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Writing Mini-Lessons for the Year

Creating consistent and meaningful writing mini-lessons is a daunting task even for an experienced teacher. A writing workshop session with 26 pencil yielding primary students can sometimes leave us feeling…

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Writing Lessons for the Year

A year of writer’s workshop mini-lessons that addresses the age-old question, “What am I going to do today for my writing mini-lesson?” Each mini-lesson helps to build competent, equipped, and…

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Meet Reagan

This website began back in the good old Blogspot days as a little space for the parents of my students. I had no idea it would grow into such an incredible community of teachers.

Once I realized I was reaching other teachers, I began sharing teaching ideas, classroom inspiration, and resources. Soon after and much to my surprise, education companies, conferences, schools, and districts began inviting me to share my passion for teaching in person, too. After 18 years in the classroom, I will always see teaching as one of the greatest privileges of my life, and getting to support other teachers now is something I never take lightly.

After 15 years on this URL, it still means the world every time you visit, read, comment, and use something from this space. I love creating resources and sharing ideas that bring joy, clarity, and confidence to teaching and learning.

I hope you find something here today that inspires you, supports your students, and brings a little more joy to your classroom.

I’m so glad you’re here.

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