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Registration: Celebrate Language and Accelerate Literacy – Summer Institute

By admin | Jan 7, 2020 | Comments Off on Registration: Celebrate Language and Accelerate Literacy – Summer Institute

July 29 & 30, 2020 | Salem, OR Fill out the following registration form and submit payment directly and securely from our site. You will receive a confirmation letter with details for the seminar. If registering for other teachers, you are responsible for forwarding the confirmation letter to each of them. ** TO BE REGISTERED YOU […]

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Joyful and Systematic Ways to Build Kindergarten Narrative Writing

By admin | Nov 20, 2019 | Comments Off on Joyful and Systematic Ways to Build Kindergarten Narrative Writing

Overview of a Comprehensive Kindergarten Writing Model Why do we value the Common Core writing standards? All Kindergartners Can Develop Stamina for Personal Narrative We raised our expectations, developed accelerated learning strategies, involved Parents as Partners, gave children crystal-clear learning targets, and became skilled teachers of beginning writing. The result? Learning to write in kindergarten […]

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FREE Resources from Nellie Edge

17 FREE Resources from Nellie Edge

By admin | Sep 12, 2019 | Comments Off on 17 FREE Resources from Nellie Edge

 We love to search Pinterest for the best kindergarten writing and early learning resources we can find to share with you our Nellie Edge seminar participants and online friends.

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Registration: Writing Workshop #1

By admin | Aug 15, 2019 | Comments Off on Registration: Writing Workshop #1

April 18, 2020 | Salem, OR Fill out the following registration form and submit payment directly and securely from our site. You will receive a confirmation letter with details for the seminar. If registering for other teachers, you are responsible for forwarding the confirmation letter to each of them. ** TO BE REGISTERED YOU MUST SUBMIT […]

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Our Favorite Back-To-School Blogs

By admin | Aug 8, 2019 | Comments Off on Our Favorite Back-To-School Blogs

Favorite Back-To-School Blogs for Kindergarten and Pre-K Teachers

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Family Learning Calendar by Nellie Edge- Kindergarten Classroom

Why Kindergarten Parents Deserve a Family-Friendly Learning Calendar

By admin | Aug 1, 2019 | Comments Off on Why Kindergarten Parents Deserve a Family-Friendly Learning Calendar

What could YOUR family-friendly calendar look like? Why does it matter? “Parents as Partners” multiplies your teaching effectiveness! Our work in establishing and supporting meaningful family learning traditions is some of the most important work kindergarten teachers do. We do NOT believe in giving families tedious busy work to do at home. We DO believe […]

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Registration: How to Teach Kindergarten-Friendly Handwriting

By admin | Jul 23, 2019 | Comments Off on Registration: How to Teach Kindergarten-Friendly Handwriting

Saturday, September 28, 2019 in Salem, Oregon Fill out the following registration form and submit payment directly and securely from our site. You will receive a confirmation letter with details for the seminar. If registering for other teachers, you are responsible for forwarding the confirmation letter to each of them. ** TO BE REGISTERED YOU MUST […]

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Guest Blogger, Heather Cacak

By admin | Jul 16, 2019 | Comments Off on Guest Blogger, Heather Cacak

Hello! My name is Heather Cacak, and I am honored to be a guest blogger on Nellie’s blog. Today’s blog post will focus on what seems like one simple component of the writing workshop time frame, but it’s really how I manage to get my students writing authentically and independently each day.

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Joyful Accelerated Literacy with High-Frequency Sight Words: We Call Them “Heart Words!”

By Nellie Edge | Jun 19, 2019 | Comments Off on Joyful Accelerated Literacy with High-Frequency Sight Words: We Call Them “Heart Words!”

A Preview of Nellie Edge Online Seminar #3. Among the highest impact strategies documented in our Kindergarten Writing and the Common Core program, our “heart words” strategies are the most powerful for building writing stamina and fluency! Writing “heart word” sentences builds the reading brain.

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Kindergarten-Friendly Handwriting: 10 Keys to Success

By admin | May 14, 2019 | Comments Off on Kindergarten-Friendly Handwriting: 10 Keys to Success

Settling-In Time Sets the Emotional Tone for the Day: Developing Friendship, Responsibility, Self-Motivation, and Collaboration Skills

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