People who live in an age of corruption are witty and slanderous; they know that there are other kinds of murder than by dagger or assault; they also know that whatever is well said is believed. — Friedrich Nietzsche 136 As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him ...
Lucy M.Calkins,a professor at Columbia University's Teachers College and a much-respected expert on how to teach reading,has drawn attention with an eight-page essay.Here is part of her argument: "The important thing is to teach kids that they needn't freeze when they ...
This is the teacher-directed portion of writing workshop. Mini-lessons should be assessment-based, explicit instruction. They should be brief and focused on a single, narrowly defined topic that all writers can implement regardless of skill level. According to writing guruLucy Calkins, mini-lessons...