Patty McGee

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Patty McGee is an author-educator and consultant. She is the author of Feedback that Moves Writers Forward (Corwin 2017), Writer’s Workshop Made Simple, and Grammar Units of Study (both Benchmark 2021).  She regularly consults with teachers and principals in Grades K-12 on literacy instruction. Patty’s favorite moments are in the classroom with both educators and students. A former classroom teacher, media specialist, and staff developer, she is the 2002 recipient of the prestigious Milken Award for Excellence in Education. Follow her @pmgmcgee or at www.pattymcgee.org



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Three Ways Student Writers Taught Me How to Use Writing Partnerships

Patty McGee pays attention to how students work as writers to find the teaching points for how to learn to work as writing partners.

Not Your Granny’s Grammar: Create Intentional Transfer to Writing

Patty McGee offers strategies to intentionally help students transfer their grammar knowledge to authentic writing experiences in this final installment of the Not Your Granny’s Grammar series.

Not Your Granny’s Grammar: Grammar Manipulatives

Grammar manipulatives create a helpful scaffold to allow students a chance to play and practice, leading to a greater likelihood of transferring skills to their writing. Patty McGee shares a few ideas for grammar manipulatives.

Not Your Granny’s Grammar: So Long, Grammar of Yore

Patty McGee positions us to consider a fresh approach to grammar instruction in this first installment of a three-part series.


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