https://www.growingwriters.org/blog daily 0.75 2025-06-12 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/why-writing-instruction-disappeared-after-2002 monthly 0.5 2024-08-20 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/does-a-growth-mindset-always-work monthly 0.5 2023-01-04 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/four-ways-writing-can-help-with-school-safety monthly 0.5 2022-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/dc934cca-e0da-4bf6-83c4-c05c3d80015d/Picture1.jpg Blog - Four ways writing can help with school safety - Have a way for students to communicate to you in writing if they have a problem. Some students are shy or feel they cannot come up to you in person. Have a place in the classroom specifically for notes to you from students and actively encourage the use of it. Tell students frequently that you want to hear from them if they feel unsafe in any way, including the ways others speak to them or treat them. I found that when I actually encouraged kids to “tell”, suddenly stories would come up that they hadn’t thought were important. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/2ef4d464-3f29-44bb-982c-185335925c2a/Picture1.jpg Blog - Four ways writing can help with school safety - 2. Send a positive note home. Write a positive note, specifically to parents of kids who typically get the most negative attention. This will make all of your future communications with the family (even when it’s not great news) go down easier. Why a note rather than a phone call? A written note can be easily shared with other family members and with the child, too. A phone call has to be distilled and repeated. Notes can also be kept. AND this will make the child feel safer at school and learn more, knowing they are not seen as just a “bad” kid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/8675c4e3-b6f2-47bb-b05c-e30b400c8863/Picture1.jpg Blog - Four ways writing can help with school safety - 3. Have students write positive notes to classmates. This can be prefaced with the book How Full is Your Bucket or a similar story that illustrates the importance of what we say to each other. When I taught first and second grades we had blue paper “raindrops” and a paper bucket for each student. For several weeks after reading the book, there were numerous opportunities to write notes (all made fair with equal numbers of classmates’ names on the drops that kids could choose to write on). Then all the buckets came down from the wall and everyone was so excited to read their notes and take them home! Including me. Again, notes are special because they can be saved. Here’s my favorite one, written 4 years ago but it still makes me smile! https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/what-does-grade-level-writing-look-like-for-kindergarten-first-and-second-grades monthly 0.5 2024-12-31 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/you-deserve-the-full-meaning-of-explicit-instruction monthly 0.5 2024-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/ea4e5a2b-6ce4-4408-a737-ef81bd565c39/Anita+Archer.jpg Blog - You deserve the full meaning of “explicit instruction” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/why-free-writing-is-important-when-teaching-kids-to-write-at-any-age monthly 0.5 2022-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/cfeea581-adf5-4651-b675-de07e28de218/IMG_5878.jpg Blog - Why “free writing” is important when teaching kids to write at any age - Here’s the cover of my first journal. I was 13. Inside are stories about my family, silly rhyming poems, a little bit of reflection, and lots of lots of opinions and judgements. People who were racist or who disagreed with my family’s politics and values were roasted on these pages. But then again, so were the “old ladies” on the city bus. Geez, what did I have against “old ladies” - apparently I never thought I would become one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/1660077640300-GD7HIMFDGXGOLBSM5TCE/ryann+book+four+019.jpg Blog - Why “free writing” is important when teaching kids to write at any age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/1660077616554-BJV5I7WTIT8VV8B5XTZD/xavier+book+3007.jpg Blog - Why “free writing” is important when teaching kids to write at any age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/1660077660226-N7HYPPFSCBN7H7G6RU4X/Piper+October.jpg Blog - Why “free writing” is important when teaching kids to write at any age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/1660077680087-7MWGKBQX65QFXJ7ONP3R/November+ShaiRae.jpg Blog - Why “free writing” is important when teaching kids to write at any age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/1660077706020-UAPI2J9JGQKDJ4WD9K0O/Picture1.jpg Blog - Why “free writing” is important when teaching kids to write at any age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/1660077728968-CGFETE3HOARKUADO1UOZ/jack+w+book+2+007.jpg Blog - Why “free writing” is important when teaching kids to write at any age https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/1660077752469-RE8HJ38Q53EFRRJPKSM5/kris+book+1.jpg Blog - Why “free writing” is important when teaching kids to write at any age https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/tips-for-teaching-writing-to-kids-with-add monthly 0.5 2022-08-05 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/what-is-structured-literacy monthly 0.5 2022-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/c1bce758-addb-4a4f-9978-2686c0e3c3c4/structured+literacy.png Blog - What is structured literacy? