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Aimee Buckner shares three essential "power tools" for writers.

Aimee Buckner on Nonfiction in Student Notebooks (PODCAST)

Aimee Buckner always has notebooks on her mind and we’re glad because she’s upping the nonfiction and modifying for specific learners’ needs. She’ll tell you more in this podcast.

New Notebook Essentials

We’ve all had the experience of reading a professional book and disagreeing with some of the ideas from the author.  It’s just a little more surreal when you wrote the book!  Aimee Buckner participates in her school’s study group reading of Notebook Know-How, and finds some of her thinking about notebooks has changed over the past few years.

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Voila! Best Writing and Entry Slips in Second Grade

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