by imavexadmin | Aug 15, 2019 | [Writing]
Learning Center Subscribe to Ask Smekens Filter by Category: All Reading Reader's Workshop Management Comprehension Planning Comprehension Lessons Standardized Reading Assessments Text Selection Annotating & Note-Taking Writing About Reading Literacy Stations Small...
by imavexadmin | May 5, 2017 | [Writing]
Convey Tone & Mood with Sentence Length May 5, 2017 | [Writing] Before expecting students to vary their sentence lengths, we first have to define what constitutes different lengths. Explain that short sentences include 1-3 words, medium sentences include 4-9...
by imavexadmin | Apr 18, 2017 | [Writing]
DEFINE A SENTENCE. A sentence has a subject and a verb and is a complete thought. Teach students to strip any sentence down to its core–the subject & verb. Then play Jeff Anderson’s (Mechanically Inclined) “Sentence Smackdown.” Access a...
by imavexadmin | Apr 17, 2017 | [Writing]
Sentence fluency is the hardest trait to master. It’s more than just knowing how to write complete and grammatically correct sentences. Fluency requires that the variety of sentences flow together easily, smoothly, and musically. In order to achieve that,...
by imavexadmin | Apr 16, 2017 | [Writing]
Another key component to reading fluency is how students break phrases and word groupings among sentences. A huge area to work on in classroom instruction includes their attention to punctuation marks when reading. Weak readers tend to read right through punctuation...