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/are-too-many-kids-needing-help-during-writing-time monthly 0.5 2022-07-21 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/k-1-teachers-need-to-be-the-smartest-and-most-strategic-of-all monthly 0.5 2025-06-12 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/how-i-see-the-science-of-writing monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/83676987-9f3d-4f0d-aafb-3cba76990e99/why+johnny+can%27t+read.jpeg Blog - How I see the “science of writing” - This book was written in 1955 and was a best seller. Reading has been studied for decades, inside out and upside down. Many books have been written on why people can’t read. Opinions run so strongly that there have been - and still are - battles over how to teach it. Can the same be said for writing? Have you ever heard of the “writing wars”? And how many books are being written lamenting the fact that many people can’t write? https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/the-science-of-writing-must-include-this-seemingly-small-idea monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/7cbbfb82-05de-4744-8abd-fc7991f9c8f7/zig+teaching.jpeg Blog - The Science of Writing must include this brilliant idea - Working with small groups of kids led him to realize that education was his calling, and he developed out of the box methods that were extremely effective, including teaching algebra to 5 and 6 years olds in ways that had them jumping out of their seats with excitement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/f0e97029-c40d-4a8e-ab35-fa03d9afe537/zig+4.jpeg Blog - The Science of Writing must include this brilliant idea - Once again, the seemingly small but brilliant idea that could change how all curriculum is written: “A program design that supports mastery does not present great amounts of skill training and new information in each lesson. Rather, work is distributed so new parts in a lesson account for only 10-15 percent of the total lesson. The rest of the lesson firms and reviews material and skills presented earlier in the program.” -Zig Engelmann https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/how-to-make-teaching-kids-to-write-or-teaching-anything-as-engaging-as-a-video-game monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/e436d7e3-00c8-476f-8a5e-99b8ab6192a3/flow.jpg Blog - How to make teaching kids to write (or teaching anything) as engaging as a video game - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/blog-post-title-two-trzyl monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/1d0ce7ac-1c7e-450a-a4ba-eea4b86d43a6/blog+post+2.jpeg Blog - What a good writing assessment for kindergarten looks like (and what it doesn’t look like!) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/7f8162e5-eead-4307-a3ef-ee418ccad4db/blog+post+1.jpg Blog - What a good writing assessment for kindergarten looks like (and what it doesn’t look like!) A completely unrealistic, unclear, unspecific assessment trying to measure a huge number of skills, and all based on the terribly written Common Core standard for Writing ELA-Literacy.W.K.3. I have to say, Pearson really went delusional on this one. Are they expecting kindergarteners to write and draw all the events including details, the narrator’s reaction and what happened next (oh, and what might happen after that) with vivid words and complete sentences? Or are they thinking that the teacher has three hours to do this for every student while the rest of the class sits quietly with their hands folded? