Subject-Savvy Writers:
Excel Across the Curriculum
Hi parents!
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Subject-savvy writers understand that language is key to success in all subjects. This short course targets three essential skills that underpin writing success across all subjects:
- Understanding which curriculum concepts will be assessed.
- The ability to recall and work with these concepts using appropriate subject-specific language.
- Effective writing habits to use this language in assessment tasks.
Each of the three lessons in this short course provides practical tips to help identify the key concepts your child needs to understand. Gather powerful subject-specific language using a custom-designed scaffold. Engage inย hands-on activities to cultivate effective writing habits, allowing students to demonstrate their full potential across all subject areas.
How does it work?
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This course serves as both a support system for your child's success in classroom assessment tasks and as an extracurricular program to enrich literacy skills.
Here are the steps to get started:
- Subscribe and click through the bite-sized lessons with your child.
- Download and print the custom-designed scaffold attached to the lessons to capture student learning.
- Bookmark your place as you go.
- Jump back in where you left off ... anywhere, anytime and on any device.
No expertise required! If you can read and navigate this website, you will have no trouble navigating this course.
What does it cost?
Single student license
Free!
Access this course for 3 months from date of purchase.
This short course is free to provide all students with a valuable head start in gathering subject-specific language and developing the skills to use this language to excel with classroom assessments. It also serves as an opportunity for those who may be interested to try the TeacherTalk platform before embarking on our signature writing courses.
