Two Writing Teachers Podcast
Since 2007, Two Writing Teachers has been a vibrant community of reflective writers. We're excited to take our passion for teaching writing to new heights in the second season of our podcast. Join us as we explore ways to create, lead, and sustain joyful and productive writing workshops, empowering educators to help their students become competent, brave, and confident writers. Let's make writing instruction engaging and rewarding for everyone involved!
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Inspiring Students to Use Conventions: A Digging Deeper Dialogue
Conventions are one of the hardest things to teach kids to do well in an exciting and authentic way. We have some ideas for teaching kids how to write with conventions without resorting to worksheets.
Resources Mentioned:
- Co:Writer Universal
- Common Core Language Standards K-5 (See pg. 26.)
- Patterns of Power Family of Resources by Jeff Anderson et. al.
- Practical Punctuation: Lessons in Rule Making and Rule Breaking in Elementary Writing by Dan Feigelson
- Writing and the Writer, 2nd Ed. by Frank Smith
Visit the Two Writing Teachers' archive to read past blog posts about conventions.
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