Utah write

We are preparing for the DWA test. This is a persuasive writing exam given to fifth grade students. To prepare for this exam, fifth graders are given access to a great resource. It's a website called Utah write. The address is www.utahwrite.com. The username is your student's legal name. They will need to type first then last name with a period between. It must be all lowercase with no spaces. The password is write. For example: username: annelise.slater Password: write. There are a few variations with some longer names. All students visited the site today and should remember exactly how they logged on. Please feel free to use this site to help your student improve their writing. There are various writing prompts and valuable lessons. Once they've typed their response, they are scored instantly and can revise their writing to get a better score. We will be using it weekly in the computer lab as well. Anything they do at home on this site will help them become better writers.