Rooted Report
Learning Setting from Picture Books
Setting can be a powerful ally to the writer because it can help establish the mood of a story. It can also add to a story's believability. Readers can enter...
Learning Setting from Picture Books
Setting can be a powerful ally to the writer because it can help establish the mood of a story. It can also add to a story's believability. Readers can enter...
Wordless Books for Writing in Bits and Pieces
Lately I've been practicing writing in bits & pieces with my students (see Rita's blog post, "Writing in Bits and Pieces"). As we engage in this process, it is helpful to...
Wordless Books for Writing in Bits and Pieces
Lately I've been practicing writing in bits & pieces with my students (see Rita's blog post, "Writing in Bits and Pieces"). As we engage in this process, it is helpful to...
Writing in Bits and Pieces
In our book, Trees in the Forest: Growing Readers and Writers Through Deep Comprehension, all of the lessons encourage writing in bits & pieces. Moira and I also encourage bits &...
Writing in Bits and Pieces
In our book, Trees in the Forest: Growing Readers and Writers Through Deep Comprehension, all of the lessons encourage writing in bits & pieces. Moira and I also encourage bits &...
So You Have Dyslexia
One of the most difficult parts of being a Speech-Language Therapist is telling parents that their child has a disorder. Every time I score an assessment and the results are...
So You Have Dyslexia
One of the most difficult parts of being a Speech-Language Therapist is telling parents that their child has a disorder. Every time I score an assessment and the results are...
Pick a Pad. Pick a Pen.
Today a student picked a purple pen. These are the new (to us, anyway) Frixion Clicker erasable and retractable pens by Pilot. Picking a pen or pencil is an important piece...
Pick a Pad. Pick a Pen.
Today a student picked a purple pen. These are the new (to us, anyway) Frixion Clicker erasable and retractable pens by Pilot. Picking a pen or pencil is an important piece...
Reading Music with Dyslexia
I was recently approached by a parent and asked about her daughter's struggles with learning to read music in her piano lessons. This mother wondered if her daughter's difficulty had...
Reading Music with Dyslexia
I was recently approached by a parent and asked about her daughter's struggles with learning to read music in her piano lessons. This mother wondered if her daughter's difficulty had...
