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As a literacy consultant, I have the opportunity to travel to and work with many schools, teachers, and students in K-12 settings. One of the most important aspects of my work is that of supporting the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) approach to teaching and learning. On a dreary early winter day, my travels took me to one of my favorite schools in a small town in Southwest Iowa. My intention that morning was to quickly touch base with the fifth grade teacher and establish a time for a future observation. The teacher met me at the door with a smile and said, “Do you have a minute? I would love for you to see the writing my students are doing!” At that point, I sensed the dreary day would soon be forgotten and this would definitely not be a “quick stop.”
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Hockenberry, L. (2011). Using Language to Learn. In: Hand, B., Norton-Meier, L. (eds) Voices from the Classroom. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-451-5_1
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