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, 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
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
Writing should be a three part process – planning, writing and editing. The editing stage is often the most difficult. To be effective, editing often requires more time than the original writing process and needs to occur several times, each … Continued