Sentences with phrase «authentic writing opportunities»

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Kids weren't engaged; they didn't have the opportunity to partake in «authentic» reading and writing that reflected their lives and interests.

Authentic assessments are opportunities for students to write for real audiences, share knowledge with a wide audience, and engage in the kind of work that occurs outside the classroom.

Letter writing is an academic skill — requiring students to focus on a specific purpose and an authentic audience — but it's also a perfect opportunity to get students thinking about who and what they should be thankful for.

It requires expansive study of vocabulary, orthography, grammar, and style, extensive exposure to representative linguistic material, and authentic opportunities to produce (to speak and write) academic language.

In some classrooms, writing instruction focuses almost exclusively on text transcription skills, such as handwriting and spelling, with few opportunities to compose meaningful, authentic text (e.g., Palinscar & Klenk, 1992).

Provides multiple opportunities for students to practice vocabulary and comprehension strategies and write for authentic purposes.

The need for an authentic audience comes full circle when our students are invited back to a ceremony at the museum and given the opportunity to read their writing, listen to others, and discuss for the craft of writing.

As her district's first iPad Lab teacher, Katie Chirhart creates assignments that augment classroom instruction, inspires colleagues, and provides authentic opportunities for her students, whether that is showcasing Maker Space projects, writing app reviews, or programming Dash robots or Ozobots.

These opportunities to engage with authentic student writing and teacher commentary in low - stakes ways allow for legitimate, peripheral participation by teacher candidates in the professional practices of secondary writing teaching.

They are engaged in authentic experiences with multiple opportunities to demonstrate their mastery of subject matter and skills through means such as projects, public presentations, performance tasks and extended writing.

«I loved the energy of the lessons, the way I was pulling together my entire literacy curriculum in every interactive writing session, the opportunity to reach so many students at different levels while creating a community of writers, and the rich and authentic products we created.»

In this presentation, we will define rigor and authentic writing, showing participants how to give students opportunities that move beyond the basic writing format.

Beginner Steps lessons provide learning opportunities that engage students in authentic reading and writing experiences.