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Writing STAAR™ Essays

Writing STAAR™ Essays

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Writing PD with an eye on STAAR™. OPEN enrollment. View / Print Brochure & Registration Form. El Paso, TX. A one-day workshop walking through the process of writing STAAR™ essays. PLUS The 4th Grade STAAR Essay digital (online) modules. Workshop: November 9, 2017,...
Snippety Grammar 4 Editing STAARs

Snippety Grammar 4 Editing STAARs

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Grammar PD with an eye on STAAR™. It’s called SNIPPETY because it is grammar snippets in mini-lessons and bite-sized practices using anchor lessons and anchor charts daily rituals and routines to develop editing skills. Applying grammar knowledge and practicing...

Snippety Grammar 4 Editing STAARs

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OPEN enrollment. View / print flyer and registration form. El Paso, Texas. It’s called SNIPPETY because it is grammar snippets in mini-lessons and bite-sized practices using anchor lessons and anchor charts daily rituals and routines to develop editing skills....
Putting Pen to Paper

Putting Pen to Paper

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Poetry Friday : March 10, 2017. Slice of Life March Challenge. No. 10. I read the words of Mary Gordon, shared by Maria Popova. So many phrases resonated with me. They danced on the page and played like music in my mind. I wanted to capture them; I wanted to remember...
Haiku – Haiga – Tanka

Haiku – Haiga – Tanka

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Poetry Friday : December 12, 2016. It was just past 5 AM; sunrise was more than two hours away, and the temperature hovered just above freezing. Like a shroud, fog wrapped itself around everything. While family slumbered, I stepped onto my back porch to experience a...