In this post, I'll explain how I use writing assessments throughout the year AND share how you can convert rubric scores to grades!
Last week in our Summer Writing Series, we discussed how to plan writing workshop. The week before that we talked about how to tackle the issue of time (or lack thereof) in Writing Workshop. This is the perfect segue into this week’s topic of integrating writing into other content areas. As a teacher of …
In this blog, we review academic writing tools and software that students, academics, researchers and PhD students can benefit from. We have categorized the tools into four broad areas: writing tools, referencing tools, research tools and grammar checking tools. The motivation behind this blog is to provide readers with a snapshot of popular tools in each category.
Children can use this resourceful worksheet to describe their favourite toy. Combining drawing and writing, children can practice multiple skills.
Abs, abdomen, stomach, waist, midsection ... No matter what you call this area of the body, well-chosen words strengthen its description. #Words #WritingTips
The start to the school year for newcomer ELLs can be overwhelming and nerve-wracking. It is our job to set them up with tools to help them feel comfortable exploring a new language in a
My favourite thing about T4W - ALL children can be storytellers @Talk4Writing @PWPT4W
Critical thinking questions include, 'Why is this important? What are the causes and effects of this? How do we know if this is true?"
It's not complicated or time-consuming, and you don't need an English degree to get really good at helping students build writing skills in your content area.
This week was a short week but we were able to get a lot of activities done. The first thing we worked on this week was homophones! My kids ...
Ideas and materials for assessing English Language Learners. Help get an idea throughout the year of your students language level.
Fiction University is a site dedicated to helping writers and authors improve their writing craft and their publishing careers.
Here you will find our selection of Area Worksheets for kids. This page contains links to all of our different area worksheets, including area of rectangles, area of circles, area of triangles and more.
Make the walls of your classroom work for you and your students! Ideas for planning a Writing Wall that will truly support your little writers.
Via Audra Wolowiec’s beautiful blog Lineforms. bang, bark, beep, bellow, blare, blast, bleat, bong, boom, bray, buzz, cackle, cheep, chime, clack, clank, clap, clatter, clink, cluck, clunk, c…
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