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Writing

Regardless of where you teach writing, at home or in a classroom, writing instruction is best done in conjunction with reading through multiple opportunities to hear good writing and to practice writing.   Support writing development by modeling good writing, by writing with the child, and by helping the child craft his or her own writing. 

Writing Topics

Many teachers and parents wonder what students should write about during writing instruction.  Make writing instruction meaningful by allowing students to write about things that really affect their lives.  Help students think of their own original stories that they can tell based on things that happen in their own lives, or other great stories they have heard, and allow students to self-select their own topics.  On the rare occasions when you do provide a prompt to which students must respond (in order to allow students to practice a specific reason for writing), use prompts that let the writer draw on experience and avoid having to have specialized knowledge or a specific experience.  For example, "Tell about a great adventure" is better than "Tell about a trip you took to a differnent city."  When you discuss ideas, don't be too specific or provide too many examples, which might lead students to copy your examples.  Also, be sure to include a variety of types of writing, such as personal narratives, petry, letters, and persuasive essays. 

The Writing Process

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Good writers participate in the writing process.  The writing process is not a list of steps that a writer systematically progresses through and completes, but is an ongoing process of reviewing and crafting writing to improve it.  This section also provides templates, ideas, and activities you can use to help students in the writing process. 

Writing Games

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Although hearing good writing through literature and engaging in the writing process is the best way to develop writing skills, some specific skills can also be practiced out of context.  This section provides games to practice targeted skills.  They are best used in small groups, during small group intervention, or in reading stations.  They are supplements to a writing workshop and provide a motivating way for students to practice specific writing skills.
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  • Resources for Academics
    • Reading >
      • Reading Journal
      • Reading Strategies >
        • Vocabulary Strategies
        • Fluency Strategies
        • Comprehension Strategies >
          • Narrative Texts
          • Expository Texts
      • Beginning Readers >
        • Short Vowels
        • Long a, e, i, o
        • Long u and Dipthongs
        • Tricky g
      • Reading Games >
        • Phonemic Awareness
        • Letter and Letter-Sound Recognition
        • Word Recognition
        • Word Study/Vocabulary
        • Comprehension
    • Writing >
      • The Writing Process
      • Writing Games
    • Math >
      • Number, Operation, and Quantiative Reasoning
      • Patterns, Relationships, and Algebraic Reasoning
      • Geometry and Spatial Reasoning
      • Measurement
      • Probability and Statistics
      • Underlying Processes and Mathematical Tools
    • Science >
      • Scientific Investigation and Reasoning
      • Matter and Energy
      • Force, Motion, and Energy
      • Earth and Space
      • Organisms and Environments
    • Social Studies
    • Behavior >
      • In the Classroom
    • Game Templates
  • Resources for Faith
    • Bible Study >
      • Relentless
    • Prayer
    • Verse Cards
    • Coloring Pages
    • Puzzle Pages and Journals >
      • Old Testament
      • New Testament
    • Beginning Readers >
      • Baby Moses in the Basket
      • Believe It, Jesus Lives
      • Lazarus Lives
      • Paul and Silas Shake Free
      • Peter, John, and the Lame Beggar
      • The Blazing Fire
      • The Good Samaritan
      • The Lame Man Healed
      • The Lost Son
      • The Ten Minas
      • The Unmerciful Servant
      • The Workers in the Vineyard
      • Zacchaeus Meets Jesus
    • Games & Activities >
      • Resurrection Sunday
      • Christmas
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