Rebekah O'Dell

August 28, 2021Rebekah O'Dell

Moving Writers’ Back to School PD Sale

To celebrate the beginning of the school year, we’re offering a little discount on our on-demand course archives! Head here to see what we have to offer and use your discount before it’s gone!

August 26, 2021Rebekah O'Dell

You’re Invited to My Vocabulary Instruction PLC…

Last year, I shared a lot about the language field guides I use in my classroom to help students not just memorize (and forget) words but explore words and use them to improve their reading and writing! Here are those posts: Language Exploration That Changes Writers in 30 Minutes per Week Field Guide Entries That […]

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021Rebekah O'Dell

Pre-Service + First Year Teachers Are Invited to Join the Moving Writers Community…for FREE!

We are passionate about supporting teachers with the resources they need to be the kind of teacher they imagined being. And who could use more support than those entering the profession? We LOVE pre-service and first year teachers, so we are offering free membership to our Moving Writers Community! Complete this form to sign up!

July 17, 2021July 17, 2021Rebekah O'Dell

We’re Launching the Moving Writers Community!

In the 2020-2021 school year, the Inside the Blended Workshop Community was founded to help teachers navigate the unknowns of teaching in a pandemic, teaching students in person and online simultaneously, and moving our common practices to a fully blended-learning world. Now, Inside the Blended Workshop is becoming the Moving Writers Community — a group […]

June 8, 2021May 24, 2021Rebekah O'Dell

Discovering Language to Help Us Write

Over the last few months, I’ve been sharing different kinds of language field guide entries that help students explore words and make discoveries about language. (My first installment shared the basics of choice word field guides, the easiest and most fundamental way we explore words. My second post talked about exploring significant words in a text + in […]

May 11, 2021May 6, 2021Rebekah O'Dell

Discovering Students’ OWN Language through Field Guides

This semester, I’m sharing how my students create language field guides to intentionally and systematically explore words in their reading, their writing, and their lives, not just memorize parts of speech and definitions. My first installment shared the basics of choice word field guides, the easiest and most fundamental way we explore words. My second […]

April 24, 2021April 23, 2021Rebekah O'Dell

A Video Tour of What You’ll Find in A Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts

It’s true: six years ago, we wrote another book on mentor texts. So, you might be wondering: what’s new in A Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts? How is it different? What will you find there? The answer? SO, so very much. I made a quick little video tour to show you some of our favorite […]

April 13, 2021April 15, 2021Rebekah O'Dell

Get 40% Our New Book + Join Our Book Club!

Our newest book, A Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts, 6-12, comes out in just two weeks! For a limited time, you can get 40% off the list price by pre-ordering and entering the code MENTOR at checkout! And if you pre-order, we’d love to have you join our book club! Just email us your payment […]

April 6, 2021April 1, 2021Rebekah O'Dell

Discovering Language: Field Guide Entries that Explore the Language That Means the Most

Here’s my first post in this series that will give you some background on Language Field Guides as well the foundation of choice word field guide entries. Language field guides are a place where readers + writers make discoveries about the language they explore. It’s how I approach vocabulary instruction in a way that’s meaningful, […]

March 9, 2021March 9, 2021Rebekah O'Dell

Language Exploration That Changes Writers in 30 Minutes Per Week

In sixteen years of teaching, I have only had less than one handful of students who truly, thoughtfully attended to word choice. It’s gritty and granular — the work of scrutinizing each and every word, turning it over in your mind, considering every other possibility, and landing on the very best word. Few middle or […]