Category: Writing

5 tips for teaching capitalization and punctuation

5 Powerful Tips for Teaching Capitalization and Punctuation

5 Tips for Teaching Capitalization and Punctuation  Teaching capitalization and punctuation so students can master them in their writing can be tough for young writers. As teachers, we wonder how to support our students so they can become confident writers and self-editors. The key lies in providing them with effective

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How to Get Students Excited about Writing - Reading and Writing Redhead

5 Ways to Get Your Students Excited About Writing

CREATIVE TOPICS Fun and creative topics get children much more excited about writing more than just the standard prompt “What did you do this weekend?” There is no better way to stop students’ creativity than drop that one on a class, right? Let’s check out some examples. In the Fall

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Management Tips for Interactive Notebooks

Hey teachers!! Are you using Interactive Notebooks or planning to? I used them for years with my second graders so I definitely developed some management tricks for interactive notebooks over time. Here are some tips for you! (and if you’re wondering why you should try INBs check out my blog post here

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How do Interactive Notebooks Keep Students Engaged?

How Interactive Notebooks Keep Students Engaged     INTERACTIVE It’s in the title! They are interactive and kids are not just reading and checking things off or writing a one word answer. Let’s peek at an example. Here in this activity for types of sentences, students cut out the flap

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Teaching SEL During the Pandemic

Things in our world are certainly stressful, aren’t they? And many of us are going to focus on teaching SEL during the pandemic. our students (and us teachers) need social emotional learning  more than ever. I decided to use this space today to talk about some tools, resources, and ideas

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