Where Do You Find Released Writing Prompts? Are you looking for a fabulous collection of released writing prompts from state writing assessments? Would 114 PAGES of these released writing prompts be enough? If so, you have landed on the right page! Below you will find the finest collection of released writing prompts available. Nearly all [...]
A Learning Style Model Based on the Questions Your Students Want Answered There are many interesting models for analyzing students’ different learning styles. Here is a practical model which may change the way you teach writing… today. You will have a checklist of the four learning styles, as well as the four questions which these four [...]
Gifted and Talented (G.A.T.E.) Students Do the MATH before they do the WRITING I once taught a 5th grade G.A.T.E. class at a very affluent school for the final two months of the school year. It was my off-track vacation time and their teacher could not finish the year. I had never seen students like [...]
Six Reasons You May Want to Use a Writing Prompt When Teaching Children Writing 1. Challenge students’ thinking and writing skills 2. Create interest in writing and inspire creativity 3. Get reluctant writers writing 4. Help students develop the habit of writing every day 5. Practice for writing assessments 6. You are giving a classroom assignment that involves writing Kinds of [...]
The Research Shows Series: Journal Writing in the Classroom You may want to skip right down to the “Possible Benefits”, “Problems”, and “Recommendations” section of this article. The first section provides background on journal writing and experiential education, and you won’t find any tips that you can put into action TODAY. However, if you have a [...]
The Research Shows Series: Current Views on Teaching Writing and Writer’s Workshop What are today’s best practices in teaching writing? Decades of research have shown that isolated skill drills do little to improve student writing. All of the research indicates that students must spend more time writing in order to become effective writers. Students should [...]