Best ways to support writing at home How you can help at home:
Support your child with these writing strategies. By Wendy
Miller, Consulting Educator Follow these tips to support your
child's writing at home. Provide a place for your child to
write. The area should be an area that is quiet and well lit.
Stock the "writing center" with supplies such as paper, pencils
and crayons. You can also gather family photos and magazines in
the center that can be used as story starters. Read, read, read!
The best activity to improve writing is reading. If your child
reads good books, he will be a better writer. Reading exposes
students to general vocabulary, word study and content-specific
vocabulary. Through reading, students see a variety of authors'
techniques that they can use in their own writing. Encourage
your child to keep a reflective journal. This is excellent
writing practice, as well as a good outlet for venting feelings.
Encourage your child to write about things that happen at home
and school. This reflecti