so matters now. And later.

Learn how to lead students to confidence, independence, and joy in reading and writing from bestselling authors, Kelly Gallagher and Penny Kittle.