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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9 Responses

  1. Bert Decker, on January 13th, 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 February 2nd, 2009 at 9:35 am Said:

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  3. Celeste Wells, on March 4th, 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 March 28th, 2009 at 3:33 pm Said:

    I love your site. Keep it up !

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  5. Thomas B. Fordham Institute, on April 10th, 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 June 23rd, 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 June 24th, 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 July 23rd, 2009 at 11:32 pm Said:

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

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