Writing Professional Development from Heinemann

Heinemann Books and Services Provide Tools, Insights, and Skills to Teach Writing Well

Heinemann's professional books provide best practices and strategies to help teachers design student-centered, responsive writing instruction. With Heinemann's professional books, courses, and coaching, you'll increase your expertise and confidence to teach writing in ways that ensure the best learning outcomes for students.

Prepare Students to Become Skilled and Proficient Writers

Presented in teacher-friendly language by national authorities on writing instruction

Applicable to new, experienced, and veteran teachers looking to hone their teaching skills

Can be used with core writing programs as supplemental resources

Writing Professional Development Books for Teachers K-12

With proven best practices, a deep research base, and a passion for child-centered instruction, our professional books are created by real teachers in real classrooms who document their most successful teaching methods.

Writing Strategies Book - Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers

Jen Serravallo collects 300 of the most effective strategies to share with writers, and groups them beneath 10 crucial goals.
Grades K-8

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4 Essential Studies - Beliefs and Practices to Reclaim Student Agency

Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher provide strategies for teaching four essential literacy practices: essay, poetry, book clubs, and digital composition.
Grades 6-12

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A Teacher's Guide to Writing Conferences

Carl Anderson explains the underlying principles and reasons for conferring with students, and how to make writing conferences a part of your daily routine.
Grades K-8

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A Teacher's Guide to Interactive Writing

Kindergarten teacher Matt Halpern shows you what interactive writing looks and sounds like in primary classrooms.
Grades PreK-2

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A Teacher's Guide to Mentor Texts K-5

Carl Anderson offers a foundational guide to finding, analyzing, and teaching with mentor texts in the elementary classroom.
Grades K-5

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A Teacher's Guide to Mentor Texts 6-12

Secondary teachers Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell provide a multitude of annotated examples from professional writers to illustrate how mentor texts can teach specific writing skills.
Grades 6-12

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100-Word Stories - A Short Form for Expansive Writing

Improve secondary students' writing skills with 100-word stories, a popular form of flash fiction that teaches kids a wide variety of literary skills and devices.
Grades 6-12

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How to Become a Better Writing Teacher

50 action steps teachers can take to improve their writing instruction and achieve better results, from Carl Anderson and Matt Glover.

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Teaching Writing in Small Groups

Find out from Jennifer Serravallo how just a few minutes of purposeful, responsive teaching can have a big impact when you teach writing in small groups.

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