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I just used The Institute for Excellence in Writing Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization program to make handwriting practice pages for my daughter’s handwriting workbox this year. I am so excited to finally have handwriting content that will hold her interest and have purpose. She’s my “funny bunny” of the three and enjoys everything laced with humor. Thus, I used poems like “Ooey Gooey” and “Rebecca, Who Slammed Doors for Fun and Perished Miserably” by Hillaire Belloc. I also added “Be Glad Your Nose is On Your Face” by Jack Prelutsky to round out the 23 weeks of lessons. I printed 4 of each lesson, so she will practice the same poem for 4 days in a row, and we will practice them out loud along the way as well. I am so thrilled with these pages, I just had to share. We’re using Pre-Cursive slanted font at this time. You can download them for your own family use below.

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Alright, I did it again, only this time in Modern Cursive. Have fun!

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Bonus: “After the Party” by William Wise

After the Party

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Notebook Set Up 2010

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Registration for Fall 2010 Elementary Classes in the Twin Cities is now open.

2010-2011 Calendar (all classes)
Fall: September 7 through December 20, 2010
Spring: January 12 through April 26, 2011

Classes will be held at the following times in the these locations:

Roseville
Level 1 Grades 4ish-7ish
Mondays Hour 1 – 10AM to 11AM

Level 2 Grades 5-7 (for students who have successfully completed Level 1)
Mondays Hour 2 – 11:15AM to 12:15AM

St. Michael
Level 1 Grades 4ish-7ish
Wednesdays Hour 4 – 2:45PM to 3:45PM

For more information about Elementary Classes, click here.

To register, click here.

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to Ms. B’s Blog. Sit back and enjoy the cream of the crop in student writing!

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Writing Foundations is a tutor-led writing program designed to build a solid foundation of powerful writing skills for students ages ten and up. Using the principles of the Institute for Excellence in Writing, students experience and practice the structure and style of quality written work through stylistic exercises, outlines, drafts, revisions, grammar lessons, games, and much more. Writing Foundations offers classes locally in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area and world wide via Online Courses.

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