What is "The Writing Rope" and how does it apply to Kindergarten, First, and Second Grade?

[@manjareewijesinghe3026]

Yes! A video on spellings during writing block, please!!!

[@daniellel.5439]

More on individual strands please!! Also please keep in mind that you have a parent audience who are supplementing, like myself, or who are homeschooling. Thank you so much for this resource!!

[@nomoralsnolife]

I love watching your videos. I am learning so much! Thank you so so much

[@saranyanarayanan2629]

Thank you so much for this video!! Your videos have been really helpful. The impact which your videos create in me as a parent is truly inspirational to teach my child in the best possible way. I would also love to see you doing videos on each strand mentioned above as well so that there is better clarity and precision. Thank you so much!!

[@yolandekirton4552]

Yes A video on spelling and handwriting during writing blocks. I can use ALL of these tools.

[@jenniferberglund5856]

Would love to hear your take on each strand in more depth!!

[@jenniferthomas9214]

Yes! Please make a video for each strand!! I love this!!

[@kaylee2531]

I would love alllllll the videos on writing! It’s so hard to find “how to teach writing” information out in the SOR world. I want to REALLY revamp how I teach writing to my 2nd graders next year, so I’d love all the info you’ve got! ❤ im planning on reading the writing rope this summer. I’m halfway through the writing revolution. I’m also going to take the writing course from cox campus. Just doing everything I can to teach it better next year!

[@ChrissyLeppla]

This video came right in time. I'm in a book club for The Writing Rope.

[@leighbrelsford2720]

Love the way you break it down....wish I had known about you when I was working in an IB school that had no specific reading or writing program because - as the director said - "IB is transdisiplinary and reading and writing should be taught within units of inquiry". Thank you again and again

[@kimberlydrake1617]

Thank you so much for this! I love your SJ writing very much. I have been using it for three years now. Our district uses Lucy Caulkins, but I secretly use your writing instead. LC is just to overwhelming for me.

[@amandar7931]

YES! Would love a video on balancing invented spelling and phonics informed spelling

[@kathrynnaughton4787]

Yes, more videos on each strand and how to implement with idea

[@belindadekock85]

17:00 You are so inspiring. Thank you

[@bebrave1622]

Please do make a video for each strand

[@wolverine565]

I would love to see a video on teaching spelling in the writing block.

[@KaraWestbrook-q5t]

Love EVERYTHING you do! I cannot find the Sensory Details chart.

[@priyankagupta2187]

Super informative video really helpful

[@NatalieGonzalez-bd9pz]

I couldn't find the sensory detail anchor chart! can you please share where I can find it? Thank you!

[@wolverine565]

Thank you. This was very helpful!

[@PaulaSalem]

I really enjoyed your information, how can I get the freebies you mentioned?

[@zuryetarivera6272]

I love everything you do❤❤❤

[@brittneyboyer2625]

very interested in learning more about how (or if it's even possible) to utilize these elements with Calkins writers workshop, in my view The Writing Rope and Writing Revolution provides much more explicit instruction starting with sentence formation and that appeals to me much more, would love to hear more about your take and ideas for integrating or if you even feel writers workshop could work with these explicit instructional approaches

[@SusanJonesTeaching]

Oof! These are things I have been pondering for the last few years as I've been researching best practices in writing. My short answer is no, I do not think it is possible to truly teach effective, structured writing within LC's writing workshop. Do I think you could make it your own and add lessons, units, and activities to promote more explicit instruction on sentence structure and handwriting, and grammar, etc.? Yes - but then are we really doing her writing workshop anymore? There are certain parts of the writing workshop approach as a whole (not LC's per se, but the original WW model) that are great and research-backed. Like teaching the writing process, for example. The original lessons I would teach within my WW were very explicit and structured so I would keep that, of course. But there is certainly a lot to be reworked within the popular Calkin's WW! I have really taken The Writing Rope and The Writing Revolution to re-vamp my writing instruction and trying to fuse it with the "good" things from my previous WW (explicit lessons within genres, teaching the writing process - adapted to K-2, of course, using the gradual release model, providing lots of modeling and scaffolds). It's been tricky, but rewarding! I hope that helps explain where my head is at lol!

[@brittneyboyer2625]

Thanks so much, I appreciate your input and I definitely have used many of your resources and value how easily and effectively I can put it into practice.

[@l.j.9855]

I need help with literacy carousel activities please.

[@NormaAguilar-u4h]

I couldn't find the anchor chart for adding details