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Writing: Improvement Tips

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Writing: Improvement Tips

PRE-WRITING

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Rhythm For Reading Makes Better Writing

	Make the Time to Help Kids Rhyme


Scribble For Success

	They're NOT 'Just Coloring'


Modeling Proper Speech

	Form Words Correctly When You Talk, and You'll Form Them Correctly When You Write


Syllables: Bringing 'The Clapper' Out of the Closet

	When You Can 'Hear' Parts of Words, You Can Put Them Together More Easily


Singers Make Better Writers

	Who Says Words Don't Make Melodies and Harmonies?


Pre-Writing Activities for 3's, 4's and 5's

	Fun and Useful For Older Kids, Too


Pre-Writing Games for 5's and 6's

	More Practice as They Transition Into Real Writing


HANDWRITING

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Fine Motor Skills

	The 'Engine' of Penmanship


Helping a Child's 'Messy' Handwriting

	Making Sure Others Can Read What You Write


Printing Practice: Key to Reading and Writing

	Printing the Alphabet Fluently is the Gateway To Literacy


When They Write 'b' for 'd' and 'p' for 'q'

	Move Your Mouth in a Line or an Oval to Master Mirror-Image Letters


Tracing Tasks to Go With the Flow

	The Smoother Your Hand and Arm Muscles Can Move, the Smoother Your Sentences Will Be


VOCABULARY

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Vocabulary Bee

	They Have Them For Spelling and Geography . . . It's Time to Make a Buzz for Building Word Power!


Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt

	Rapid Word Associations Help Build Writing Fluency


SPELLING

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A Play, Starring the 'Sneaky, Silent, Final E'

	Kids Love Acting Out the Impact of That Letter on Pronunciation


My Spelling Notebook

	Keeping Track of Words You Can Write Right


Not a Website: A Spelling 'Fridgesite'

	Keep Those Spelling Words Front and Center in the Heart of Your Home


A Deck of Spelling Rules

	When You Know the Rules, You Can Play the Spelling Game


Spelling a Humdinger

	You Can Spell the Longest Word in the English Language! Yes, You Can!


SENTENCES & PARAGRAPHS

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The Four Kinds of Sentences

	Mastering Them Equips You to Be a Good Writer


Running Away From the Run-On Sentence

	Shake a Leg, and Learn When a Sentence Is Complete


Checklist For Lively Writing

	Check It Out: Do Your Paragraphs Contain These Features?


6 TRAITS

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IDEAS

	Filling 12 Spiral Notebooks, Because Writers Need to Write


IDEAS

	Writing Prompts


ORGANIZATION

	'Before' and 'After'


ORGANIZATION: Venn Diagrams

	Getting Ideas Down on Paper


VOICE

	Use Active Voice, Not Passive Voice


WORD CHOICE

	D-Lightful D-scription


SENTENCE FLUENCY

	Go With the Flow


CONVENTIONS

	A Barrel Full of Periods, a Thimble Full of All Other Punctuation Marks


CONVENTIONS

	Punctuation Games


CONVENTIONS

	Capitalization: Caps and Laps


CONVENTIONS

	The Eight Parts of Speech


FACTUAL WRITING

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Interview-Based Reports

	How to Get the Scoop For a One-Page Paper


EDITING

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Stylebooks For Grade Schools

	Writing Reference Booklets Help Teach the Standards


Helping Your Child Become a Polished Writer

	At-Home Activities Parents Can Offer


Proofreading: The Forefinger Trick

	Physically Point to Your Writing, and Errors Jump Out at You


PRESENTATION

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Writing Help for Older Students

	Setting the Stage for Presentable Prose


GRAMMAR GRANNY

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Bring Vs. Take

	Are You Bringing the Pie to the Fair, or Taking It?


It's Vs. Its

	When You Need That Apostrophe, and When You Don't


If They 'Would Of' Learned This Right, They 'Could Of' Done Better in Language Arts Class

	Breaking a Common Bad Grammar Habit to Make Yourself Sound As Smart As You Are


There, Their and They're

	When to Use Each One


Imply Vs. Infer

	Things On the Outside Imply; Only Your Mind, On the Inside, Can Infer


'Went' Vs. 'Gone'

	Another Grammar Tripper-Upper That You Can Beat


In a Fix Over Prefixes

	'En' Vs. 'In'


Conscience, Conscious, Conscientious

	Be a Pro at These Tricky 'Con' Words

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