The Continued Importance of Handwriting Instruction
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Posted on: May 21, 2019
Learning handwriting and practicing it in the home and at school helps early readers learn to recognize letters.
Writing
Readers communicate ideas through writing and drawing.
Posted on: May 21, 2019
Improve Your Writing Using Mentor Texts
Questions about a mentor text guide discussion, help students organize their thoughts, and identify techniques and approaches from the example of good writing that students can use. The organizer can be used in a group or individual setting.
Using Mentor Texts to Learn From the Best and Improve Students’ Writing
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Posted on: January 22, 2019
Learn about selecting a good mentor text to teach students writing techniques and approaches through instruction and discussion.
Teaching Writing Fluency Through Feedback and Progress Monitoring Toward Goals
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Posted on: May 15, 2018
A continued look at teaching writing fluency through timed practice, focusing on giving students’ immediate and corrective feedback, and monitoring student progress toward writing goals.
Example Student Graph for Progress Monitoring
Teachers can use this graph to record writing goals and progress toward those goals with their students. A partially completed graph is also included to demonstrate how teachers and students can use the tool.
Assessing Student Writing
An introductory guide about using correct writing sequences (CWS) and incorrect writing sequences (IWS) as measures of student writing.
Sample Plan for Timed Writing Sessions
This plan introduces picture-word prompts for practicing writing fluency and modeling how to use them for one-on-one and small-group instruction. Also includes providing students with feedback and progress monitoring. Related blog post.
Using Timed Practice with Repeated Writings to Promote Sentence-Writing Fluency
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Posted on: May 1, 2018
Writing fluently allows students to focus their thinking on more complex writing aspects. Help students improve this important skill using timed practice.
News You Can Use: Student Journalism Instruction and Effects on Literacy Skills
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Posted on: April 3, 2018
Student journalism strengthens literacy skills by providing explicit writing instruction, prepares students for college, and helps them become engaged citizens.
Student Journalism Provides Literacy Learning and Motivation to Write
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Posted on: March 20, 2018
A look at characteristics of student journalism that may motivate students to write and improve literacy skills through practice and instruction.