Learning how to write sentences can be stressful and frustrating for students. Honestly, there are so many different components to work on. For instance, students must look at correct punctuation, capitalization, and spacing between words. Likewise, they need to look at spelling and sounding out unknown words. On top of all this, the sentence has to make sense. While teachers never want to cause students to feel overwhelmed, learning how to write sentences is crucial. Thankfully, the Sentence Building Worksheets [Read More…]
Math: 5 Steps to a Successful Program
A look at practical solutions for a primary math program.
Today I’m sharing a list of simple but effective changes I made in my classroom to make my math program more successful. Hopefully they will help you, too!
THE PROBLEM…
Does this sound familiar to you?
I’d finish a math lesson, and then before students went off to work, I’d ask if there were any questions. All the little heads would shake no, and everyone seemed happy and confident skipping off to their desks.
HOWEVER…
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Sentences: Building and Self Editing
My students LOVE building sentences with hands-on materials. We are also expected to use activities that can show progress, that are rigorous and that cover many differentiate skills at one time.
During center time, we use lots of different word tiles, word blocks and word puzzles to build sentences.
Hands-On Practice
In addition to this manipulative word work task each day, here are some of the sentence building printables we’ve been doing in class to develop our skills through the school year.
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