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Writing Best Practices- Journal Writing or Writing

A great place for students to try out their new strategies and for teachers to evaluate their understanding and ability to use those skills or strategies. Gunner shared "Through individual or small-group conferences, the teacher can help students adapt and implement strategies that were taught, in whole-class or guided writing sessions" (2010, p. 11). This is an that allows independent learning with teacher conferences. Daily 5 and the Daily Cafe' are great resources for using this form of instructional support. Here are a few others to use for resources starting with



//Daily Cafe// by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (The Sisters) []

There is also the //Notebook Connections// by Aimee Buckner Here is a link for more information on how to use this text for developing writer's workshops.

Reference Gunning, T. G. (2010). //Assessing and correcting: Reading and writing difficulties// (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.