My philosophy on teaching is that if kids can’t learn the way we teach, we must teach them the way they learn.
Expository writing is a difficult process for many students. I developed this Planning Organizer several years ago and have used it with my fourth graders ever since. Writer’s block happens often when kids are staring at a blank piece of composition paper, but when they are given the structure with which to write, the “creative juices” can flow once again. It is amazing how much mo