Teaching Paragraph Writing
If your child has mastered writing sentences, it can be a good time to start them working on putting related sentences together to write...
Writing Holiday Gift Thank-You Notes
Here's a free template that you can use to help your child write thank-you notes for holiday gifts. It can help make the writing process...
Templates for Learning to Write an Email
One of my tutoring students was asking me if a book written by a self-published author he liked was going to have a sequel. I suggested...
Writing with Spaces in Between the Words
I've been working with one of my students on putting spaces between words when writing, and I wanted to share how I introduced and worked...
Site Plan (Architecture) Reading Passage and Writing
One of my tutoring students loves 3D modeling and design, so I made this reading passage, quiz, and writing activity to go along with his...
Teaching Sentence Writing to Students with Autism
I've written a free mini-curriculum for sentence writing that's completely customizable for your child or student's interests. Since it's...
Fun Pre-Writing Activities with Toy Cars (and also Dinosaurs)
I've had so much fun using these activities with my students; I just had to share. Each page of the book is a detachable, full-sized card...
Video Modeling to Teach New Skills (And Possibly a Good Approach for Online Learning)
Hi everyone! I've been using the teaching strategy of video modeling for years and it's a great, evidence-based practice for students...
Writing an Animal Report (Free Template and Visual Supports)
One of my students loves animals, so I'm using that to practice writing and research skills. I wanted a really basic template that he...
Spark Student Interest Before a Lesson
I teach college courses for special education teachers and one of our discussion topics is about "pre-reading" activities that a teacher...