160. 4 Ways to Increase Writing Endurance

The Literacy Dive Podcast: Reading and Writing Strategies for Upper Elementary Teachers and Parents

In last week’s episode, we learned that writing stamina is built over time and includes more than just an amount of time, but when students are actively engaged in a particular writing task. Since having writing stamina can be difficult for students, I wanted to create a series that provided teachers with strategies that improved a student’s writing stamina and developed their writing skills at the same time. So in the second episode in the series, I’m sharing four ways you can increase writing endurance within your students.

In order to increase writing endurance within your students, several things are required from not only your students but yourself as the teacher. Knowing the role you play in increasing their endurance and developing their skills is going to help your students succeed and become independent writers. I share four ways what this can look like in your classroom or literacy block without taking up an extended amount of time or changing your entire curriculum.

Getting your students to write in general can be challenging, but especially for an extended period of time while fully engaged. By implementing these strategies to increase writing endurance, you ensure that students will get the practice they need to positively grow their stamina and skills. Stay tuned to next week’s episode, the last in the series, on how to gradually increase the writing time and complexity of which your students are writing.

Show Notes: https://theliteracydive.com/episode160

Resources Mentioned:

• Daily Writing Disguise
• Creative Writing Activities
• Writing Office Folders
• Writing Reference Helpers
• Writing Process Checklists
• Descriptive Writing Anchor Charts
• Episode 159, Writing Stamina: 6 Challenges Students Face and How to Help Them

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