Global Read Aloud 2020

The Global Read Aloud (GRA) was created in 2010 by Pernille Ripp, a Danish-American teacher, author, literacy expert, and speaker. The GRA blog asks the question “Why the GRA?” and

New Scary WriteReader Content

We have added 20 new Halloween images just in time to inspire spooky writing for your students. Here are 8 writing prompts that will help scaffold students writing. What is

Premium Features in WriteReader

It’s the beginning of a new school year. You have new students and perhaps a new grade to teach. And in this time of change and uncertainty, you and your

Inspiration for Using the Feedback Function

In the previous blog post, we launched our latest feature – the feedback function. It allows educators to praise students, scaffold instruction, and guide student writing. We encourage you to

Effective Feedback for Student Writing

Next to quality instruction, specific feedback is a major factor in promoting growth in student writing. Research tells us that vague comments such as ’good job’ do little or nothing

Create and Communicate

Our imagination produces limitless unique and wonderful dreams and ideas. Children, especially, have that wide-eyed wonder and love to share their thinking. The most common ways for them to do