Publications

CURRICULUM:

Jump Into Writing -- (Zaner-Bloser, 2021)

BOOKS:

Welcome to Writing Workshop: Engaging Today's Students with a Model That Works -- (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019)

Craft Moves: Lesson Sets for Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016)

Day by Day: Refining Writing Workshop Through 180 Days of Reflective Practice (Stenhouse Publishers, 2010)

Deal with It: Powerful Words from Smart, Young Women (Xlibris, 2007)

ARTICLES:

• Dystinct Magazine

  • "Unlocking the Potential of Dyslexic Learners: One Mother's Approach to Bat Mitzvah Preparation" - Issue 16, July 2023

• Education Week

  • "Classroom Walls Can Be Museums of Learning"

• Edutopia

  • "7 Books About Black History to Use as Mentor Texts" 

• Instructor Magazine

  • "16 Classroom Ideas for Black History Month" -- 118(4), 23-25.

  • "20 Rules for Great Parent-Teacher Conferences" -- 118(2), 43-45.

  • "A Month of Ideas" (Hispanic Heritage Month) -- 119(4), 31-33.

• Middleweb

  • "Why Teachers Need to Write with Students"

• Nerdy Book Club

  • 10 Books for the Jewish Fall Holidays

  • 10 Mentor Texts to Lift the Level of Students' Narrative Writing

  • Review of On a Beam of Light

  • Review of The Paddington Treasury

  • Review of Waiting

  • The Ups and Downs of My Reading Life

  • Top 10 Board Books

  • Top 10 Chanukah Books

• Responsive Classroom Newsletter

  • "A Teacher Shares: My Hope and Dream for You" -- 21(2), 11.

• Statement

  • "Using Mentor Texts to Differentiate for Young Writers" -- 45(2), 24-26.

• TextHelp

  • Empowering Individuals with Dyslexia

  • The Impact of Word Prediction Software on Writing

• Two Writing Teachers

  • Click here for a comprehensive list of pieces.

• WeAreTeachers

  • "6 Ways to Incorporate Poetry All Year Long"

  • "The Writing Proces Isn't Linear. So Why Do Schools Keep Pretending It Is?"

  • "Why Invented Spelling Matters"