Developing Critical Thinking in K-12 Students through the Writing to Respond (WTR) Process

Buddinwriters is an education-based site dedicated to the success of 21st century students. It creates educational resources and provides services that promote literacy across disciplines. It utilizes the Writing to Respond (WTR) Process as an approach to cultivate habits of reading and writing, and to develop research, problem solving, analytical and evidence-based writing skills in students by interacting with informational and literary text.

Consulting Services

Dr. Watts offers job-embedded professional development services. This service works well for schools and school districts that are unable to assign or afford..

Common Core

At Buddinwriters, we value the nation’s efforts to unify the way we teach students nationwide. The resources we present support the Common Core State Standards in..

Recent Research

There is research to support the ideas that: Students who read, write better than those who do not. Students who read and write at age level are more likely to..

Taking Action

Schools should be prepared to : Make changes in curriculum by balancing testing skills and 21 century skills; Collect both formative and summative data to…

Dr. Martha J. Watts on Blog Talk Radio-In The Corner With Etienne

Dr. Watts’ professional goals are to assist schools in need of improvement to identify and implement programs.But that’s not all. The programs that she would like to see schools implement must be ones that will contribute to an increase in student performance both in reading and writing. And how to most effective ways to increase student performance in reading and writing? Well, the Dr. has a plan. The most effective ways to do so are via workshops, professional development sessions, & job-embedded professional development and coaching. Listen to the interview
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News: Author releases revised edition of Writing to Respond book series

Katy News-COCOA, Fla. – When she realized that the first edition of her book did not sufficiently meet the needs of high school students, author Martha Joseph Watts began working on “Writing to Respond to Text and Tests,” (published by Xlibris) a revised edition that stressed the academic vocabulary addressed at each step and ensured that students were obligated to write responses that reflected their ability to write analysis, evaluative and or synthesis responses.
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What we value

We care for parents,teachers and students, and we cater to them. We value our nation’s efforts to implement core standards, and we align to them. We respect the findings of educational research, and we allow them to guide our practices.

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