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    Student Writing Model

    A Happy Day

    This writing shows the feelings of the writer and is well organized.

    Level: 
    Grade 1
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Theme: 
    Family
    Love

    Student Writing Model

    My Trip to Mexico

    Many details are included in this writing, and a personal tone emerges. The piece has a clear beginning, middle, and ending.

    Level: 
    Grade 1
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Narrative Paragraph
    Theme: 
    Play
    Travel
    Geography

    Student Writing Model

    My Dad

    Dylan, a second-grade writer, shares his very personal feelings in an honest, direct way. His first and last sentences tell the whole story; and the middle sentences give the reader important, heartfelt details about Dylan’s experience.

    Level: 
    Grade 2
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Family
    Love
    Life

    Student Writing Model

    Jet Bikes

    Fifth-grader Ethan moves the reader smoothly through his personal narrative with transition words like first, then, also, so far, and when.

    Level: 
    Grade 4
    Grade 5
    Mode: 
    Narrative Writing
    Form: 
    Personal Narrative
    Theme: 
    Goals
    Work
    Money
    Life
    Sports
    Exercise

    Blog Post

    Unlocking Literacy Across the Curriculum

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Literacy Skills
    Communicating
    Information Literacy
    Media Literacy
    Technology Literacy
    Writing
    Reading
    Speaking
    Listening

    Blog Post

    Teaching the Process of Learning

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Questioning
    Planning
    Researching
    Creating
    Improving
    Presenting

    Blog Post

    Developing Students' Social-Emotional Intelligence

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Emotion
    Socialization
    Impulse Control
    Attention and Focus

    Blog Post

    Test Your Social-Emotional Intelligence

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Attention and Focus
    Impulse Control
    Emotion

    Blog Post

    Teaching Innovation and Problem Solving

    21st Century Skills: 
    Critical Thinking
    Creative Thinking
    Problem Solving

    Blog Post

    Critical and Creative Thinking: Lessons from Calvin and Hobbes

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Critical Thinking
    Creative Thinking
    Problem Solving

    Blog Post

    5 Questions to Analyze Any Communication

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Communicating

    Blog Post

    Deeper Thinking for the Common Core

    21st Century Skills: 
    Critical Thinking
    Creative Thinking
    Problem Solving
    Building Arguments
    Succeeding in School
    Taking Tests

    Blog Post

    Helping Students Be Awesome

    21st Century Skills: 
    Project-Based Learning
    Inquiry Process
    Questioning
    Planning
    Researching
    Creating
    Improving
    Presenting

    Blog Post

    100 Guiding Questions for Summer

    21st Century Skills: 
    Inquiry Process
    Questioning

    Blog Post

    Help Students Clear the Way for Critical Thinking

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Critical Thinking

    Blog Post

    Networking Your Students' Neurons

    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Brain and Nervous System
    Brain Stem
    Limbic System
    Cortex
    Neurons

    Blog Post

    Your Class Calendar as a Meeting Place: Lessons from Stonehenge

    21st Century Skills: 
    Life Skills
    Inquiry Process
    Project-Based Learning
    Initiative
    Leadership
    Questioning
    Planning
    Researching
    Creating

    Blog Post

    5 Keys to Successful Student Collaborations

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Life Skills
    Communicating
    Collaborating
    Social Skills
    Initiative
    Flexibility
    Productivity

    Blog Post

    Bring Out the Teacher in Your Students

    21st Century Skills: 
    Life Skills
    Social Skills
    Leadership

    Blog Post

    Creating a Growth Mindset in Your Students

    21st Century Skills: 
    Life Skills
    Initiative
    Leadership
    Social-Emotional Intelligence: 
    Attention and Focus
    Self-Care

    Blog Post

    Crowdsourcing in Your Classroom

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Life Skills

    Blog Post

    Vocabulary for Critical Thinking

    21st Century Skills: 
    Literacy Skills
    Reading to Learn
    Writing to Learn
    Building Vocabulary

    Blog Post

    10 Reasons to Try Project-Based Learning

    21st Century Skills: 
    Project-Based Learning
    Inquiry Process
    Questioning
    Planning
    Researching
    Creating
    Improving
    Presenting

    Blog Post

    What does your PLN look like?

    21st Century Skills: 
    Learning Skills
    Life Skills
    Communicating
    Collaborating
    Social Skills
    Initiative
    Flexibility
    Productivity
    Reading
    Writing
    Speaking
    Listening

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