About Me

Deb Renner Smith

Deb Renner Smith

I am an author and literacy consultant. As a former teacher, I believe that all children can read. All children can write. All teachers can teach reading and writing well. Deb believes in professional development that includes: training, modeling, coaching, and collaborative teaming. Contact me for professional development: debrennersmith@comcast.net

I am a contributing author to True Stories.  I co-authored Writing Mini-Lessons with Pat Cunningham and Dottie Hall.  I co-authored Beyond-Retelling with Pat Cunningham. 

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19 Responses

  1. Bert Decker, on 01/13/2009 at 6:37 am said:

    Hi Deborah,
    Delighted to hear of your good instincts. They are rare. Black Slides are a way of presenting!
    Thanks,
    Bert

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  2. Warming up the Word - Talk for Writing | Literacy Resources, on 02/02/2009 at 9:35 am said:

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  3. Celeste Wells, on 03/04/2009 at 4:27 pm said:

    I think you’re wonderful and appreciate all you do to encourage teachers to be the best teachers of writing we can be.
    Do you have a list anywhere of what writing should look like per grade level? I’ve started a Writing Group at my school. It’s a small group and the teachers love sharing writing experiences with each other. We’ve been asked to share with the faculty. We want to have something that shows what writing should look like for each grade level. Basically mechanics and creativity together.
    Thanks so much!!
    Celeste Wells

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  4. knowledgetoday, on 03/28/2009 at 3:33 pm said:

    I love your site. Keep it up !

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  5. Thomas B. Fordham Institute, on 04/10/2009 at 8:00 pm said:

    Hi Deb,

    I was perusing through our blog comments today and noticed you left one that hadn’t received a response. You asked why our “Accountability Illusion” report about accountability in schools didn’t cover all 50 states. It’s because we didn’t have comparable data for all 50.

    Let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for reading us!

    Best,

    Laura Pohl
    New Media Manager
    Thomas B. Fordham Institute
    edexcellence.net/flypaper

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  6. Bernadette Simpson, on 06/23/2009 at 10:47 am said:

    What a great site! Very informative. Writing used to be the most difficult subject for me to teach…now writing workshops are my favorite activity to do with children!

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  7. debrennersmith, on 06/24/2009 at 7:28 pm said:

    Thank you for all the kind comments! I appreciate it! Deb

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  8. John Ryan Recabar, on 07/23/2009 at 11:32 pm said:

    i write everyday. more of an exercise, nothing serious.

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  9. rbs, on 09/11/2010 at 2:49 pm said:

    I love your blog and I work with SECONDARY teachers. I believe that much, if not all, the great evidence-based instructional and learning strategies that work well in early grades ALSO work well in the upper grades of elementary, middle, and high school grades.

    Thank you for your good stuff.

    P.S. My “writing blog” uses the WP template. Writers must love this one! ;)

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  11. Traci Flitton, on 12/13/2010 at 6:49 am said:

    I am constantly searching online for articles that can aid me. Thank you!

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  12. Natalia Sepúlveda Morales, on 12/17/2010 at 10:27 pm said:

    Hello,

    I am a Chilean pedagogy student that is why I visited your blog. Which I really liked because of the creativity that develops in children as well as teachers. As same as you, I think that all children can learn to read and write with the help of their teachers.

    Thank you very much for your contribution to education, your optimism, your creativity and thanks for your effort and perseverance.

    Best wishes from Chile and I hope that the rest of the world continues to have support for education.

    Merry Christmas and happy New Year!!!

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  13. Jennifer Roberts, on 07/21/2011 at 1:45 am said:

    Just found your blog. I have my Masters in Literacy and currently teach Kindergarten. I have my students write everyday and decided I needed to write everyday as well. And so my blog was created.

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    • debrennersmith, on 10/22/2011 at 6:33 pm said:

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