How Starting with Sentence Writing Builds Stamina, Confidence, and Clearer Writing
Most big box writing programs begin the year with narrative essays or a “Writer’s Workshop Launch.” It’s well-intended: hook students with creativity, build a love
Most big box writing programs begin the year with narrative essays or a “Writer’s Workshop Launch.” It’s well-intended: hook students with creativity, build a love
According to the most recent NAEP scores, 73% of eighth graders in the United States cannot write proficiently. That statistic signals a serious literacy and
Let’s say you’re grading your first narrative writing assignment of the year. You stack the papers into three groups: The ones that are solid The
Only 27% of eighth graders score proficient or above in writing on the NAEP. That means for every class of 30 students, eight of them
In this article, we’re going to break down the Explicit Writing Kickstarter Kit (EWKK), its contents, and how we’re going to fix writing instruction, together.
Most big-box upper elementary writing programs begin the year with narrative essays. It feels familiar. It’s how we’ve always done it. But at The Teacher
Writing is one of the most challenging subjects for students. It requires them to juggle multiple tasks at once. From understanding the prompt to organizing
Fictional Narrative, Storytelling, and the Impact on Childhood I used to think the most important writing unit I taught was the expository and research unit.
As upper elementary teachers, our goal is to create strong writers. However, the lack of Explicit Writing Instruction has caused students in the US to
Writing instruction at the elementary level needs an overhaul. The last time the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) measured 8th-grade students’ writing proficiency in
As elementary school teachers, we are always thinking about how to integrate subjects. History content and nonfiction text features. A science equation and a math
As I was sitting at my kidney table, going through my students’ writing, I realized that even my best writers had paragraphs littered with grammatical errors…
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