Anyone who has taught writing knows that sometimes the hardest part about teaching writing is getting students to write at all. 

What we sometimes forget, Kelly Boswell reminds us, is that every writer is reluctant to write at some point. It’s the conditions––not the kids––that determine success. In Every Kid A Writer, Kelly provides six field-tested... more

"Writing With Mentors is one of the best books I’ve read on harnessing the power of mentor texts to spur authentic student writing." --Kelly Gallagher, author of Write Like This

"Writing With Mentors has transformed the way I think about using exemplar pieces." --Christopher Lehman, coauthor of Falling in Love with Close Reading

"I... more

Writing instruction stands at a crossroads. Efforts to define and then assess the key qualities of writing have helped pinpoint what outcomes matter most and how to measure them, yet they threaten to become an end in themselves. Meanwhile, high-quality instruction seeks to create a safe environment that applauds risk taking by supporting students through strategies that... more

Master teacher and education consultant Patricia Vitale-Reilly has a deep understanding of  what engagement strategies look like and how to integrate them into classroom practice. “Regardless of age, grade level, geographic location, type of school, discipline, or curriculum,” she writes, “A student needs to be engaged in his or her learning in order to excel and succeed.”... more

Develop children’s’ deep knowledge of literacy concepts with these must-have interactive writing and writing minilessons–150 concise, explicit, whole-group lessons with a purposeful application in building children’s’ literacy power. As children take on literacy in a joyful way, they grow in oral language, reading, and writing. With The Writing Minilessons Book, ... more

“This is no recipe book: I have tried not to be formulaic. Rather, I want to suggest the richness of options, the myriad possibilities open to the writer at any given moment. Young writers need to know what can be done with language.”
—Ralph Fletcher

For more than 20 years, Ralph Fletcher’s What a Writer Needs has been a... more

Develop children’s’ deep knowledge of literacy concepts with these must-have interactive writing and writing minilessons?150 concise, explicit, whole-group lessons with a purposeful application in building children’s’ literacy power. As children take on literacy in a joyful way, they grow in oral language, reading, and writing. With The Writing Minilessons Book, ... more