DGP Blogs

Brain research in the past 15 years has shown that drawing is even more effective than notetaking at aiding with memory, understanding, and overall brain engagement because drawing goes beyond just parroting back what we’ve read. Turning words into visual images requires us to restructure the content into something new, and that depth of thinking creates more active readers. This blog post provides practical strategies for connecting reading and drawing for students of all ages!

DGP creator Dawn Burnette walks teachers through easy-to-incorporate writing strategies for introducing and reinforcing grammar, usage, and mechanics standards for all grade levels. While this video was created with Georgia's new GUM standards in mind, the strategies can benefit all teachers!

Sentence diagramming is a graphic organizer that helps students make sense of sentence structure. Used as one of many analytical tools, as in Daily Grammar Practice, it can greatly impact writing skills and even reading skills as well.

Even if you’ve used DGP and/or DRP before in your physical classroom, instruction probably looks a little different for you this year. Many teachers have emailed or called to ask about making DGP and DRP effective in a virtual classroom, and you have plenty of options!

DGP Academy instructional videos walk you through every day of DGP! Never be confused about grammar again. Dawn explains why the answers are what they are, she provides insight into usage issues, and she even pronounces unusual names and defines difficult vocabulary words. Grammar just got easier!