At the end of the year, fourth graders are confident writers who long for independence. They no longer come up to brainstorm every sentenc...

Well, that was tiring. Three days down, a whole bunch more to go! The beginning of a new year is exhausting and exhilarating all at once....

Like many students, fourth graders are reluctant revisers. Part of this is because they are still stuck in the knowledge-telling mode . As k...

Revising! I always find this step of the writing process frustrating. So many of my students just want to rush headlong through the writing ...

How do we get kids to revise? This is often a matter of great frustration for teachers. Instead of really jumping back into a text, many stu...