2/5-Writing isn’t “just putting words down.” It’s one of the most complex tasks the brain does—language + memory + attention + organization + motor skills. That’s why it can’t be left to chance or squeezed in “if there’s time.” Writing must be taught. #ScienceOfWriting
Literacy = reading + writing. The U.S. has rallied around the Science of Reading—and it’s helping. But we still haven’t tackled the writing half of literacy with the same urgency, clarity, or shared framework. That needs to change. #literacy #writing #writingcarousel #scienceofwriting #sow
This week’s #EKCLiteracy tip comes from EKC Senior Strategist Miles Madison. He shares three fun, foundational ways to help K–2 students strengthen their sentence-level writing.
#writing #earlyyears #internationalschools #scienceofwriting
From Ketchup to Your Desk: The Surprising Physics of How Gel Pens Work
#GelPen #InkChemistry #Thixotropy #ScienceOfWriting #StationeryTech #FactRage #FactRageNews
tglm.us/QPHrN
When one book just isn’t enough…
📘Spelling for Life, by Lyn Stone
📘The Writing Revolution, by N. Wexler & J.Hochman
📘The Writing Rope, by Joan Sedita
Texts sets develop students’ content knowledge…and are important for developing teachers’ content knowledge, too! #BookBundles #ScienceOfWriting
Connecting the #ScienceOfLearning to the science of reading &writing in this episode with Natalie Wexler!
As Natalie says, “writing is inextricably linked with reading & they should not be treated as separate”! #ScienceOfWriting #TheKnowledgeGap #TheWritingRevolution
Caring about spelling shouldn’t hold children back from writing
@shubitz.bsky.social knocks it out of the park with her blog post
twowritingteachers.org/.../09/thoug...
#LiteracySolutions #LastingImpact #Spelling #ScienceOfWriting #Creativity
