Learn'Em Good Writing gives parents the tools to help their child improve writing skills at home.
From a certified teacher and founder of an online tutoring website-a simple and effective guide for parents and students to learn writing at home. Over and over, studies show that parental involvement results in better grades, higher test scores, and better chances on future academic success. Tutoring has proven to be an effective way to improve grades. But, few parents realize that they can, in fact, be their child's best tutor. It's Stuart Ackerman's goal to get parents to understand curriculum documents to help their own children at home. Ackerman - who has been a regular guest on radio and television - gives families the tools they need to 'self-tutor' their own children. The book gives parents practical and fun writing ideas for their children at home. Learn'Em Good also makes it easy for parents to understand what teachers are looking for when marking and assessing writing. Parents will learn how to easily help their children with writing assignments at home. This book also has a bonus section containing the most important writing lessons from Tutorgiant.com. Inside this book, you will find a 50% off code for any Tutorgiant.com membership.
Excerpt
Learn’Em Good
Idea #1
Create a Family Dinner Menu
Let your child create and write the menu for a family dinner while you do the cooking. Help your child spell out the difficult words or get your child to use a dictionary. You can have your child write a menu for one meal or for an entire week of meals. Your child can even help you with the grocery shopping! Make sure you show your child the format of a menu in advance (e.g. a delivery menu that you have in a drawer).
What to Look For
For younger kids, look for proper spelling and capital letters. Older students should add in adjectives (descriptive words) to make the food ‘sound’ more appetizing (e.g. succulent). Make sure your child organizes the food into sections (e.g. appetizer, entrée, dessert).
Connections to the Curriculum
• spelling
• organization
• media literacy (creating a menu)
• word choice (i.e. using descriptive words)
• grammar (adjectives)
At last, a version of Simple Steps to Sentence Sense for younger students and those whose native language is not English. Students can learn to analyze sentences in 5 easy steps.
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