Jayna Morrow

With a background in ESL, I truly understand the importance of mentor sentences and sentence stems to teach students how to become better writers through modeling and practicing great writing. This technique is based on those principles. I teach my students the following format for writing essays at the 4th grade level: Introduction: Hook Target Sentence Body Paragraph 1: Topic Sentence 1 Detail Detail Detail Personal Connection Body Paragraph 2: Topic Sentence 2 Detail Detail Detail Perso

These detail sentence flashcards are perfect for students with Autism or those who struggle coming up with details for a topic. All they have to do is flip to a card and it will prompt them to create a sentence of that type. Over time, students will learn to do this independently. These are the same kinds of questions you would ask your student if they raised a hand to tell you that they "can't think of anything to say." How many times have you gone over to a student and asked them questions tha

This simple quiz is perfect to check for knowledge of the six traits of writing. I created this quick quiz to use after introducing the 6 traits of writing.

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled readers. Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? You can easily adapt the questions for any reader. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Use this graphic to inform parents about the flex file organization system. You can send home on paper, upload to Remind, and post in your Google classrooms.

This blank web graphic organizer was approved by TEA for use on the 4th Grade STAAR Writing test for students who are able to have blank graphic organizers.

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader. Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? The questions can easily be adapted for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader, "A Leader for All." Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? Be sure to get a copy of the general format pages for each DRA2 level that you can easily adapt for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader, "A Leader for All." Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? Be sure to get a copy of the general format pages for each DRA2 level that you can easily adapt for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader. Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? The questions can easily be adapted for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader, "A Leader for All." Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? Be sure to get a copy of the general format pages for each DRA2 level that you can easily adapt for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader. Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? The questions can easily be adapted for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader, "A Leader for All." Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? Be sure to get a copy of the general format pages for each DRA2 level that you can easily adapt for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader. Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? The questions can easily be adapted for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader. Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? The questions can easily be adapted for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader. Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? The questions can easily be adapted for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader. Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? The questions can easily be adapted for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader, "A Leader for All." Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? Be sure to get a copy of the general format pages for each DRA2 level that you can easily adapt for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled readers. Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? You can easily adapt the questions for any reader. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!

Worksheet with DRA2-style questions for the Journeys leveled reader. Use this page to teach metacognitive strategies, predicting and questions before reading, and inferencing and summarizing after reading your leveled readers. Don't have the Journeys leveled readers? The questions can easily be adapted for the readers you have. Check out my website at www.jaynamorrow.com!