Mastering the Basics: Reinforcing Core Writing Skills

Listen to the full episode to hear strategies for reinforcing core writing skills:

Even though testing season isn’t here tomorrow, it is just around the corner and will be here before you know it. And instead of stressing and trying to prepare your students in a short amount of time, why not get started now? But whether you’re preparing students for a standardized test or wanting to work on different writing skills throughout the year, this episode is for you! Over the next few weeks, I’ll be focusing on different components of writing and sharing quick tips that will ultimately help your students. In this episode, I’m going back to the basics and sharing how to reinforce core writing skills.

I have found that most students struggle with grammar skills, sentence structure, and paragraph organization, so each of the tips I share focuses on one of those three areas. With each new idea shared, I explain what it is, ways to integrate them into your classroom routines, and examples to show you what they look like. With minimal preparation and materials, you already have access to, and by consistently implementing these core writing skills into your daily routine, you will prepare your students for the test and improve their writing skills.

These strategies support the core aspects of writing without additional resources or feeling like they’re too difficult to implement in your classroom. Stay tuned to next week’s episode, where I share more writing tips that help your students prepare for the standardized test without feeling the stress.

In this episode on core writing skills, I share:

• Five ideas that help improve students’ foundational writing skills 
• The importance of implementing each idea consistently and daily for effective results
• How these strategies help master the basics while also preparing students for standardized test
• The core aspect of writing each strategy supports

Resources Mentioned:

• Daily Writing Disguise 
• Vocabulary Writing Prompts Sample
• Quick Write Activities
• Would You Rather Writing Activities
• Descriptive Writing Anchor Charts
• Punctuation Charts
• Reading Response Sentence Stems

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