Heard about "Mentor Sentences?" Getting started with Writer's Notebooks? Here is a quick getting started guide and several printable Writer's Notebook options. Once you’ve developed a plan to use a writer’s notebook it’s time to infuse some meaningful grammar minilessons into the mix. After studying Jeff Anderson’s Patterns of Power, the framework for using mentor sentences to teach grammar just makes sense! I’ve put a fun weekly writing routine spin on this plan and infused lots of opportuniti
Little Elf, Little Elf What Do You See? A cute spin on the popular "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" story for the holiday season. Students can engage in fun, predictable shared reading with this text. Use for shared reading, reading groups, writer's workshop for illustrating, and to build on use of rhyme. This product comes in three different formats: Color copy, black and white, and without illustrations. Variety of Uses:Color Copy - use for read aloud or project for larger whole group participationBl
Getting started with Writer's Notebooks? Heard about "Mentor Sentences?" Here is a quick getting started guide and several printable Writer's Notebook options. Like what you see? Check out the FREEBIE Grammar Minilessons Using Mentor Sentences and Grammar Mentor Sentences | Grammar Mini-lessons | Daily Writing Routine resources in my store! Happy Writing!
Favorite practices: focusing on engaging topics to facilitate higher level thinking, cooperative learning, phonics skills based reading instruction, research, interactive read alouds, small group instruction, hands-on learning, SIOP for ELL students
My own education history
BS in Early Childhood Education
Masters in Teaching English Learners
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