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Reasons to Launch Writer’s Notebooks with Primary Writers

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We had been writing all year. Making book after book. It started to feel mundane. I wondered if my students were getting the message that writers write only books. I...

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Mandy Robek

Mandy Robek has been teaching for over 20 years. She has taught kindergarten, first, second, and third grade, and currently teaches third grade, where she finds guiding readers and writers fascinating. Mandy has degrees from the State University of New York College at Buffalo and The Ohio State University. You can follow Mandy at her blog Enjoy and Embrace Learning, on Twitter @mandyrobek, and on Instagram @mandyrobek_edu.

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