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Let’s talk persuasive writing, shall we? To me, this is the hardest type of writing to teach. Why? Simply put… kids aren’t used to defending, convincing or using many of the verbs needed to successfully pen a truly argumentative essay. There just isn’t much real life basis for them. So, to help with this… I turned to using some high… Read More
The first week back after Winter break is always a hard one… the kids are not *quite* back in the routine of school, and let’s face it… neither is the teacher! We started the week off with a complete review of all our classroom expectations and procedures. Before break, we were getting a little lax on our classroom policies. Even… Read More