Today we started to write memoirs. While I’m glad to share the steps leading up to these very-first-inkling drafts, I’d rather just show y’all what they came up with. Here is the mentor text we used. It’s from Knots in My Yo-yo String by Jerry Spinelli. We are using his memoirs as our mentor text…
The Man on the White Horse has been spending a lot of time outside my classroom window lately (not in the road like he did here). He pretty much has the sentence fragment part of his job nailed. The kidlets GET that. Actions verbs? Not bad. Nouns? Meh… Adjectives? Dicey. It’s going well though. He’s doing…
T’was the first day back from a two-week vay-cay. All the punkin’ heads were reading their books. Ms. M. notices A. leafing a little too quickly through his and questions his actions. A. replies, “I’m looking for a hyphenated modifier.” And he was! It’s a good day when one of your little turtle doves learns…
Today’s story is not a silly one, it’s a method I use in class that is successful more often than it is not. A key to the success of any caped teacher is giving the students choices–enough choice to feel they are in control of their learning. I use these reading project cards to do…
In the golden mist of sunset… “…I look at the sky.” “…I was looking at it and went completely blind.” “…was a rainbow.” “…we saw a big rainbow.” “…there was an army of knites (sic) waiting for them.” “…I found my dog.” “…we saw a little rainbow.” “…it started to rain.” “…there was a man…
Truly, I don’t know when I started doing this, if I stole it, or if it helps as much as I think it does, but The Man on the White Horse Series has been an integral part of my grammar curriculum for many years. The Man on the White Horse arrives to give various examples…
Wear The Cape 