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Writing strategies, lesson ideas, and classroom routines for grades 4–8, straight from my classroom.
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Evidence & CER
Why You Should Stop Using Comprehension Questions in a Novel Study
Nobody discusses books like trivia night. Why I swapped comprehension questions for literary evidence trackers.
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Evidence & CER
Why Students Struggle with Evidence-Based Writing
You asked for evidence and got copy-paste fluff. Here’s why evidence-based writing is so hard and how to make it click.
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How Do You Teach Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in Middle School?
Tired of “because I like it!”? Here’s the three-step system I use to make Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning stick in grades 4–8.
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