What new words and phrases can you make with “Thank You For Shopping Here?”

Our free wordplay videos are fun ways to help your blossoming reader fall in love with words. Watch for inspiration and then find your own signs to play with out in the world!

The idea that we write differently in different situations is a Big Brain Leap, and a key concept for ensuring that your child becomes flexible writer, able to adapt to different writing situations with ease.

Most kids learn opinion writing very early in their school career because kids love telling people how they think the world should work.

What new words and phrases can you make with “Mom & Baby Yoga?”

Our free wordplay videos are fun ways to help your blossoming reader fall in love with words. Watch for inspiration and then find your own signs to play with out in the world!

If Practice 2.4.1 was a Big Brain Leap, this is an even bigger Big Brain Leap; in yes, what is a long series of Big Brain Leaps in this chapter.

Practice 2.4.2 is a Big Brain Leap. Your child will be asked to see structure where they might initially just see a bunch of words.

Practices 2.3.4 and 2.3.5 ask kids to analyze how writers connect ideas in a paragraph.

Practices 2.3.2 and 2.3.3 are Big Brain Leaps. Your child will be asked to make connections among ideas, and then clearly state common themes.

Lesson 2.2 is all about inventing a fantasy country. We include this lesson in Chapter 2 because it underpins the work kids do throughout the June Writers sequence on inventing a language and because it’s an opportunity to introduce the idea that language is intertwined with culture and government; it’s not static. We want kids to have a sense of control and ownership of English as a language, no matter who they are and where they were born.

We want your child to master Standard English conventions, and we also want to ensure that they understand why they’re making these decisions.

This practice dives immediately into the more challenging plural forms.

June Writers Academy asks your child to break conventions and write incorrect texts on a regular basis (and then correct them).

Please encourage your child to say their edited text out loud before they hit submit.

English spelling is a mish mash of words that follow rules and make sense, and words that break the rules and make no sense.

Thinking about what an unfamiliar word means challenges your child to use everything they know about how English words are formed and what they sound like.

Writing poetry requires a deeper understanding of the definition and valence of a vocabulary word, as well as its sound/style power.

While it’s not strictly necessary to learn Greek and Latin roots to write well, taking the time to understand the history and building blocks of our language will make it easier for your child to grow their vocabulary, improve their spelling, and pick their way through Romance Languages.

Your child might not know what to write during a free write, or feel overwhelmed, just like adult writers facing a blank screen.

Inventing a new language is an effective and fun tool for getting kids to think deeply about how languages work. Your child will be asked to dissect the intricacies of words and writing conventions to create logic in their invented language, all while having fun.

Most writing programs wait until kids are much older to begin teaching them about the importance of audience.