I Can... Read more in front of kids with read alouds.

Use the first chapter of books/series for minilessons...

Character intros
Setting
Intro of the problem/conflict
Sequence
Causes that lead to effects

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I Can... Update my blog no matter where I am: whenever/where ever inspiration strikes. In context!!

Writing is self expression.
A THEME is not a summary.
A theme is a sentence, a complete thought.
"Write the truest sentence you know!" Hemingway
Universal truth bubbles up from beliefs, truths that have been passed down.

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