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Multigenre research projects affirm students' home cultures while developing important academic skills consistent with the Common Core State Standards in reading and writing. This book will guide teachers in assigning, scaffolding, and assessing multigenre research assignments, including how to choose a topic, pace the work, and keep writers on track to achieve specific goals. Chapters are arranged by topic with each containing a description of the educational rationale for the topic, an introductory activity that serves as an inspiration for students in selecting a topic, and field-tested minilessons with step-by-step instructions. All the traditional elements of a research paper—quotations from experts, works cited, explanation, synthesis, and analysis—are brought to life as students animate information with emotion and imagination. An additional chapter describes how teachers have adapted this project for other subjects, such as social studies, science, and literature. Book Features: Prompts focused on home culture, inclusive model texts, and support for diverse language proficiencies. Correlations between writing skills and the Common Core State Standards, including academic citation and reading historical documents and other nonfiction texts. Practical management strategies for teaching large writing projects, including prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, and publishing. Publication options that include everything from paper-crafting to multimodal composition. A companion website with downloadable handouts and additional teaching strategies.
No kidding, this is a collection of grammar lessons that teachers and students will love! Poems by Jack Prelutski, Shel Silverstein, and others who take a playful approach to language introduce each grammar concept--from parts of speech to sentence construction and agreement. Lessons include an engaging modeled writing activity, provide helpful ways to explain grammar concepts to students, and support student understanding with hands-on extension activities that appeal to all types of learners.
Acclaimed author Karen Hesse's Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma. Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the bleak landscape of Oklahoma -- and in the surprising landscape of her own heart.
Teaching grammar is easy and entertaining with this special collection of lively "learn-the-rule" poems, companion mini-lessons, and engaging practice sheets! Each reproducible poem foucses on a key topic—parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, etc.—and is so compelling your students will really master these essential rules once and for all. A great way to reach and teach children of all learning styles! For use with Grades 3-6.
This book is designed to give an introduction to the eight parts of speech. There are eleven poems included. Each poem is written to help the student identify the different parts of speech and to anchor the concept into memory. Spending time reading, chanting, writing, singing, drawing, coloring, and reviewing the poems is important for retention. The first day a poem is introduced, you will see it illustrated by the author. Spend a great deal of time reading, coloring, and chanting it. Have fun! The next page is another copy of the poem with no illustration. This page will be used for the student to illustrate the poem over time. You will see in the following pages directions for "Poem Work." These pages will be found throughout the book with a clipboard edge. The student will enjoy the process of sketching, over lining, and coloring the poems as he or she progresses through the book. If the student forgets the difference between two parts of speech, direct the student back to the poem to refresh memory. This is an important part of studying and learning.The student will also be engaging in many sorting tasks. The student will cut out words, sort and manipulate, and record the sorts on the pages provided. Students will save their words in a Ziploc bag to use for a few days at a time. The student will be notified at the end of the page when it is time to throw away the words.
Common Core State Standards for Grade 6: Language Arts Instructional Strategies and Activities is designed to help teachers address Common Core standards using effective, research-based instructional strategies in combination with ready-to-use activities.
