Jennifer Belcher

2. Teach the Strategy

I was trained 10 years ago when my school participated as a pilot school for sentence and paragraph writing strategies.

  • January 13, 2017 at 3:54 PM
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I had to follow scripts beginning with Fundamental Sentence Writing. I was observed by trainers and administration, at that time, implementing in class. I had to complete student folders and bring them in addition to student samples to meetings. That year our writing assessment skills improved with only a few months of use. I have continued to use fundamental & proficiency sentence writing as well as paragraph writing since then. I would not teach without them!

Mercer County once had several trainers. Now, we only have one, Dr. Nancy Burton, who I am working with to earn micro credentials. I do not want our schools to lose access to SIM.