Tag Archives: Shift 5

Writing Instruction and the Common Core

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

If you have questions about writing and the Common Core, the following LearnZillion webinar will help. Joey Hawkins, the founder of the Vermont Writing Collaborative and author of Writing For Understanding: Using Backward Design To Help All Students Write Effectively, … Continue reading →

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Blue Friday, A Focus on Writing

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

Implementation Specialists, site coaches, and personnel from district departments gathered to review content that will be shared with elementary schools on February 5th. The focus for the 5th is on writing with professional learning around Dr. Louisa Moats, the writing … Continue reading →

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Writing and the Common Core: Samples & Techniques

Posted on January 16, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

The 3rd through 6th grade teachers at Alyce Taylor Elementary got a preview of the content to be shared at the January 17th Blue Friday, the Administrative and Supervisory meeting on January 24th and the Pink Wednesday on February 5th. … Continue reading →

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Scaffolded Writing Lessons

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Aaron Grossman

This blog, along with the district, have been on quasi-hiatus during the winter break. We’re back to work and we’ll be focusing on writing and Core Action 2, from the Instructional Practice Guides, over the next couple of months. To … Continue reading →

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Writing with the Common Core

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

http://www.sharemylesson.com, the website created by the American Federation of Teachers, has enlisted the aide of a number of distinguished academics to assist with the implementation of the Common Core.  Dr. Louisa Moats, a contributing writer of the Common Core State … Continue reading →

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How Writing can Improve Reading

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

In a guide shared by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Alliance for Excellent Education, Vanderbilt professors Steve Graham and Michael Hebert describe the evidence for how writing can improve reading. Among the recommendations: Have Students Write About … Continue reading →

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Teaching Students to Write Terribly

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

In a piece posted at Slate, writer and editor Matthew J.X. Malady, examines the writing section of the SAT. Through a series of interviews with college professors and those who prep students for the SAT, it becomes clear that the … Continue reading →

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Core Shifts Blast 12: Writing to Sources

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Aaron Grossman

The Core Shifts Blast is back with strategies, ideas, notes, and materials to match instruction to Shift 5—Writing to Sources. If you missed the writing training last month, you will find an overview of the sessions as well as links … Continue reading →

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Willingham and Writing

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Aaron Grossman

University of Virginia psychology professor Dr. Daniel Willingham, describes how writing makes children better thinkers in a piece for the Atlantic Monthly (here).  He summarizes several pieces of research in buttressing his claim but cautions that writing without purpose will … Continue reading →

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