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Target Audiences: Classroom Teachers and Literacy Coaches
It was during my first year as a Two Writing Teachers co-author that I began tackling the topic of writing stamina. I was always seeking ways to encourage and build young writers’ abilities to tell stories through talking, drawing, and writing.
Writing stamina continues to be a moving target as students change and the teaching of writers evolves. We’ve written many posts on this topic, and this felt like a perfect time of year to revisit some resources from the archives. Explore the links below to inspire your students to build their stamina.
Stamina in Our Youngest Writers This post is geared toward preschool writers.
Developing Stamina: Meet Writers Where They Are Every step of building stamina is broken down in this post.
Stamina Seekers: Save a Seat for Every Writer Here, you will find a multi-age post with added tools.
How Long Should the Writing Workshop Be? Match the Minutes to Kids’ Stamina Many tools and strategies accompany this post.
Building Writing Stamina Outside the Workshop Right in the title, this post tackles encouraging writing outside the classroom.
Building stamina with students, regardless of age, takes time and practice. Students are constantly bombarded by stimuli, and you are often fighting against distractions. Tools and goal setting, along with matching the needs of your writers, will be a significant first step in building stamina.
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