In my opinion, teaching opinion writing is the most difficult genre of writing for our little learners to grasp... see what I did there 🤣?! But, with the right mentor texts it doesn't have to be. "Red Is Best" and "The Day the Crayons Quit" are two of my favorite opinion … [Read more...]
Creating Independent Writers
Hi, friends! For the past decade, I have continually reminded students to label their pictures, stretch out the words, make finger spaces, begin with a capital letter, end with a period, and so on... does this sound a little familiar?!?!  I was beginning to sound like a broken … [Read more...]
