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Mentor Texts for Writing Endings

One goal of many primary teachers is to help students finish their drafts with an ending other than “The End” (or “they lived happily ever after”). Katie DiCesare shows her first graders many alternative examples, and she begins early in the year.

Mentor Texts for Letter Writing

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Listen In: Knowing When You’re Done

When is writing finished? Heather Rader confers with a second grader over that age-old question for writers as Linda Karamatic listens in.

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