Strategies for Gradually Increasing Writing Time and Complexity

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Over the last few weeks, we’ve been diving into the topic of student writing stamina. We’ve explored strategies to keep students engaged in writing, challenges students face while they’re writing, and how to build stamina through practices implemented in the classroom. By having all this background information and fresh new ideas on ways to keep them engaged, it’s time to create natural ways to increase the writing time of your students. So, in the last episode of our series, I’m sharing eight strategies that will gradually increase student writing time and the complexity of their work.

As we talk about how to increase student writing time, it’s important to keep in mind that we’re striving for more than just length of time. This can also mean increasing the number of sentences a student writes, a specific amount of words in their writing, or the types of sentences a student incorporates into their written work. I share that the goals and level of your students determine what you increase during your students’ writing time.

Each of the eight strategies is designed to increase the time, words, or sentences naturally and slowly over time. With each strategy, I also include specific examples and activities to use with each one to seamlessly implement in your literacy block. 

Knowing various ways to increase student writing time is going to ensure it’s a natural process as students work towards their own writing goals as it pertains to stamina. By incorporating these eight strategies that are simple and practical, with consistency in a structured, supportive and engaging manner, your students will begin to build their writing stamina and endurance.

In this episode on ways to increase student writing time and complexity, I share:

• Eight practical strategies that will help increase student writing time naturally over a period of time
• How the incorporation of timers is also beneficial to help students with the pacing of timed stated assessments
• Why using a variety of writing prompts caters to the different interests and stimulates creative thinking in your students
• Ways to include challenges and technology that increase their engagement

Resources Mentioned:

• Daily Writing Disguise 
• Creative Writing Activities
• Monthly Writing Prompts
• Vocabulary Writing Prompts
• Writing Process Anchor Charts & Checklists
• Episode 160, 4 Ways to Increase Writing Endurance
• Episode 159, Writing Stamina: 6 Challenges Students Face and How to Help Them

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Your host, Megan Polk, is the creator and owner of The Literacy Dive, a company that creates educational, literacy curriculum that aims to close the gap and support children in reaching mastery. Being a literacy specialist and having over a decade of teaching grades K-5, Megan knows the power of collaboration and working alongside teachers and parents to provide them with the support, confidence, and resources they need to meet students where they are.

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