148. 4 Things to Do If You Don’t Have a Writing Curriculum (or it Doesn’t Meet the Needs of Your Students!)
Stellar Teacher Podcast: A Podcast for Upper Elementary Teachers
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How to Slow Down Your Writing Instruction
Writing can often seem like a challenge for students because they don't know what to write about. But when you have students write about the content they are learning, it removes one of the hurdles. When you spend so much explicit time focusing just on paragraph writing at the start of the year, your students are going to be ready and move quickly through essay writing. So really slowing down your instruction and keeping it bite-sized and manageable is going to be a win-win for both you and your students. The fourth thing that you can do if you don't have a writing curriculum is to keep the focus on the writing process not isolated grammar skills.
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