One strategy to really deepen complexity and understanding beyond memorization, to a place where students are truly applying that skill, is to be very intentional with pairing reading and writing. Today, we're chatting all about using your weekly reading lesson plan to truly guide your writing plans.

Why is this a huge help for BOTH reading and writing understandings? How does this increase student engagement? How the heck do I fit this in with my given pacing plan?!?

This episode zones in on one example, specifically narrative point of view, to give you an idea of how you can pair reading and writing standards to get major bang for your buck!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Episode 47 Reading Conferences
• FREE 5 Keys to increasing Student Engagement video training

If you've tried some of the strategies I've shared and found success, I would so appreciate if you'd leave a review here on the podcast. This helps other teachers just like you discover the show, and that is my biggest dream...to have classrooms full of excited, engaged upper graders everywhere!! Thank you so much for your support.