How to Become a Better Writing Teacher is a hands-on, practical guide for teachers looking to improve their writing instruction. Carl and Matt offer 50 high-impact actions teachers can take to level up key aspects of their practice, including:

• getting to know your students as people and assessing them as writers
• increasing student engagement in

Welcome to interactive writing, a foundational classroom practice that helps our youngest students discover the joy of writing as a community of learners.  Letters, sounds, spelling patterns, and concepts of print come to life when teachers share the pen with children, collaborating to create text.

A Teacher’s Guide to Interactive Writing shares the principles,... more

In Writing Unbound, Tom Newkirk argues that as a teaching profession, we shoot ourselves in the foot when it comes to writing. We fail to take advantage of a huge opportunity that is before us. That opportunity is fiction writing.

Consider this: Our deepest wish is for students to develop a love of books— particularly a love of fiction.  To discover... more

“My wish,” writes Berit Gordon, “is for there to be more joy and less struggle in a profession where people put in such tremendous effort and do such essential work.” No matter what supports you might have in your school or district, you can take charge of your teacher growth and craft your own professional learning journey.

The Joyful Teacher provides a... more