MS students using features and word choice to visualize and connect to poems for the purpose of deepening their understanding and building meaning when reading poetry. Lots of great thinking today! Schoolwide Inc Racine Unified Walden III MS/HS

Kindergarteners at Lincoln School - Mt. Vernon Washington - Selecting topics for List and Label books. Thinking strategically as writer! Schoolwide Inc

Grade 1 writers mapping out the structure of their stories as they begin the draft Personal Narratives. Schoolwide Inc

Second Graders at Lincoln Elementary - Mt. Vernon Washington - selecting topics. Writing like Gail Gibbon - selecting informational topics with purpose! Schoolwide Inc

Great day at Madison Elementary - Mt. Vernon Washington. Dual language Kindergarteners using activities from different seasons as inspiration when generating ideas for How to... books. Schoolwide Inc

Thinking like writers - “How can we use words and pictures to share our thoughts and feelings with someone?” 1st graders (Dual language) at Madison Elementary - Mt. Vernon Washington - thinking about audience, purpose, and massage in their writing. Schoolwide Inc

Shout out to School District 146! Working with grade 4-5 teachers to preview Reading Workshop and Reading Fundamentals. Thanks for all of your enthusiasm and great questions today!!! You are well on your way to building the foundations for reading workshop! Schoolwide Inc

Throwback to earlier this week at Madison Elementary - Mt. Vernon Washington. Kicking off a letter writing unit with second graders - examining the purpose and features of persuasive letters. Schoolwide Inc

First graders at Koraes School - Palos Hills, Illinois - beginning the drafting process for their Fiction Stories by planning out their beginnings, so readers can better understand their ideas. Schoolwide Inc Koraes Elementary

Generating Ideas with 4th graders at Koraes School - Palos Hills, Illinois. Thinking like Cynthia Rylant... What are our passions and longings? What stories can we tell that show these passions and longings to our readers? Schoolwide Inc Koraes Elementary

Second grade readers in Grinnell, Iowa thinking about the Cause and Effect Text Structure. Noticing how the structure leads us to the key details and the author’s message! Grinnell-Newburg School District Schoolwide Inc

Grade 5 Writers in Grinnell, Iowa beginning to gather information about the subjects of their biographies starting with what they already know. Great discussions and intentional thinking about the choices they made as writers. Schoolwide Inc Grinnell-Newburg School District

3rd Graders at South Elementary School - Sycamore, IL - going public after publishing nonfiction pieces! Congrats to all of our authors!! Schoolwide Inc

A glimpse inside the Nonfiction writing of 3rd Graders at South Elementary - Sycamore, IL. Schoolwide Inc

Look at those Nonfiction text features! Schoolwide Inc

4th Graders at North Grove Elementary - Sycamore, IL - planning and drafting narratives. Great to see the thoughtful planning and hear meaningful dialogue between students! Schoolwide Inc

Got to see some great workshop environments today at North Grove Elementary - Sycamore, IL! Rooms that supported independence and fostered community! Love seeing spaces that are “owned” by all!! Schoolwide Inc

Love seeing word walls in upper elementary classrooms! Great way to build vocabulary as readers and writers. Koraes Elementary Schoolwide Inc

Kindergarteners at Ridge Central - Chicago Ridge, IL - Reading poems to find the rhythm and rhyme, then taking about how they help us understand the poem. #readingworkshop Schoolwide Inc @RC_1275 Dr. Kevin B. Russell

5th Graders analyzing the structure of poems to uncover deeper meaning. Loved all of the insight and thoughtful discussions! Schoolwide Inc Dr. Kevin B. Russell @rc_1275