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Teacher Resources by Grade
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Home › Professional Development
1 | Grades K – 5 | Strategy Guide
2 | Grades 6 – 12 | Strategy Guide
3 | Grades 5 – 12 | Strategy Guide
Using the RAFT Writing Strategy
4 | Grades K – 5 | Strategy Guide
Implementing the Writing Process
5 | Grades 3 – 8 | Strategy Guide
1 | Grades K – 5 | Strategy Guide
2 | Grades K – 5 | Strategy Guide
Implementing the Writing Process
3 | Grades 3 – 8 | Strategy Guide
4 | Grades 5 – 12 | Strategy Guide
Using the RAFT Writing Strategy
5 | Grades 6 – 12 | Strategy Guide
1 | Grades 8 – 12 | Professional Library | Journal
Fifty Alternatives to the Book Report
2 | Grades 5 – 9 | Professional Library | Journal
To Grammar or Not to Grammar: That Is Not the Question!
3 | Grades K – 5 | Strategy Guide
Implementing the Writing Process
4 | Grades 3 – 8 | Strategy Guide
Using the Jigsaw Cooperative Learning Technique
5 | Grades 6 – 8 | Professional Library | Book
Living Voices: Multicultural Poetry in the Middle School Classroom
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Browse Professional Development Resources
Grades 8 – 12 | Strategy Guide
Promoting Student-Directed Inquiry with the I-Search Paper
The sense of curiosity behind research writing gets lost in some school-based assignments. This Strategy Guide provides the foundation for cultivating interest and authority through I-Search writing, including publishing online.
Grades K – 12 | Strategy Guide
This strategy guide explains how to use shared writing to teach students effective strategies that will improve their own independent writing ability.
Grades 6 – 12 | Strategy Guide
This Strategy Guide describes the processes involved in composing and producing audio files that are published online as podcasts.
Grades K – 5 | Strategy Guide
Performing poetry incorporates oral reading, literature, and the performing arts. This strategy can benefit content area readers, English language learners, or learners with special needs.
Grades 5 – 12 | Strategy Guide
Using the RAFT Writing Strategy
This strategy guide introduces the RAFT technique and offers practical ideas for using this technique to teach students to experiment with various perspectives in their writing.

