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Category: Build Your Expertise Blog Series
Examining Purpose in Young Children’s Writing: Build Your Expertise
Examining the evidence around what young children do when they write will lead us to better understand their conscious and unconscious purpose. We can also look at how teachers and caregivers nurture a social environment, giving purpose to children as they do this work.
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Collaboration and Community in the Writing Workshop: Build Your Expertise Blog Series
Social interactions are embedded throughout the workshop with practices like conferring, peer revision, and opportunities to share and celebrate throughout the writing process. Read today's post to find out how research supports the social aspects of writing.
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Oral Language: Build your Expertise Blog Series
When judging the effectiveness of oral language in my instruction, it's one thing to consider anecdotal evidence. It's another to rely on data to demonstrate I'm engaging in best practice. Fortunately, empirical research supports oral language as a component of writing instruction. and there are ways of incorporating that knowledge into teaching.
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Invented Spelling is the Gateway to Skilled Writing: Build Your Expertise Blog Series
Teachers of writing know that invented spelling is a crucial component of literacy development for young learners. Today, build your expertise around the research that supports invented spelling and provides recommendations for moving from invented to conventional spelling, an important goal for all writers.
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Grammar and Conventions: Build Your Expertise Blog Series
Good teaching involves balance, prioritization, and clarity. Writing requires the integration of many skills, many of which are approximations long before they are mastered. I hope that some of this research and implications for practice will resonate with someone, leading to celebrations, reflections, and reminders about how people learn.
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Executive Function’s Role: Build Your Expertise
Executive function is a topic educators are hearing more and more. Dig into what the research says and how to use effective strategies to support the writers in your classroom.
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Devote Time to Writing Instruction: Build Your Expertise
Delve into the importance of dedicating ample and consistent time to writing instruction in elementary schools. This piece highlights research and expert recommendations for prioritizing writing on daily schedules.
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Build Your Expertise with Research
Unlock the power of research in writing instruction! Join Two Writing Teachers in a week-long exploration of key aspects of the writing workshop.
