38. Should You Use Sentence Starters in Kindergarten Writing

Should kindergarteners use sentence starters when they’re learning to write? Sentence starters can be a helpful scaffold for beginning writers, especially when they’re paired with a picture, but we don’t want students to become so dependent on them that they don’t know what to write when the sentence starter disappears. In this episode, we’re talking about how sentence starters fit into kindergarten writing instruction, why they can make writing more manageable for beginning writers, and the ...