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from PAGE One Spring 2023

from PAGE One Spring 2023, page 63

THE BEST GO WEST

only does the method help teachers evaluate reading comprehension and teach mechanics like grammar and punctuation, but it also teaches students valuable skills like sentence expansion and how to create complex sentences.

“I’m a firm believer in it,” said Parkerson. “It requires students to use previously learned information and add the who, how and when to the sentence. It also teaches those language arts skills.” er social studies topics and writing about those subjects as well. The skills taught through the resource helps students create stronger outlines and more effectively organize their thoughts so they can develop

The Writing Revolution is not limited to language arts. The skills taught can be used in many other academic classes and environments – social studies, science, and even math, Parkerson said.

Michelle Parkerson has been teaching language arts, reading, and writing to elementary school students for almost two decades.

Parkerson uses The Writing Revolution in her fourth grade classrooms at Scintilla Charter Academy. The Writing Revolution is a resource teachers can use within their curriculum to help students become more effective writers. Not

“Students can use sentence expansion – that process to talk about solving a problem – in cross-curriculum writing,” Parkerson said. “We just started using this tool last year and I really bought into it. I probably use it the most at our school, but I encourage others to use it – even our math teachers. Every content area can use the strategies.”

Though Parkerson’s students are constantly writing in her class, her students are also learning about a myriad of other topics including the American Revolution and oth- stronger paragraphs, stay organized, and take better notes without having to create full sentences.

“We use it at every grade level and have seen improvements, especially with students’ ability to summarize,” said Parkerson. “I’ve been teaching writing for 15 years and wish I had been doing it all along.”

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