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 Writing rubrics elementary students will love must include something kids love: cookies! Help your students understand how rubrics work and how to use them. 

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Word choice in writing helps students turn simple sentences into vivid stories. Teach them to use senses, feelings, and strong verbs to bring their words to life. 

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literacyplease.com/colordictionary

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Celebrate student writing with a fun and simple publishing party! Get tips, ideas, and resources for hosting a successful classroom writing celebration. 

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Discover the best writing resources for K–2 classrooms—tools that build independence, boost confidence, and make teaching writing easier every day. 

links mentioned in this episode:

• Write & Shine writing curriculum
• additional free writing resources
• writing goals

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Journal writing builds independence, creativity, and calm in Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade classrooms. Switch it up and try it in the great outdoors! 

Learn:

• how to get started
• benefits
• writing topics
• tips

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Your students can write independently during Writing Workshop by following these seven stages. Find out how you can take your students from guided to independent. 

• Visit literacyplease.com/writingtips for resources mentioned in this episode.
• mini writing goals

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 Writing and comprehension go hand in hand. Reading response journals, games, activities, and sentence stems will increase your students' reading comprehension. 

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It's no secret that each young author needs a boost of confidence to develop into excited, imaginative, independent writers. With an idea, a partner, and a writing celebration, your students will gain the courage to jump into writing with self-reliance.

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Whether you call it a spelling assessment or a spelling inventory, they can provide teachers with a generous amount of information about students' literacy skills. Rather than just slipping the test results into a filing cabinet, it's important to look at the data to uncover strengths and areas for improvement. Let's turn that data into actionable steps to boost your students awareness of spelling patterns.

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Intro

0:26

Beginning of the Year Literacy Assessments

2:24

Spelling Assessment/Inventory

2:40

Purpose of Spelling Assessment/Inventory

3:14

Literacy Please Spelling Assessment

4:35

Scoring the Assessment

5:23

Spelling Levels

5:46

Evaluating an Assessment

7:51

Using the Information

8:46

Small Group Phonics

9:09

Ready to Go Lessons

11:50

Wrapping it Up

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In this episode, we dive into how to set effective writing goals for kindergarten, first, and second graders. Learn why setting clear, achievable objectives is essential for helping young writers develop confidence and skill. We'll explore  how to create manageable targets for different writing stages and abilities.

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Introduction

0:25

Beyond Writing Conventions

0:50

Writing Goals

1:18

Writing Goal Ideas

1:58

Choosing a Writing Goal

2:54

Displaying Writing Goals

3:59

Focus

4:43

Adding Details to Illustrations

5:29

Staying on Topic

6:02

Sequence of Events (beginning, middle, end)

7:29

Add Details to Words and Illustrations (dialogue, feelings, movement)

8:30

Word Choice

Resources mentioned in this episode:

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privacy partitions

LiteracyPlease.com/WritingGoals

LiteracyPlease.com/ColorDictionary

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