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Latham Turner's avatar

What a wonderful idea Adam. I love the idea of using building blocks like this to make routines that work for students across a whole year.

I'd be interested in playing with the Excel.

Adam's avatar

I'd love to send a working version of the spreadsheet!

Also, while my blog addresses a school-context, I'd love to offer any help with teaching writing. Education is education as far as I'm concerned.

Latham Turner's avatar

If you want to share, my email is lhturner06@gmail.com

I appreciate that. Writing is an area I haven't really dug into yet, so any help would be great. When we started, I needed to put it on the backburner, and I haven't really brought it forward again yet.

Adam's avatar

The sheet has been sent. And I wouldn't fear writing too much. It sounds easy to say, but you don't have to know every term to communicate clearly.

Jo Lein's avatar

I want to reinforce the predictability of lessons. This is how we coach now - get folks into routine.

Adam's avatar

As I reread, I realized I misread your comment: This page had *randomized* starters. Since creativity comes from novel combinations, these starters exist for that purpose. That's all.

I wouldn't recommend following them literally.

Adam's avatar

Teachers should thrive with good routines. I hope my end goal--with 100 purposeful plans--can help.