Help students create stronger sentence openers and improve sentence fluency with these engaging Flip It! Ollie Opener Challenge Cards. Designed to support the Openers and Connectives elements of VCOP, these quick challenges encourage students to manipulate sentence structure by moving the dependent clause to the beginning of the sentence. As they “flip” sentences, students learn…
Looking for a simple way to spark imagination, encourage oral language, and get students writing? Creative Writing Topic Cards provides students with 48 engaging writing prompts designed to inspire creative thinking, storytelling, discussion, and sentence building. Covering a mixture of everyday experiences, fantasy adventures, mysteries, challenges, and imaginative scenarios, these versatile cards can be used…
Looking for a simple, engaging way to help students improve their sentence construction and writer’s voice? Clauses to Uplevel – Power Openers Writing Cards provides students with a collection of simple sentence cards that can be transformed using a variety of powerful writing techniques. Perfect for VCOP lessons, literacy rotations, writing workshops, fast finisher activities,…
Bring energy, excitement, and writer’s voice to your next writing lesson—because when students learn how to vary their sentence beginnings, they learn to write with greater confidence, creativity, and impact! ⚡ Lessons to Excite Your Students to Write – Let’s Power Up!A Ready-to-Teach PowerPoint Lesson for the Classroom Get your students excited about writing with…
This checklist is designed to assist with analysis of information report texts.
This checklist is designed to assist with analysis of information report texts.
Help your students move from short, simple sentences to writing that flows, connects, and makes sense to a reader.
Engage your students in creative writing with the Power Opener Flashcards Set! Discover 21 categories, 78 opener hook examples, and 72 Power Opener Flashcards to help students vary sentence openers and hook their audience effectively.
Engage your students today and let them discover the fun in asking better questions!
Encourage your students to experiment with these hooks and watch their writing become more engaging and expressive. Download the Outstanding Openers Support Card today and give your students the support they need to take their writing to the next level!
This resource makes it easy to celebrate and honor the unique friendships formed in buddy programs while developing students’ writing skills, emotional expression, and kindness. Perfect for your end-of-year or transitional activities!
This Letter Exchange Lesson Bundle offers a unique and personal way to build your students’ writing skills while fostering connections beyond the classroom. Ideal for introducing letter writing in a fun, thoughtful, and meaningful way!
Engage your students with this Letter Writing Lesson Bundle designed to foster meaningful connections and improve writing skills across all year levels.
Student Goal: I can identify and use subordinating conjunctions to create complex sentences.
Help your students grab the audience’s attention with these 7 easy hooks!
Pack 3 in the Oral Language Warm-Up cards is here!
Help your students switch on their brains to learning and start your lessons with oral language.
Help build a language-rich classroom with resources that encourage students to investigate sentence openers.
Effective learning is not possible without reflection, (Boud, Keogh & Walker, 1985).
In order for students to be able to use VCOP to enhance their writing, they first need to be able to identify the different elements in a variety of texts.
This checklist is designed to assist with analysis of narrative texts.
Over 50 lesson ideas to help you to integrate VCOP into your English planners through reading and oral language.
A mix of simple and complex sentences can create a lot of voice in your text, but many students struggle to expand their sentences. Use this poster to explicitly teach LDD and watch how quickly their writing takes off.
The Kids News Selfie Station is the perfect way for students to highlight work they are proud of and to share it with those at home through electronic communications.
There are two types of Big Talk, one is called Breaking News (daily Big Talk) and this can happen multiple times a day as a reflection of learning or an end of the day summary. These question prompts are designed to help promote reflection talk.
Help your students switch on their brains to learning and start your lessons with oral language.
Opener Flash Cards are a great example model for explicitly teaching sentence openers.
Opener Flash Cards are a great example model for explicitly teaching sentence openers.
Opener Flash Cards are a great example model for explicitly teaching sentence openers.
Opener Flash Cards are a great example model for explicitly teaching sentence openers.
Opener Flash Cards are a great example model for explicitly teaching sentence openers.
Opener Flash Cards are a great example model for explicitly teaching sentence openers.
Opener Flash Cards are a great example model for explicitly teaching sentence openers.
Opener Flash Cards are a great example model for explicitly teaching sentence openers.
Opener Flash Cards are a great example model for explicitly teaching sentence openers.
An editable letter to add to your parent packs or school newsletter to explain Big Write, Big Talk, Home Talk, VCOP and what can be done at home.
Did you know you can help at home, and it doesn’t even involve writing? Here are some easy tips to help build your family’s knowledge of VCOP through.
Opener Flash Cards are a great example model for explicitly teaching sentence openers.
Introduce this checklist to your students by explicitly teaching how to analysis each set of skills related to procedural writing.
The VCOP Pyramid mat is designed to be a table support, and game resource to help students enhance their writing or oral language.
