When my children were young, once they became very familiar with a story, one of my favourite activities was to read the book making changes to the characters or the situation. The Stepmother in Cinderella became kind and caring, Little … Continued
It is often easier to focus on the negative aspects of life rather than focusing on the positives. Get your child writing and help them develop gratitude. Every day, give your child three pieces of paper. On each paper he/she … Continued
Have you ever used an interrobang? Have you even heard of this punctuation mark‽ An interrobang combines a question mark and an exclamation mark superimposed on each other. It is used to indicate a question that is also an exclamation. … Continued
The goal of writing instruction is to improve students’ ability to produce cohesive and coherent written discourse. However, effective writing has been shown to be dependent upon verbal working memory. In addition, this goal presupposes that students have the language … Continued
This is a great strategy for: Helping students remember the sentence they want to write. Ensuring the sentence is punctuate correctly as the student writes. Improving vocabulary used in the sentence before writing the sentence. Note: Instead of writing … Continued