Simple Shorthand

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 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

Mini Stories

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Mini stories, which may or may not have an associated grammatical or spelling element, are a great way to hone students’ writing skills. You would need to work through a few examples together with students and generate a range of … Continued

Discussion Cards

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Oral language is an important component of literacy, so oral language activities should be incorporated into every literacy program. I thought these Discussion Cards were a great idea for classroom teachers, so I have created a set that can be … Continued

Memes

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After reading this post about memes, I thought that this could be a great writing prompt. You could show your students a meme reflecting a particular emotion and they could write a paragraph: Describing the emotion Describing a time when … Continued

Science Experiments

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Jonte Lee is a chemistry teacher who transformed his kitchen into a classroom. The information in the series ‘Try this at home: Science experiments for all ages’ is not directly related to literacy. However, once a student can decode and … Continued