Tag: Writing

Fowlerville takes a fresh look at reading, writing for elementary schoolers

FOWLERVILLE — Elementary students at Fowlerville Community Schools will have a new literacy curriculum this fall, designed to improve foundational and comprehensive skills for reading and writing. The district completed a pilot program this spring, known as the Magnetic Foundations Portfolio. The pilot had initial training sessions, regular student check-ins and professional development opportunities for […]

First graders learning through writing to pen pals

OAKVILLE, Mo. – First grade students at Rogers Elementary School have been focusing their lessons on writing skills, increasing their vocabulary, and strengthening their grammar over several months through writing to pen pals. “They have really loved this project. This has given them a real purpose for their writing and given them a real opportunity […]

Newspaperman, journalism professor, author loved writing

Apr. 12—In Chapter 2 of Dennis Herrick’s 2014 mystery novel “A Brother’s Cold Case,” Andy Cornell, a reporter for an Albuquerque newspaper, is driving to the city police station early on a weekday morning when he sees a homeless man he knows and waves. Andy kept dollar coins in his pocket to give to homeless […]