News and musings from the IEW Blog Team https://iew.com en All rights reserved https://iew.com/support/blog/practice-style-writing-across-curriculum   As a co-op teacher, I would often roam the classroom at the end of our time together, overseeing the different levels of tasks assigned to my students. This was an important time when I could observe them attempting their own key word outlines (KWOs) or smirking as they jotted down a creative dress-up. I could give them some one-on-one attention before they went home to complete the Assignment Schedule on their own. While most IEW Method Practice Style with Writing Across the Curriculum Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Blog RSS the IEW Blog Team https://iew.com/support/blog/supporting-thriving-writing-culture   What do schools, sourdough bread, and yogurt all have in common? Culture! Anyone who has dabbled in making homemade sourdough bread or yogurt knows that feeding and tending the starter is essential to a delicious end product. In the same way, school administrators are keepers of the school culture. As AI encroaches on all areas of education, administrators worry students will lose the ability to write. At IEW we share this concern. As a IEW Method Supporting a Thriving Writing Culture Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Blog RSS the IEW Blog Team https://iew.com/support/blog/support-students-with-IEW-writing-companion One of the first things I tell my IEW students at the beginning of the year is “I am going to teach you to write, but I am also going to teach you to follow directions.” That may sound like two different goals, but in IEW they go hand in hand. IEW Writing Companion supports students as they learn the importance of following directions. IEW teaches writing with a checklist. Students are not simply told Writing Support Students with IEW Writing Companion Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Blog RSS the IEW Blog Team https://iew.com/support/blog/using-story-sequence-chart-unit-3 IEW teaches students to write with structure and with style. Style includes vocabulary. Structure is the elements found in compositions. Throughout the year students progress through nine structural units.  After three to four weeks of building a strong foundation with Unit 1: Note Making and Outlines and Unit 2: Writing from Notes, advance to Unit 3: Retelling Narrative Stories. In this unit students summarize a narrative story in three paragraphs. In the process they learn IEW Method Using the Story Sequence Chart with Unit 3 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Blog RSS the IEW Blog Team https://iew.com/support/blog/encouraging-creativity-with-story-sequence-chart   Asking questions and providing answers is the first step in creative writing. In Unit 3: Retelling Narrative Stories, students use the Story Sequence Chart to guide them in asking questions and recording notes. The bulk of the information for the KWO will not be found in the source text but in the mind. To be creative is to use the imagination, which at its root means to form a picture. How do you get Writing Encouraging Creativity with the Story Sequence Chart Thu, 01 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Blog RSS the IEW Blog Team https://iew.com/support/blog/IEW-advantage-schools-educational-consultant   Meet our Schools Department Managers, Jeff Nease and Erica Nease. They lead their team to support school teachers and administrators in thousands of schools across the country and around the world. While IEW has a firmly established reputation in homeschooling circles, our Schools Department continues to grow year after year. Currently, thousands of schools from all around the world purchase their language arts curriculum from IEW. Choosing a writing curriculum is an important decision Teacher 101 The Value of Connecting with the Schools Department Thu, 24 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Blog RSS the IEW Blog Team https://iew.com/support/blog/clarity-resources-streaming-with-IEW   Weekly IEW’s customer service team receives calls, chats, and emails asking about the correct way to use, stream, and teach IEW materials. We are so thankful for the fidelity of our customers, who want to uphold the copyright policies of our trademarks, our Structure and Style method, and our physical content. In pursuit of this goal, our copyright policy page begins with a recounting of the basic copyright details that you can find on IEW Method Clarity and Resources for Streaming with IEW Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Blog RSS the IEW Blog Team https://iew.com/support/blog/writing-the-paper-unit2 IEW teaches students to write with structure and with style. Style includes vocabulary. Structure is the elements found in compositions. Throughout the year students progress through nine structural units. After one, two, or maybe three lessons of Unit 1: Note Making and Outlines, students are ready for Unit 2: Writing from Notes. In Unit 2 students learn how to write a paragraph using the key word outline (KWO). Although this sounds simple, it is important IEW Method Writing a Paper with Unit 2 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Blog RSS the IEW Blog Team https://iew.com/support/blog/teachers-do-the-assignment   Teachers have a lot on their plates. As a result, it is imperative that they spend their time on practices that will be of the most benefit to their students. One of these practices is doing some of the assignments they give to their students. Before you write this off, please read on and allow me to make my case for the practical benefits and transformational blessings that result from this simple habit. When Teacher 101 Teachers, Do the Assignment Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Blog RSS the IEW Blog Team https://iew.com/support/blog/best-investment-almost-wasted   “Wow, that’s a big investment.” Whenever I see this comment online, I am compelled to jump in and offer my story.  It began in the early 2000s. Although I had yet to hear of IEW, I first experienced their method while I was a music major in college. Recognizing my heart for teaching, my piano instructor encouraged me to learn the Suzuki Method. Part of that training entailed a crash course called “Every Child Homeschooling The Best Investment I Almost Wasted Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Blog RSS the IEW Blog Team