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Teaching Elementary School Students to be Effective Writers

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Teaching Elementary School Students to be Effective Writers

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Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers

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This practice guide provides four recommendations for improving elementary students' writing. Each recommendation includes implementation steps and solutions for common roadblocks. The recommendations also summarize and rate supporting evidence. This guide is geared toward teachers, literacy coaches, and other educators who want to improve the writing of their elementary students.

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Directions: (Make a forced copy of this Google Doc)

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Directions: (Make a forced copy of this Google Doc)

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Join your assigned breakout room

1. Read the excerpt of your writing recommendation

2. Reflect  using your  Stop-Light Organizer

3. Summarize your recommendation

4. Determine 1  takeaway from your Stop Light Reflection

5. Be prepared to share out with the whole group

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Click here to see the scenario and directions for the small group discussion.

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This practice guide was prepared for the WWC by Mathematica under contract ED-07-CO-0062.

The following research staff contributed to the guide: Cay Bradley, Virginia Knechtel, Nancy Murray, Bryce Onaran, and Cassie Pickens Jewell.

These videos were prepared by WestEd under the Doing What Works Contract (ED-PEP-11-C-0068).
All videos are based on recommendations from the WWC practice guides and are designed to complement the guides.

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WWC | Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers

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This practice guide provides four recommendations for improving elementary students’ writing. Each recommendation includes implementation steps and solutions for common roadblocks. The recommendations also summarize and rate supporting evidence. This guide is geared toward teachers, literacy coaches, and other educators who want to improve the writing of their elementary students.

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Recommendation 1: Provide daily time for students to write

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Recommendation 2: Teach students to use the writing process for a variety of purposes

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Recommendation 3: Teach students to become fluent with handwriting, spelling, sentence construction, typing and word processing

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Recommendation 4: Create an engaged community of writers

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Recommendation 1: Provide daily time for students to write

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Recommendation 1: Provide daily time for students to write

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Recommendation 2_ Teach students to use the writing process for a variety of purposes.pdf

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Recommendation 2_ Teach students to use the writing process for a variety of purposes.pdf

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Recommendation 3_ Teach students to become fluent with handwriting, spelling, sentence construction, typing and word processing.pdf

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Recommendation 3_ Teach students to become fluent with handwriting, spelling, sentence construction, typing and word processing.pdf

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Recommendation 4_ Create an engaged community of writers.pdf

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Recommendation 4_ Create an engaged community of writers.pdf

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Together, let's create a statement that captures and defines the reading-writing connection illustrated in the image. This image will serve as the focal point for this section.

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Together, let's create a statement that captures and defines the reading-writing connection illustrated in the image. This image will serve as the focal point for this section.

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Districts 8, 10, 26, 28, 31 November PL Offerings

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Districts 8, 10, 26, 28, 31 November PL Offerings

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Districts 14, 15, 16, 17, 20 November PL Offerings

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Districts 14, 15, 16, 17, 20 November PL Offerings

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November PLs for Districts 14, 15, 16, 17, 20

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Districts 24, 25, 27, 29 November PL Offerings

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Districts 24, 25, 27, 29 November PL Offerings

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Districts 21, 22, 23, 32 November PL Offerings

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Districts 21, 22, 23, 32 November PL Offerings

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Districts 4, 5, 30, 75 November PL Offerings

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Districts 4, 5, 30, 75 November PL Offerings

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Expeditionary Learning November PL Offerings

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Expeditionary Learning November PL Offerings

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Add a comment below with

1. The focus skill for your teacher-led small group.

2. Ideas for how you will design and deliver instruction for your group.