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		<title>Use a Story Board with Your Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 22:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It can be helpful to tactile learners to view writing as a process of constructing. A story board is a good way for the tactile learner to approach writing. A story board is a moveable idea board. It can be: the surface of a desk and a packet of sticky notes; a cork board, some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word Processing and Formatting for Youngsters?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking with a parent of a fifth grader who is attending our local &#8220;gifted zone center&#8221; program. Her daughter was assigned a paper that needed to be two pages, double spaced. Her daughter does not type well, so this assignment was taking a while. At one juncture, the parent noticed that her daughter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planting Seeds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does your child have a &#8216;seed&#8217; journal? This is a simple concept, but can grow into wonderful pieces of writing! Simply have your child keep a journal of interesting events, people, descriptions, ideas, etc. &#8211; any &#8220;seed&#8221; that he or she may one day use in a piece of writing. The seed journal can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll Bet This Student Is Persuaded to Write MORE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This excerpt from the Memphis based commercialappeal.com: &#8220;Kristina White, 11, took a persuasive writing assignment so seriously this spring that today more than $72,000 worth of computers and technology will begin arriving at Sherwood Elementary. In her two-page letter to Todd Bradley, executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard&#8217;s $42 billion personal systems division, Kristina introduced herself, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our FREE Summer E-course is Online Now</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents, we hope you take a moment to check out our free summer mini e-course, and send us some feedback! We&#8217;d love to hear your opinions! Happy Fourth of July everyone! - Heather]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson Plan from ReadWriteThink: Email Writing Conventions vs. Traditional Letter Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;In this lesson, students explore the differences between e-mail and letter writing by contrasting and identifying different forms, and experimenting with their own e-mail and letter compositions.&#8221; Check it out at ReadWriteThink*. * ReadWriteThink is a website from the International Reading Association and the National Council of Teachers of English. It&#8217;s purpose is to provide educators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How about a Summer Writing List?</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2009/05/20/how-about-a-summer-writing-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 12:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know about the proverbial &#8216;summer reading list&#8217; &#8211; whether it is our guilty pleasure beach reading, or a list from the library or your child&#8217;s school &#8211; and we usually get through at least a portion of that list between June and September. I just read a blog posting by the NCTE (National [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Language Arts Resources from Discovery Education</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2009/05/17/language-arts-resources-from-discovery-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 15:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just stumbled across a set of videos to support Language Arts Education from Discovery Education. Downside: they are not interactive. Upside: they are free, short, and interesting. - Heather]]></description>
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		<title>Great Drafting Tips for Students</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2009/05/09/great-drafting-tips-for-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 03:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Drafting all about IDEAS &#8211; it is a beginning, not an end! 2. Remember, the writing process is cyclical &#8211; you can always go back to the brainstorming phase if you need to! 3. While writing a draft, leave wide margins, whether you are writing by hand or typing! 4. It is alright to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Word Origins</title>
		<link>http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2009/05/04/exploring-word-origins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Learning to Write]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I took Latin in high school, I just loved it (ok, I&#8217;m a Latin geek) because it was like a wonderful puzzle that allowed me to chip away at the English language. With each new piece of vocabulary, I was gaining a key to the kingdom, so to speak, for my own language. Each [...]]]></description>
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