Sean Moore shares the importance of using a writer’s notebook to discover topics in this minilesson with his second-grade students from early in the year.
Finding Topics in Writer’s Notebooks Minilesson
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Sean Moore
Sean Moore is a literacy coach in North Thurston, Washington. He previously worked as a second grade teacher.
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