Explore research on handwriting automaticity and sentence construction, plus strategies to improve writing instruction across grades K–3.

I’ve previously published a series on teachers’ favorite lessons for ELL newcomers. Now, it’s time to do the same for intermediate ELLs. Maria Cruz teaches English for speakers of other languages at ...

An independent clause is basically a complete sentence; it can stand on its own and make sense. An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a ...

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A run‐on sentence is two or more independent clauses joined together with insufficient punctuation. This means that there are two or more complete sentences fused into one sentence. Use a colon: a ...