More to come!

Notebook Charts are a staple in any teacher's classroom. 

I know.  It's a beast. 

Welcome to the final week of the Summer Writing Series.   But don’t fret, we’ll have plenty of writing topics to cover all year long.  We have only touched on the basics of getting Writing Workshop up and running in your classroom.

 Today we are diving into the topic of differentiation.  It is inevitable that our students will come to us at a variety of ability levels.  We also have to consider our population of students who have special needs or are English language learners.   How can we meet the needs of every student in our classroom?

 Let's talk about some actionable strategies for differentiating your writing instruction. 

 1//  Writing Partnerships

Writing partnerships are an essential way to build community inside your writing workshop as well as a natural way to support students during a mini-lesson and group work inside your writing workshop. When establishing writing partnerships, you need to make a choice on whether you want them to be homogenous or heterogeneous.  Hom...