REVIEWS
From Cathy Duffy's review of Expository Writing:
Students self-evaluate before turning in assignments. The parent/teacher completes a similar scoring rubric for the assignment, and student and teacher then compare their evaluations and discuss discrepancies. This process really encourages students to take more responsibility for completing assignments properly.
Lots of different graphic organizers are provided with the lessons so each lesson seems unique. These visual tools make the writing process easier for visual students who need extra help to develop their creativity, but they also provide interest and variety for everyone.
From Cathy Duffy's review of Creative Writing:
A wide range of creative approaches is used to develop various writing skills. For example, students write a fairy tale from someone other than the main character's point of view to learn how to plot a story and develop a theme. Another assignment asks students to describe an emotion to learn how to write with sensory language. Yet another lesson teaches students how to write dialogue as they write about one of their holiday experiences.
From Cathy Duffy's review of Daily Dazzle:
Daily Dazzles A through E target grades 4 through 8 respectively for daily language arts skill review. Lessons target more than 17 skill areas with 20 activities to be completed each week. Each volume has lessons for 32 weeks.
...quite unlike anything else I've ever seen...[Students] should be able to work independently and rather quickly.
Visit Cathy Duffy's web site for the complete review.
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TESTIMONIALS BY TEACHERS
Dear
Razzle Dazzle Learning Company,
I’m writing to let you know how much I appreciate using your “Daily
Dazzle” 6th grade warm-up program.
As an eleven-year veteran teacher of middle school language arts, I have
used many so-called “warm-up” programs, all with limited success.
They were either too limited in scope or too monotonous to use more than
a few times a week. They also often only related to a few of the State
Standards at best.
“Daily Dazzle” is the program I have been looking for! It
is very comprehensive in scope, covers everything from grammar to spelling,
from analogies to creative writing. It contains a reproducible “Tool
Box” for each student to use as a reference to rules of grammar,
punctuation, and capitalization. Best of all, kids love it because they
are learning and it is fun.
Thanks for your great, easy to use product!
Sincerely,
Steve Young
Colony Middle School
Dear
Razzle Dazzle Learning Company,
I just spent time reviewing your latest book, "Expository Writing" by
Razzle Dazzle, and I almost wish I hadn't retired last
year so I could use it. All of the lessons are great, but the lessons
on writing a research paper are, "Worth their weight in gold!"
I know from using your other books that they make a parent or teacher's
life so much easier because students are able to do the lessons on their
own, and they really do learn the material.
Sincerely,
Barbara
Retired Language Arts Teacher of 25 years
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TESTIMONIALS BY PARENTS
Dear
Razzle Dazzle Learning Company,
Before the Daily Dazzle, Language arts was arduous and unretainable. Nothing
made sense to this eleven year old boy... Not anymore! The Daily Dazzle
steady, predictable, and highly comprehensible structure has moved my
son's knowledge for language skills tremendously. He is an avid user of
the dictionary and thesaurus. He is writing with a solid sentence structure
and considering just the right words now! He is moving towards independence,
confidence, and a love of writing.
We
look forward to another year of this beautiful curriculum. We would also
like to try your writing curriculum. Thanks you so much Razzle Dazzle
Learning Company!
Bettina
Mileur
Home School Parent
Dear
Razzle Dazzle Learning Company,
I
LOVE your Daily Dazzle programs! I have homeschooled since
about 1985 and it is a dream come true. This is my 3rd year using
the Daily Dazzle with my youngest girl and she actually looks forward
to it. She has ADHD and the brief, daily exercises and the variety
really suits her. She gets extremely high Benchmark scores on the
Writing portion and I am convinced that this is one reason why.
Thanks! Sally
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