Literacy Resources From The Experts At TeachThought

How To Write A Thesis Statement

Literacy / April 7, 2023 / How-To

In short, your thesis is your ‘point’–what you’re trying to argue. And writing one is about clarifying, arguing, and proving that point.

Literacy / March 27, 2023 / Whole Child

If your child doesn’t read over the summer, they are missing out on the significant role reading can play in personal growth.

Literacy / February 20, 2023 / Terry Heick

For amateurs developing skills, the process is far more important than the product. This is true in science and is true for writing, too.

Literacy / February 15, 2023 / Terry Heick

Pre-writing can include clarifying audience and purpose to researching and outlining, making it crucial to the quality of the writing.

contributed by Samantha Saumell As teachers, we may have moments where we stand in front of our bright-eyed students, and

Literacy / December 8, 2022 / New Teacher

There are specific, research-based guidelines toward which you should aim when building your classroom library.

Literacy / December 4, 2022 / Definitions

The writing process is a sequence of strategies to plan, write, and ultimately publish a polished, accurate, well-organized piece of writing.

Increasingly, books aren’t thought of as entertainment or even as ways to learn; they are thought of in terms of their form: as books.

Literacy / October 16, 2022 / Definitions, ela

Literature Circles are a way for students to assume a specific role in the study of something (usually a text).

By demystifying the writing process through modeling, teachers demonstrate what writing looks like in all of its unedited, imperfect glory.

Limiting the craft of writing in the classroom to a single content area has damaged the perceived power and potential of writing.

SRE is an initialism representing three central tenets of argument making: Statement, Reason, Evidence (or Example, Explain, or Expand).