Adding details

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Expanding Sentences Anchor Chart and Mini-Lesson

Stretch those writing skills with this "stretch a sentence" activity! Little writers will learn to expand on an idea by adding more details to a sentence.

On Pinterest I saw this great idea for "digging deeper sentences." Here's the original post: Mrs. Meacham. Where I found it: http://mrsmeachamclassroom.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/167/ I used this idea on my whiteboard with 3rd grade and 6th grade language groups, and they all loved it! This idea works for: *grammar *asking/answering questions *story retell *summarizing *writing sentences *organizing ideas Since I got a good response from my students, I made it into a paper-pencil format and…

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Getting your students to write detailed sentences can be such a difficult task. Come see how my class practices writing expanded sentences with this simple activity.

Teaching in the Tongass

How do you write narratives?! I already mentioned this before, but I am piloting Being a Writer this year and while I am loving the community feeling, I feel like my writing is pretty basic right now. I know we are building the foundation, but I am itching to just dive in and get to […]

Please find below link to freebie addition strategies poster, tools for making 10, part-part-whole tools, and worksheets to practice the strategies listed. VIDEO: For the BEST understanding of how to teach addition (and subtraction), refer to Making Sense Series: the progression of addition AND subtraction, the standard traditional algorithm from Graham Fletcher at https://vimeo.com/157768846. Also can be found at https://gfletchy.com/progression-videos/. VIDEO: More basic addition using a…