When teaching writing, we often find ourselves asking children to use stronger, more powerful, verbs. In this short article, I look at the impact of using strong verbs, how we can model their use to children, and share some examples of strong verbs we can use in our writing sessions.

What is guided writing?

We answer some of the questions we’re most frequently asked by teachers.

Modelling in its broadest sense is one of the most powerful tools we have in our teacher toolkits. It’s the epitome of an expert showing a novice how to do something and thereby moving them towards expertise themselves. In this article we look at modelled and shared writing as tools you can use to improve children’s writing.

A range of approaches to support you as you model writing to children in KS1 and KS2.