The Joy of Teaching

Sharing creative ideas and lessons to help children learn

September 3, 2021
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Top Writing Tips for Grades 4–6

Help students enjoy writing with clear lessons and activities that simplify the writing process. As a writing tutor for university students, I see a lot of common mistakes that originate in early writing instruction. Grades 4–6 is an important time … Continue reading

August 19, 2019
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Writing Fabulous Sentences and Paragraphs: How to Teach Beginning Writing

Developing students’ writing takes practice and hard work throughout the year, and it can be difficult to transition young students’ basic writing into detailed and descriptive sentences. Teaching early writing components such as expanding sentences, beginning paragraphs, identifying topic sentences, … Continue reading

persuasive writing

April 16, 2019
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Using Voice to Persuade: Persuasive Writing Prompts for Grades 4–6

Teaching persuasive writing with an emphasis on voice is a great method for teaching students how their writing can influence people’s thoughts. Through this series of activities and lessons, students will understand that it takes careful word choice (voice), the … Continue reading

Homeschool curriculum guides and a little boy reading

August 1, 2017
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Homeschool Curriculum Resources and Guides

Build your homeschool curriculum with Evan-Moor! Download these quick guides for a comprehensive instructional approach across subjects, as well as homeschooling tips and ideas to save you time and money. These products can be purchased individually at www.evan-moor.com or you … Continue reading

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