How do we encourage our students to apply their learning beyond isolation? How do we ensure that our grammar lessons and focus lessons continue to be recognized by our students? When I arrived to Mary Jacob’s 3rd grade classroom, they were doing read aloud. While reading The One and Only Ivan, similes were jumping out … More Mentor Sentences- Day 4
Invitation to Revise Focus Lesson: Figurative Language-Simile Good writers use all kinds of craft when they write so that it’s interesting to the reader. This mentor sentence has a beautiful example of figurative language. Figurative language can be tricky, but it makes writing so beautiful! When we speak, we use different expressions to explain ourselves, … More Mentor Sentences- Day 3
Invitation to Recognize Parts of Speech Focus Lesson: Past Tense Verbs This is the time when we can actually focus on the grammar from within the mentor sentence. This text had several different usages for past tense verbs and was a great example to demonstrate to the children that verbs can be changed several … More Mentor Sentences- Day 2
We’ve been grappling with the best way to teach grammar for some time now. Traditional methods with workbooks, worksheets and skill and drill, have become mundane. This year, my colleague Mary Jacob (@3rdGradeHarris) has revised her grammar instruction and is using Mentor Sentences to teach. Ideas By Jivey (@ideasbyjivey) has a great resource available on … More Teaching Grammar with Mentor Sentences
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