NEW: Assess Your Current Writing Curriculum

1. Does your child complete their current writing curriculum with ease and mastery?

2. Does your child’s current writing curriculum simply focus on mastery of basic writing skills? (or rather does it include comprehensive writing instruction)

3. Is your child gaining confidence as a writer?

4. Is your child producing quality written work in all of the following aspects of writing?

   a. Does their work contain quality ideas?

   b. Is their work well organized?

   c. Do they write interesting and engaging sentences?

   d. Does your child understand how to apply proper grammar rules when writing?

5. Is your child able to write a composition independently – from start to finish without your help?

6. Is your child developing advanced critical thinking skills to apply to their writing?

7. Is your child writing multiple compositions each semester?

8. Do you as the parent feel confident assessing and giving feedback on your child’s writing?

If you answered “NO” to 3 or more of those questions, we encourage you to join us for a free webinar to learn more about The Write Journey approach to teaching writing. You may find it’s time for a change, and this approach may be perfect for you and your child.

Partnership Opportunities with TWJ

1. FREE – join our social media community: Instagram @thewritejourneycommunity, Facebook page and private Facebook “group”. Look for “The Write Journey Community”

2. Attend a FREE live webinar offered at least once per month to learn about TWJ products and services.

3. Purchase TWJ materials to help equip you to teach writing and literary analysis to your students. Then attend a live webinar to learn how to get the most out of the materials you’ve purchased.

4. Sign your children up for live, virtual “full services” classes. These classes meet once per month for 12 weeks each semester. Well trained instructors provide quality instruction in the following ways:

a. Teach lessons

b. Facilitate quality discussions about literature

c. Assign homework

d. Correct and give individual feedback on homework

e. Partner with parents as needed to provide excellent language arts instruction for all students

5. Sign your children up for live, virtual tutoring. This option may be best if your schedule does not allow for scheduled classes, or if your child has special learning needs.

6. Consider a writing assessment. We will assess a sample of your child’s writing and provide feedback to you. We will assess the following four aspects of your child’s writing: content, organization, style, and grammar.

7. Sign yourself up for our Adult Training Program (ATP). We will train you to bring our quality writing and literary analysis methods to your home or educational community (school, co-op, pod, etc.)

Finally, contact our home office to chat about any other option that you would like to see but do not see listed here. We are here for you and your children. Let us know how you need support developing critical thinking and quality communication in your family and educational community.

Charter School Options

While we are already an approved vendor with many charter schools in Northern California, we would love to become a vendor with YOUR charter school. Or perhaps you live in a state with voucher funds available for educational services. We need your help to get connected with the right people, so we can fill out the applications to partner with your local educational entities that provide financial assistance to families who are educating their children.

In Northern California, we are an approved vendor with several charter schools (see the list below). If we are not yet approved vendors with your charter school, here’s what you can do to get that process started:

1. Contact your charter teacher to let them know we would like to become vendors.

2. Your charter teacher will let you know what process your charter school follows for vendors. They may simply ask you for our website (www.thewritejourney.net), or they may need other information such as a phone number (916-696-1759) and a contact person. Tom Cordell is our bookkeeper/accountant, and he manages all vendor relations correspondence. He can be reached through our home office email: info@thewritejourney.net. As soon as we hear from your charter teacher, we will follow up as they instruct.

3. If you live in a state that offers voucher funds, contact our home office with information about your state’s guidelines for vendors.

We will move forward as quickly as possible, but it may take a few weeks to get approval from your charter school for services. As soon as we get approval, your charter school should cover all our fees.

If you have any questions, please contact our home office for more information about how you can help us, help you, by becoming an approved vendor in your community. We’re excited to be able to partner with educational communities to bring our services to your children.

*Currently, we are partnering as an “Approved Vendor” with the following organizations and charter schools:

Visions in Education

South Sutter Charter School

The Cottonwood School

Horizon Charter School

Forest Charter School

Pacific Charter Institute:

Heritage Peak Charter School

Sutter Peak Charter Academy

Rio Valley Charter School

Valley View Charter Prep

Sequoia Grove Charter Alliance:

Clarksville Charter School

Feather River Charter School

Lake View Charter School

A FEW REASONS TO SAY, "YES" TO ATTENDING THIS YEAR'S HOMESCHOOL CONVENTION

Over the years, I have attended my share of homeschool conventions: sometimes as a parent, and other times as a business owner/vendor. Some years I was excited to attend, and other years I wished I had one more weekend to stay home. Of course either option is valid.

I was glad I attended when:

• I needed to find a new curriculum for a specific subject, and I wanted to get my hands on that material to spend some time perusing it before deciding what to purchase

• I needed some direction from veteran homeschoolers on a specific area of homeschooling that required some decisions

• I wanted to discover a few new ideas to bring life into our homeschool day

• I wanted to find support networks for educational or social purposes

• I just wanted a break from the home routine, and I looked forward to spending time with my friends

What great reasons to attend a homeschool convention! But if none of these reasons resonate with you, perhaps this is a year to stay home. We all know that staying home doesn’t necessarily mean taking it easy and relaxing (although it might). But if you choose to attend a homeschool convention this year, be sure to stop by with your friends and say, “Hi” . We are a relational business, and we love to connect in person whenever possible. We have some great new guides that you might want to take a close look at. We’ll also have some wonderful convention discounts for you. Click on this link in our FAQ to see what conventions we’ll be attending this year. We hope to see you around.

CONNECTIONS THAT BUILD YOU UP

Thanks so, so, so much for taking a few minutes to read our newsletter. With endless information coming at you, I’m grateful you’re here with me for a few minutes.

Existing in community is not an option, yet we feel slammed and pressed from every angle with expectations from the communities we exist within. Is that true for you? Here at The Write Journey our desire is to partner with you to take just a little bit of the pressure that you are experiencing and help you do one or more of the following:

• Get rid of it (because you don’t need it)

• Process it (because it feels confusing)

• Enjoy it (because life is about our journeys)

• Master it (because occasionally some things are worth it)

When it comes to parenting, we wrestle to know which of those responses is appropriate at any given time. If you are a part of a community that gives you the freedom to choose any of the above options, you are blessed. Pour into that community. If you don’t have that type of community, I’m so glad you’re here. Through connections with TWJ, I trust you will find direction, support, information, and freedom to make the choices that work best for you and your children.

Education sits right at the top of the list of most important parental responsibilities. It’s easy to feel alone and overwhelmed. That’s why we are doing what we do: teaching you and your children to be great thinkers, communicators, and writers. These skills often bring success, so we – like you – value them. With TWJ community, you and your children won’t be alone on your journey to becoming great writers. We’re grateful that your educational journey includes connecting with us in community.

Speaking life, Kris