Narrative writing is often one of the first forms of writing kindergarten and first grade students do. This is because writing a personal narrative, or writing about our own experiences, is often less challenging than other form of writing. Still, teaching young children how to write narrative pieces can feel overwhelming. Here is how to introduce narrative writing step by…
Writing is important because it gives us the means to express ourselves. Parents often want to encourage their children to write, but aren’t sure how to help. Here are 6 ways parents can support their child’s writing development as well as a free printable support guide you can send home to parents. Why do parents need support? Parents often want…
The beginning of the school year is the perfect time to start off strong with your reading and writing instruction. As you start heading back to school, in addition to focusing on the typical do’s and don’t for a new school year, here are 4 tips on how to start off strong with literacy in your classroom. Communicate with Parents…
Strong sentence understanding is the key to students producing strong writing pieces. Maybe this sounds like something that doesn’t even need to be said to you. However, I’ve found that teachers often don’t spend enough time developing firm sentence understanding in their students. This leads to frustrated teachers and students who lack confidence. So, let’s explore why strong sentence skills…
Building Confidence in your writers is important. Confident writers are more willing to take risks and try new things. I’ve previously written about ways to boost your writer’s confidence. Here are three ways to specifically boost developing or beginning writer’s confidence. Share a variety of mentor texts to boost writer confidence First, good quality mentor texts are super important for…