Daily Time
Recommended Practice: Provide daily time for students to write.
- Overview & Tools: Video overviews and professional development materials
- Learn What Works: Expert interviews about daily time
- See How It Works: Videos and sample materials from schools
Providing Daily Time For Writing
Writing > Daily Time > Overview & Tools
This recommended practice focuses on the importance of designating daily time for writing instruction to ensure sufficient practice of writing skills. This presentation outlines key considerations...
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Overview
Writing Every Day in Every Class
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A member of the IES expert panel describes the importance of daily writing time. It is recommended that teachers make time for writing practice every day and integrate opportunities to practice...
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Expert Interview
Including Writing in Everything We Do
Writing > Daily Time > See How It Works
Watch a fifth-grade math class integrate writing practice into a geometry lesson. Students plan their writing using graphic organizers specifically tailored to writing in the context of a math...
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School Example
Writer's Workshop Every Day
Writing > Daily Time > See How It Works
Teachers describe what writing instruction and practice time looks like in their classrooms. Teachers at this school hold a Writer's Workshop every day. This is an example of how writer's workshop...
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School Example
Make Time to Write
Writing > Daily Time > See How It Works
This PowerPoint illustrates the components of the Writer's Workshop and provides guidelines for how to structure workshop time. It includes sample schedules and lesson plans. To learn more about...
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Sample Material
Self-Reflection Tool: Writing Across the Curriculum
Writing > Daily Time > Overview & Tools
Teachers and coaches can use this tool to reflect on current practice and identify ideas for new instructional activities for including daily writing across all subject areas. View the interview,...
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Learning Together: Integrating Writing Into the Curriculum
Writing > Daily Time > Overview & Tools
Use this tool to plan writing projects as part of social studies, math, or science curricula. This tool can be used in professional learning communities as an activity for collaborative learning...
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