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In this volume, the authors demonstrate how to use mentor texts to teach grammar to students in kindergarten through sixth grade and embed grammar instruction into units in the writing workshop classroom. They align their units with the text types and purposes in the Common Core State Standards--narrative units, informational units, and opinion writing units--and offer a unit on conversations about grammar and conventions. They discuss the use of wordless books as a scaffold for writing fiction; teaching description, compare/contrast, and procedural writing in relation to informational texts; teaching grammar using book reviews and shared opinions about subjects; and whole-class conversations about grammar using mentor texts, one-one-one conferences about grammar and mechanics, and ways to assess student growth. The units include strategies for classroom management or teaching writing and explaining grammatical terms in plain language, as well as writing lessons. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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If you are a teacher of grades K-6, you might be asking, "Shoud I teach grammar in my class on a daily basis? How would I go about doing this? And how can I teach grammar so it isn't boring to my kids?" In Grammar Matters, Lynne Dofman and Diane Dougherty answer these questions and more. Using mentor texts as the cornerstone for how best to teach grammar, this book provides teachers with almost everything they need to get kids not only engaged but excited about learning grammar. Divided into four parts--Narrative Writing, Informational Writing, Opinion Writing, and Grammar Conversations--this hand reference provides practical teaching tips, assessment ideas, grammar definitions, and specific mentor texts to help students learn about parts of speech, idoms, usage issues, and punctuation. Through "Your Turn Lessons," conversations, conferences, and drafting, revising, and editing exercies, students will learn not only specific concepts but also how to reflect upon and transfer what they have learned to other writing tasks, no matter the subject. The "Treasure Chest of Children's Books" provides an extensive list of both fiction and nonfiction books that fit naturally into grammar instruction. Eight appendices provide even more resources, including information on homophones, using mentor texts to teach grammar and conventions, checklists, comma rules, help for ELL students, and a glossary of ramar terms.Grammar Matters links instruction to the Common Core State Standards and features quality, classroom-tested tools that help teachers provide their students with the gifts of grammar and literacy.
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