All content areas agree: students need support with writing and refining their thoughts, findings and ideas. But are there manageable chunks of skills that we can all focus on, regardless of the subject we teach? This month, we consider these skills and begin to pair them with strategies that will help students strengthen their analytical writing over time. As always, the strategies include questioning techniques and peer feedback, while maintaining the integrity of the student voice.
- Home
- Getting Started
- Micro-Routines
- Planning Guide: Micro-Planning, Responsiveness & Goals
- Micro-Routines: Printable Micro-Routines Index
- ·: Launch the School Year
- ·: Develop Ideas with Peers
- ·: Make Connections
- ·: Focus on Evidence
- ·: Vocabulary Retention
- ·: Reflect on Learning
- ·: Having Fun with Micro-Routines
- ·: Independent Habits
- ·: Peer Review
- Instructional Routines
- Reading: Annotation
- Reading: React Aloud
- Reading: OPTIQ
- Reading: Recall to Relate
- Reading: Backstory
- Discourse: Think Pair Start
- Discourse: Silent Graffiti
- Reading: Zoom In & Out
- Writing: Sort Connect Reflect
- Discourse: Silent Carousel
- Discourse: Reporter
- Writing: Extract
- Writing: Growing Statements
- Discourse: Paraphrase
- Writing: Thought Bubbles
- Discourse: Socratic Seminar
- Remote Learning Guide: Instructional Routines
- Vocabulary Retention
- Instructional Planning
- Lesson Planning: Accessible Lesson Planning
- Planning Guide: Student Centered Learning
- Engagement: Weird Ice Breakers
- Planning Guide: CRT and the Brain
- Planning Guide: Facilitation Moves
- Cross-Content: Brain Breaks
- Planning Guide: Curiosity and Cognition
- Planning Guide: Leveraging Reading and Mistakes
- Planning Guide: Formative Assessment
- Planning Guide: Exit Slips through Bloom's Taxonomy
- Digital Tool: 2021-2022 Teacher Planning Notebook
- Remote Learning: Hybrid Resources
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