Tag Archives: Teaching Strategies

Write With Them; Write For Them: The Power of Teacher-Created Mentor Texts

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

In the April 2014 edition of Educational Leadership, renowned reading and writing teacher Kelly Gallagher writes about the power of mentor texts and how teachers can use them to help students improve their writing.  The article, entitled “Making the Most … Continue reading →

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A Visit with Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein

Posted on October 2, 2017 by

On August 25, the Chippewa River Writing Project welcomed Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein — authors of They Say, I Say:  The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing — to Central Michigan University.  During the morning, they led a roundtable … Continue reading →

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The Beaver Island Institute 2016

Posted on December 5, 2016 by

I was reminded again this past summer that Michigan is truly one of the most beautiful places on this planet … At the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, a unique opportunity was presented to my science colleague Jeremy Winsor … Continue reading →

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Writer’s Notebooks: A tool that is as individual as the writer

Posted on January 25, 2016 by

As a second grade teacher, I always started out the year reading the book, Call Me Marianne by Jen Bryant. In this book, a young boy named Jonathan notices an eccentric woman, Marianne, dressed in black cape and tri-cornered  felt … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Audio Books

Posted on January 18, 2016 by

My students didn’t consider themselves readers until I began using audiobooks.  Before audiobooks, nothing was more difficult for my students than sitting down with a book and trying to make the letters into words and the words into sentences that … Continue reading →

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