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/511dfb91-a8c0-45d6-8ac5-12471e0d9519/blog+post+3.jpeg Blog - What a good writing assessment for kindergarten looks like (and what it doesn’t look like!) Here is a sample of an assessment for that standard in Growing Writers kindergarten Book 6. Each of the words (mop, bus, jet, dig, and can) has one of the vowel sounds and there are ten consonant sounds represented. You can easily see at a glance which students still need instruction and exactly what letter sounds are still missing for them. And, you can easily make your own assessment just like it or add more words so that all the consonant sounds are represented. https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/1f4tckwbfvasdrvyfaddsfzx6tardb monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/28c95c53-a9dd-44ac-9b29-ddc40be8e4b0/Kid-Friendly_Rubric._Susan_Thomas._Prostman_Elem.jpg Blog - The best use of rubrics for K-2 writing activities I just took a quick sweep of Pinterest and found all kinds of rubrics, from teacher made anchor charts drawn with colored markers, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/d0431f36-f45c-4d96-9399-52844e3618a3/rubric-300x547.jpeg Blog - The best use of rubrics for K-2 writing activities to “example” rubrics, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/aa0aab5d-6e57-452a-a1cc-54b0f38669cf/rubric-chart.png Blog - The best use of rubrics for K-2 writing activities to complicated charts with descriptions of various skill levels. https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/teaching-kids-to-write-skills-focus-or-authentic-writing monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/how-to-assess-first-and-second-grade-writing-to-inform-instruction monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/7a653c3a-56fe-489d-8cab-b8e64133aab5/rubric+chart.png Blog - How to assess first and second grade writing to inform instruction This is a less formal rubric than CBM and would be more subjective in scoring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/9dc125c1-04ee-4886-bccb-ef1dd6614ca8/Picture-2-6.png Blog - How to assess first and second grade writing to inform instruction Here is another type of informal rubric that can be found on websites like Pinterest and Teachers Pay Teachers. https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/blog-post-title-four-393nf monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/fix-it-up-days-for-levels-k-and-1 monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/three-teacher-tips-for-homeschooling-parents-with-resistant-kids monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/ed-reports-has-it-backwards monthly 0.5 2023-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/cb86dd39-0cfd-4456-a0e5-02f13cf603ef/wonders+lesson+with+arrows.jpg Blog - Ed Reports has it backwards https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/fce8bac3-0289-4688-a575-8ccd0d040fb4/Untitled+design+2.jpg Blog - Ed Reports has it backwards - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/c29a09e6-4e77-4543-84a0-b14724880135/Untitled+design.jpg Blog - Ed Reports has it backwards - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/b89e5bbe-bef5-4154-a99a-24590d114c91/Untitled+design+3jpg.jpg Blog - Ed Reports has it backwards - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/d299c55c-0761-4f5e-9b3a-40d4a0e667f5/wonders+lesson+with+arrows+2.jpg Blog - Ed Reports has it backwards - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/do-you-spend-weekend-time-looking-for-writing-activites monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/teachers-say-what-they-want-in-curriculum-do-you-agree monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/opinion-why-readwell-is-the-best-reading-program-and-to-use-it monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/teaching-kids-to-write-when-to-give-prompts monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/why-the-science-of-teaching-writing-doesnt-include-telling-kids-do-your-best monthly 0.5 2022-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/a4cf82d2-3f21-47eb-9988-f6fa00ff9da6/handwriting-incorrect-3.jpeg Blog - Why the science of teaching writing doesn’t include telling kids “Do your best” - I’m reading this 6-year-old’s mind: “My teacher wants me to make a lot of letters, but she’ll accept anything as long as I have one good one in each row. I don’t really feel like working that hard right now so I’ll just say I did my best.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/37c75aad-b930-42ce-87e4-cef1fd23794b/handwriting-good-example.jpeg Blog - Why the science of teaching writing doesn’t include telling kids “Do your best” Here’s what’s going on in her mind: “I know my teacher is going to look carefully at my work and I’ll have to re-do anything messy. I think I’ll just do it right so I don’t have to erase and start over.” https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/what-is-explicit-instruction monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://www.growingwriters.org/blog/the-writing-revolution monthly 0.5 2022-05-25 https://www.growingwriters.org/home daily 1.0 2024-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/9cca7592-723e-45df-8ebd-94bc4947bc16/growwrite22-246_websize.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/fb743ddf-2b77-41ae-8a3f-21e7838a9a4f/growwrite22-959_websize.jpg Home - Welcome! I’m Sally Bergquist. I help K-2 teachers who are striving to be the best in their profession by providing writing lessons that structured, differentiated and fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/1a36a33a-8cca-455d-9124-b6beabd21748/freebie+cover_Page_1.