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By the intermediate grades, many students are fluent writers, but they still need a tremendous amount of help with conventions.  Heather Rader writes about how teachers' insecurities about their own skills can get in the way of instruction.  She also provides some practical tips for assessing and teaching grammar based on emerging student needs.

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Many commercial aids are available to assist young writers. The challenge is choosing carefully, and integrating them into workshops in a way that doesn’t inhibit student fluency and risk-taking. In this video, Heather Rader confers with a second grader, demonstrating how to use a spelling log for high-frequency words.

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In this video of a 1st grade guided writing group, Katie DiCesare works with children to address common issues with spelling and conventions. By grouping the students together, she is able to use her time well in addressing common needs among students.

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In this six-minute video, Franki Sibberson demonstrates how she helps her 3rd and 4th grade students make connections between writing workshop and math problem solving.

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