For many current middle and high school students, writing takes shape in all kinds of forms. They send texts, write on social media sites, update their own blogs, and of course, write for school assignments. This article also points out that it's not all positive though.

How and Why I Promote My Articles on Diigo's Social Bookmarking Site Recently I decided to promote my articles through Diigo. Here is how and why I did it. Diigo is very educator friendly. They have educator accounts specifically geared towards getting K-12 teachers to use their service, so they have lots of educators who view and share their bookmarks.

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Voyages in English online resources are designed to help you in your planning and instruction. Find out more about this writing and grammar program for Grades 3-8. This is the link for games using our Language Arts Textbook.

This worksheet provides extra practice on identifying nouns. As I make our Grade 6 Final Exam, I am going to use some of the examples on these worksheets.

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This is a great site to refer to for details about the Pope's visit to the US in September.

The benefits of gripping and moving a pen or pencil reach beyond communication. Emerging research shows that handwriting increases brain activity, hones fine motor skills, and can predict a child's academic success in ways that keyboarding can't.

or better yet, have students use it to make one for their friends!

My students have been using Spelling City for 3 years. I highly recommend an account to help them study on their own.