Tag: elementary education
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Example Opinion Essay with Breakdown: Helping Students Finally “Get” the Flow of a 5-Paragraph Essay
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen students turn in opinion essays that feel like a jumbled list of thoughts instead of a clear, flowing argument. They meet the paragraph length requirement, but the ideas don’t flow right. The introduction doesn’t lead anywhere, reasons wander off, and the conclusion just… doesn’t exist. It…
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Spelling the Same Words Over and Over for Students? Here’s a Simple Fix That Actually Works
I remember my first year teaching in the classroom like it was yesterday. My class would be in the middle of a writing project, and I’d be trying to help one student. Three others would come up to my desk: “How do you spell ‘beautiful’?” “What about ‘water’?” “Mrs. Strain, is it ‘f-r-e-i-n-d’ or ‘f-r-i-e-n-d’?”…