Teacher Tips for Transforming Writing Time/ Helping create classrooms full of successful writers!
by Melissa C Morrison, Elementary, Middle School Writing Consultant, Literacy Coach
June 17, 2025 8:00 pm
Are you a K-8 Elementary or Middle School ELA teacher wondering how to get your students to write? This podcast is for teachers looking for a way to revamp and transform their writing time! You don’t need daily lesson plans or prompts-you just need to understand what writers need! In this inspiring podcast, you will hear about the struggles, pitfalls, practices, and joy of teaching writing in a student-centered (workshop) model. Melissa guides you through the journey away from a more traditional, product-based writing time to a much more authentic, progress-based way of teaching writing. In each episode, you will gain insight into a student-centered model for writing instruction and receive bite-sized strategies that are able to be implemented right away. If you would like to feel more confident in teaching writing AND see your writers flourish, just press play! Let’s begin your writing TRANSFORMATION! Melissa’s Website: www.teaching-to-transform.com
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