I'm designing this section of my web site for classroom teachers from Head Start and Preschool through Grade 6. While it's still under construction, you can make use of what's here now.

Salutations, as Charlotte and Wilbur would say.

This page relates to the teaching and research I do here at UVa's Curry School of Education as the Children's Literature and Language Arts professor.  I'd like teachers to come to this page to find good ideas to use in their classrooms.

Let me hear from you!

I'd love to better tailor my site to your needs.

 

Writing Instruction in K-6 Classrooms

These pages present my current thinking on comprehensive writing programs in Elementary classrooms. 

Author Studies

Check here to find information on assembling author studies, as well as to find some models.

 

Biographies in Your Classroom

This developing page takes a look at Jean Fritz as well as some guidelines for assessing biographies.

 

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