Take Flight: Collaborative Writing about Birds with WriteReader

As a Library Media Specialist, collaborating with classroom teachers is my passion. So when the first graders began to build literacy skills by engaging in an in-depth study of birds,

Increase Writing Collaboration with Merged Books

WriteReader’s newest premium update allows teachers to merge books from a bookshelf together into a collaborative book. The process is simple, and there are so many ways to use this

Prevent Summer Slide by Creating and Sharing Books

We know from research that students – on average – lose about 20 percent of their school-year gained literacy learning during the summer break. To combat this learning loss, children

What do the video game Minecraft and the learning tool WriteReader have in common?

While most people are familiar with Minecraft, a video game where players build and create 3-dimensional worlds, I’d love to tell you more about its lesser-known and distant relative, WriteReader.

Boost Literacy with a WriteReader Book Fair Project

After spending months learning about the writing process and practicing their craft, we wanted to celebrate these 1st and 2nd graders’ accomplishments in a special way. Working in collaboration with

Computational Thinking and Writing Through Coding Journals

As students explore computer science and computational thinking through coding, it is helpful to give them opportunities to write about what they are learning. Documenting the process of creating projects