Texas teacher uses NEOs for month-long classroom novel writing project
On the first day of November, Nneka McGee, English teacher at Dallas Environmental Science Academy, gave her eighth graders free reign as they embarked on a month-long adventure of novel writing using their NEO laptops—without editing. Read more...

NEO 2s bring surprises abound for a Wisconsin school’s students and teachers
When we last heard from Judie Sage, Occupational Therapist at Arkansaw Elementary School, the school in Durand, Wisconsin had just been notified that they’d won the 2008 Renaissance Learning 21st Century Writing Grant last May. Read more...

Machines provide a classroom jump-start
An article from the Memphis Commercial Appeal outlines how the NEO saves teacher time while impacting student learning at DeSoto Central Elementary School in Southaven, Mississippi. Read more...

There is a great deal of talk these days about Response to Intervention, or RtI. Most of it centers around reading and math, but there are ways to incorporate intervention strategies into your writing instruction to help those students having difficulties with written expression. The following activity is designed to teach students how to monitor their word count and build motivation for writing.
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