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April Smith, Literacy Specialist @UCEyoy9EvVR9oIvDsbXeSLNA@youtube.com

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Strategies For Supporting Our Dyslexic Learners During Writing
24:57
The Importance of Building Vocabulary With Your Writers
07:42
Teaching Kindergarteners to Write Their First Sentences! Sentence Mapping
27:54
The Importance of Writing Goals in the IEP With Heather Cacioppo From Full SPED Ahead
04:18
Word Mapping For Transferring Phonics Skills to Writing - Kindergarten and 1st Grade Spelling
33:34
How to Make Writing Fun With Thomas Bussey
14:34
How to Teach Writing a Complete Sentence [Writing Intervention Lesson]
23:02
Incorporating Writing Into Literacy Centers With Susan Jones [The Science of Writing]
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Enhancing Writing Through Effective Instructional Coaching With Nicole Turner [Science of Writing]
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How to Teach the Foundational Writing Skill of Letter Formation to Kindergarteners
02:16
Kindergarten Writing Foundations: How to Teach Kids Proper Pencil Grip
11:09
Science of Reading: How to Teach Spelling Patterns (Connects to Phonics)
12:09
How to Teach Grammar in the Context of a Writing Piece
11:06
4 Ways to Motivate Students to Write | Solutions For Unmotivated Writers in Elementary Classrooms
14:27
How to Use Peer Feedback In Your Classroom For Quality, Consistent Revision During Writing Time
10:32
How to Reteach Writing Sentences (An Intervention for Upper Elementary and Secondary Students)
08:57
The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Literacy Centers in the Elementary Classroom
09:15
All of the Activities I Use for My Elementary Literacy Centers (Super Simple & Fun)
08:27
How to incorporate elementary science units and ELA + free physical traits unit
10:05
Super Simple Daily Grammar Practice For Elementary and Middle Schoolers
10:50
Unpopular Opinion - 3 Things You Shouldn’t Do When Teaching Writing (NO Note-Taking!)
10:26
How to modify your writing lessons for English Language Learners / ESOL Strategies
06:35
What to do when your students have no writing stamina
09:36
How to reteach paragraph writing when your students come to you not being able to write one
09:28
My 3 Step Morning Meeting Routine For 3rd, 4th, and 5th Graders
08:24
5 Simple Math Centers For 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Students / Error Analysis, Board Games, Task Cards
08:23
The 7 Strategic Lessons I Use to Teach My Students How to Write Personal Narratives
11:41
This Classroom Community Building Activity is a MUST-DO For Back to School! (Escape Classroom)
12:10
Plan Writing With Me (Using the Lessons & Teacher Models From Simplify Writing)
17:17
The simplest and most impactful writing assessment for Back to School (free writing prompts)
14:51
How to teach your students to stay on topic in their writing / using writer's workshop
13:50
Can writer's workshop be done in 30 minutes?
16:09
How to Easily Plan & Teach Writing Mini-Lessons (Writer's Workshop Alternative)
13:15
How to Improve Classroom Management By Building Student Relationships
05:25
Last Week of School Activities For Elementary Teachers + Free 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Activities
06:55
3 Simple Ways to Teach Grammar That Actually Stick
15:59
5 Tips for a Stellar Teacher Interview / For First Year & Experienced Teachers
08:38
Making review fun with classroom escapes + (my favorite end of the year games)
09:08
3 Math Manipulatives for Elementary Math Lessons in Fractions (Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide)
09:25
The lessons you MUST teach for Creative Narrative Writing / Getting great stories from your students
07:22
How to use writing interventions to help struggling writers / stamina, paragraphs, & elaboration
11:10
How to teach complex math concepts like multiplying fractions with project-based learning (PBL)
05:42
Project-Based Learning: Get Students Excited With THE BEST Entry Events
07:17
State Math Test Prep Review in Just 10 Minutes a Day
08:08
How to Prepare Elementary Students For the State Writing or ELA Test (Easy Standardized Test Prep)
06:11
5 Picture Books For Women's History Month / What I use in my upper elementary classroom
08:42
3 Simple Fraction Games / My favorite games for easy math centers
08:48
Preparing Students For the State Reading Comprehension Test (With Multiple Passages/Texts)
06:48
5 Diverse Books for Read Across America Week
16:47
Differentiating Instruction in Elementary (Strategies That Actually Work For Personalized Learning)
07:14
3 Tips For Teaching Poetry + FREE ANCHOR CHARTS
16:56
Peer Editing and Collaboration Mini-Training
03:05
How to assign individual or groups of pages in Google Classroom
12:53
How to Print an Anchor Chart Poster of Any Page!
03:54
Anchor Chart Printing Tutorial
12:20
Teaching Grammar in 10 Minutes or Less!
05:34
How to Teach Figurative Language with Mentor Text
16:39
Opinion Writing Strategies: A Few Tips for Getting Students to Support Their Opinions
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How to Evaluate Project-Based Learning Using Rubrics and More!
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How to Write Driving Questions for Project-Based Learning (Free Professional Development)