310: Writing Belongs in Your Literacy Block (Here's How)
Stellar Teacher Podcast: A Podcast for Upper Elementary Teachers

310: Writing Belongs in Your Literacy Block (Here's How)

B1IntermediateJune 29, 202611 min

Part 5: Your Literacy Block Series In this episode of our Your Literacy Block series, Emily is talking all about writing— and why it deserves a place in every upper elementary literacy block. Many teachers think of writing as essays, state testing, and lengthy writing projects.... but writing can be so much more than that. When students write about what they read, they deepen comprehension, organize their thinking, and make their learning visible. In this episode, you'll learn: • Why writing and reading are so closely connected • The importance of sentence-level writin...

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Hey, stellar teachers, it's Emily with the Stellar Teacher Team, and welcome back to the Stellar Teacher Podcast. You're listening to episode 310. Today, we're continuing our Your Literacy Block series,

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where we are digging into six major elements that every upper elementary teacher should make time for in their literacy block. So far, we've talked about reading comprehension,

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word work, phonics-ethnic awareness, and fluency. Today, we're continuing on with writing. So if you have missed any of those past episodes, you're gonna wanna go back and fill yourself in.

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