Lucy Calkins, founding director of the Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College, Columbia University, is one of the most influential literacy educators in the country. She is the author of the ...

With educators under enormous pressure to make sure students meet grade level standards in reading and math, writing often takes a back seat in the curriculum, as many literacy experts have observed.

Teachers are exploring ways to integrate AI into procedural writing lessons to enhance planning and provide richer classroom activities. AI can help prepare outlines, sample texts, and interactive ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is the biggest mistake teachers make in writing instruction, and what should they do instead? We teachers make lots of mistakes in writing instruction. Just ...

Learn prompt engineering with this practical cheat sheet that covers frameworks, techniques, and tips for producing more ...

Instructions can be seen all around us in our daily lives. For example, on packets of food, in manuals or guidebooks, and even on the roads and streets outside. An instruction manual tells the reader ...