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116. Help Kids Move Beyond Labeling to Writing Sentences
Are your students stuck at labeling their pictures and freezing when it’s time to write sentences? Today we’re tackling this super common writing hurdle with strategies that actually work in a real kindergarten classroom. With simple, supportive ideas to help students go from oral storytelling to complete sentences.
In this episode I share:
How to move from ideas to full thoughts on paper
Why oral storytelling and drawing are key first steps
The power of underlining and sentence mapping
The one thing to focus on before adding more sentences
A logical order for teaching spaces, punctuation…
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