Reading is Access... and Writing is Power!
About My Writing Coach
Our History in SBCUSD
Our History in SBCUSD
Our History in SBCUSD
My Writing Coach was created in 2015-16 in collaboration with educators, many of whom are part of the SBCUSD teaching core and leadership. We support all students as they accelerate their journey to literacy.
It is a supplemental support tool that offers comprehensive writing composition platform includes on-line writing tasks in the ar
My Writing Coach was created in 2015-16 in collaboration with educators, many of whom are part of the SBCUSD teaching core and leadership. We support all students as they accelerate their journey to literacy.
It is a supplemental support tool that offers comprehensive writing composition platform includes on-line writing tasks in the areas that are evaluated by the CDE via the SBAC and the ELPAC assessments.
The Super Six
Our History in SBCUSD
Our History in SBCUSD
My Writing Coach focuses on the targeted standards assessed via writing on the SBAC.
We call them The Super Six.
Main Idea
Inference
Theme
Revision
Research
Full Writes (Performance Tasks)
Main idea, inference, and theme are reading comprehension standards. Imagine how reading and writing will improve when you focus on writing!
A tip: The perfor
My Writing Coach focuses on the targeted standards assessed via writing on the SBAC.
We call them The Super Six.
Main Idea
Inference
Theme
Revision
Research
Full Writes (Performance Tasks)
Main idea, inference, and theme are reading comprehension standards. Imagine how reading and writing will improve when you focus on writing!
A tip: The performance tasks are repeated main idea tasks that synthesize the information from each source. Follow the directions for the type of writing, and BAM!
The ELPAC Eight
Our History in SBCUSD
The ELPAC Eight
The ELPAC Eight are the types of writing that 3rd grade and above students will be expected to compose on the ELPAC.
Describe a Picture (4 types)
Write About an Experience
Write About Academic Information (2 types)
Justify an Opinion
My Writing Coach also includes all K-2 ELPAC Writing tasks with teacher scripts for practice.
My Writing Coach LIVE!
My Writing Coach LIVE! is a model of instruction that includes three key participants: a writing teacher, a classroom teacher, and a class of students. The classroom teacher facilitates the lesson in-person while the writing teacher delivers expert instruction via a scheduled weekly Zoom.
Our approach allows for the best of both professional development without teachers leaving the classroom and writing expert initial direct instruction for students.
Wonders Writing Aligned LIVE! Lessons 3rd-6th Grade Units 1-3
- Narrative
- Informative
- Opinion/Argument