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WEDNESDAY: Grammar Granny

You don't need a fantastic way with words to help your child write well. You have your very own writing coach! She's a stickler . . . but writing right is fun!

� Preschool Tips

� K-1 Tips

� Grades 2-6

� Grades 7-12

� Handwriting

� Grammar

� Spelling

� Punctuation, Etc.

� Vocabulary and Word Choice

� Good Writing

Topic: PRESCHOOL TIPS

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Puppets For Moppets

	Sample


Modeling Proper Speech

	3/9/06


Scribble For Success

	8/23/06


Syllables: Bringing "The Clapper" Out of the Closet

	9/6/06


Prewriting Activities For 3's, 4's and 5's

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Topic: K-1 TIPS

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When They Write 'b' for 'd' and 'p' for 'q'

	Sample


Picking Up a Pencil

	4/13/06


Play-Acting the Sneaky, Silent, Final 'E'

	5/4/06


At-Home Writing Activities For 5's and 6's

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Printing Practice: Key to Reading and Writing

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Topic: GRADES 2-6

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Fun Website With Songs and Games

	Sample


Singers Make Better Writers

	7/20/06


Idea Box

	11/15/06


Topic: GRADES 7-12

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The Eight Parts of Speech

	Sample


Writing Instruction For At-Risk Students

	3/2/06


The Art of Editing

	8/30/06


The Four Kinds of Clauses

	9/13/06


Topic: HANDWRITING

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Child-Sized Paper and Pencil, Please

	Sample


Exceptional Handwriting at 5 or 6

	7/6/06


National Handwriting Week: Is That a Joke?

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Topic: GRAMMAR

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If They 'Would Of,' They Could've

	Sample


Running Away From the Run-On Sentence

	2/23/06


Bring Vs. Take

	4/6/06


Adjectives That Come After

	6/1/06


The Four Kinds of Sentences

	6/22/06


Nouns

	6/29/06


'Went' Vs. 'Gone'

	10/4/06


Topic: SPELLING

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There, Their, They're

	Sample


Prefixes: 'En' and 'In'

	4/20/06


Lose and Loose

	5/11/06


Long Words: Handling Humdingers

	6/8/06


The King of the Humdingers

	6/15/06


'Affect' Vs. 'Effect'

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Topic: PUNCTUATION, ETC.

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It's and Its

	Sample


Capitalization: Titles

	5/18/06


A Barrel of Periods, a Thimble of Everything Else

	10/18/06


Gift for a Teacher: a Punctuation Book

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Punctuation Practice

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Topic: VOCABULARY AND WORD CHOICE

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Imply Vs. Infer

	Sample


Conscience, Conscious and Conscientious

	4/27/06


What Mispronunciation Means

	9/27/06


Vocabulary 'Bee'

	10/11/06


Topic: GOOD WRITING

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Rhythm for Reading Makes Better Writing

	Sample


The Reader is the Reason for the Writing

	2/16/06


Checklist For Lively Writing

	3/16/06


Use Active Voice, Not Passive

	3/23/06


Give Your Copy the Finger

	5/25/06


How Writing Instruction Fads Shortchange Students

	9/20/06


The 'I Have a Dream' Speech

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