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/bdda7d31-cccb-4d58-8484-5a90f5a4b3c7/image.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/992c63a6-1bf1-437e-8b3c-778d68133858/kendrick.png https://www.growingwriters.org/about-me daily 0.75 2023-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/18143832-f25b-42e8-9de4-50dc5b38dff6/growwrite22-881_websize.jpg About Me Like many of you, I’ve had ups and downs in my teaching career. Sometimes, just when I felt like I had a handle on everything, the rules changed, or I encountered a child whose challenges seemed beyond my skill set, or someone just put one more thing on my plate that made me overwhelmed. What made me stick with it were amazing colleagues, my love of kids, and knowing that I was making a difference even when it seemed small. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/83c4efb9-eb47-4230-a15a-e819bfa3f5e2/jack+book+four+020.jpg About Me - Free gift In a digital era, do we still need to teach handwriting? Yes, and it’s not just about neatness! Here’s a FREE short video and downloadable PDF on “Four Reasons Why Teaching Handwriting is Important”. https://www.growingwriters.org/classes-and-trainings daily 0.75 2022-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/926ed14b-b120-4b68-81be-19ef49b0b7d2/growwrite22-423_websize.jpg Classes and Trainings - Would you like to join a group of teachers all learning together and supporting each other in using the Growing Writers curriculum? Join the Succeed Together teacher training group for 2022-23. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/1b7f8e68-6ea7-42ff-b26f-47cd66655df2/growwrite22-850.jpg Classes and Trainings - What’s in it for you? Support in getting a peaceful classroom environment to allow for the most progress in writing. Get tips to start off the year and solutions when things go sideways. Fellow teachers to compare notes with and share progress. It’s nice to know we’re not alone! Monthly online meetings that include a short training and Q&A time. This will help you to feel more confident in what you are doing and the research base behind it. Assessment tools. No child will be lost in the shuffle or fall through the cracks with these simple assessment tools that allow you to see and monitor progress. A certificate of completion to add to your resume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/c12a602c-0cde-4bd8-a0e2-0bcfec38337b/growwrite22-624.jpg Classes and Trainings The cost for a year of support and information? Only $295, payable when you sign up or in two installments. If you don’t yet have the Growing Writers program, the cost is $480 which includes the curriculum. https://www.growingwriters.org/error-page daily 0.75 2022-04-05 https://www.growingwriters.org/the-evidence-base daily 0.75 2023-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/23133f73-19b5-43fa-8045-e868802ea6c5/IMG_6245.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/4f6d2806-e567-42b4-8ace-007f53f0e370/Structured-Literacy-Grounded-in-the-Science-of-Reading-SOR-Boxed-Graphic-1.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/04b5e4e9-5f4f-43c4-8541-eb8ef594b611/download.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/23ddc943-7ef9-407b-821e-b92e8cef3196/sal+reading+research+book+%283%29.jpg The Evidence Base As in this photo from my summer vacation in 2017, I’m always trying to stay current on research. Here is a list of books, articles, and trainings that have helped me in creating Growing Writers. https://www.growingwriters.org/training-videos daily 0.75 2024-09-14 https://www.growingwriters.org/learn-more daily 0.75 2023-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694644871-IC85FNH781UNZSZEGHDR/Aro+Ha_0428.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/9f56bd40-a05e-4bfc-b62e-0a12df21044f/pexels-lumn-316466.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/1651585657487-DQHIVRZWQ7U1HR90LMZ1/unsplash-image-_oP5ErcnVXE.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/6234100e-2e16-405c-a4d7-37750b752f53/growwrite22-753.jpg Learn More - Growing Writers A writing curriculum for K-2 that will reduce your stress level and make teaching writing a joy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/3709998c-b3af-489e-a65f-e0349d1d3996/noun-writing-1303108-2F3105.png Learn More - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/47e7ade1-ebfc-4f7b-add1-2365ccb3fe17/growwrite22-635_websize.jpg Learn More “One of my kindergartners said to me, ‘Tell that teacher who made these writing books, she did a good job!’” -Jon S., Tumwater, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/623df8317e5b4036219b3638/c2c8b4a9-9db4-4e89-b17f-67f6e7b8b9c4/growwrite22-328.jpg Learn More - “The teacher’s guide is very easy to follow. 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