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Terry James Resource Centre

Grammar study : helping students get what grammar is and how it works /

by Angelillo, Janet.

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New York : Scholastic, c2008.

English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

English language -- Sentences -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Theory and practice

"Units of study, mentor texts, curricular calendars."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-126) and index.

Grammar assessment, inquiry, and a first unit of grammar study -- Across the year : grammar embedded in other units of study -- Mentor sentences : learning from the experts -- Providing practice : conversations about grammar and notebook writing for exercising grammatical muscles -- Basic understandings and deep studies : bottom line and advanced work in grammar -- Mentor texts to study and ways to use them in classrooms -- Assessing student growth and planning for ongoing study and instruction -- Vertical planning across guides -- Rethinking what we "know" : studying grammar with other teachers.

Shows how to teach students all the essential grammar skills they need through a deeply engaging study of grammar. Introduces strategies such as "mentor sentences" from well-loved literature, identifies mentor texts for perfect mini-lessons that support smart grammar study, and helps teachers understand the grammar skills students need to thrive and how best to introduce them over the course of the school year. An inquiry approach gives the tools to begin an exploration of language that goes beyond the rules.

Grade 3-6. Primary, Junior.

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