Karen Filewych

Karen has over twenty-five years of educational experience as a teacher, school administrator, and language arts consultant. She enjoys sharing her love of literacy with teachers and students. She is now booking professional development for teachers for the 2025-2026 school year. She is fully booked for residencies!

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"When teaching grade one I noticed how language — specifically learning to read and write — empowered students. This idea has captivated me since. Join me in my quest to change the world through words."
-Karen Filewych


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The Power of Shared Writing

To support writers of all levels, be sure to engage in shared writing experiences on a regular basis. As you and the students decide what to write, you have the opportunity to model the writing process. You can reinforce phonics knowledge, morphology, spacing between words, and conventions such as capitalization and punctuation. You can also talk about word choice including transition words to support the organization of ideas. You can model the habit of reading over what has been written (inviting students to read with you) and make revisions as needed.

Shared writing builds confidence by providing a scaffolded experience. When this instructional practice begins in Kindergarten and continues throughout the grade levels, students feel empowered when putting their own pencil to paper.

With your pen in hand, think aloud. You will likely support more students than you realize!

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