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On January 20th Kamala Harris was sworn-in as vice president of the United States alongside President Joe Biden. We have recently published resources on LearningGrids to help your students write and talk about this important event in U.S. history.
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Recently we were asked about using Clicker alongside Talk for Writing in our Clicker Community Facebook group. I answered with some suggestions, but I felt it was such a good topic it would be beneficial to write up some ideas in more detail for each stage of the Talk for Writing approach.
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Recently we were asked about using Clicker alongside Talk for Writing in our Clicker Community Facebook group. I answered with some suggestions, but I felt it was such a good topic it would be beneficial to write up some ideas in more detail for each stage of the Talk for Writing approach.
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We have some great resources on LearningGrids to help children to understand and write about the causes and consequences of various natural disasters.
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Our team have been working really hard on a new feature in response to customer feedback: a quick and easy way to see the new resources that have been published each month.
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We spoke with Emma Gorton about how Clicker is helping the children at Micklehurst Primary School to become more successful writers.
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If you’re looking to support your students in extending and improving their writing, here are a few ways that you can use Word Banks in Clicker and Wordbars in DocsPlus to help.
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Our new DocsPlus Universal licensing system makes it easier than ever for you to provide your students with the reading and writing support they need.
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We have some fantastic festive-themed resources for your younger learners in the Christmas section on LearningGrids.
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Some recent online discussions explored how to make creative writing exercises more accessible for children with literacy difficulties. Here are some examples I came up with of how you could use different Clicker Sets to support children.
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‘Low-stakes testing' is enjoying a recent resurgence in the wake of COVID-19 school closures and children’s lost learning and educational gaps. Here's some examples of how you might use Clicker.
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We recently spoke with Erika Lye about the incredible impact Clicker 8 is having on the children at Mountain Movers.