Grammar Rainbow Editing In Legos and Editing and One-Minute Editing Check, I shared the idea of giving students a lens through which to Read More »
Grammar Daily Dictation Sentences I used to use Daily Oral Language (D.O.L.) to teach many grammar and usage concepts to my students. I thought Read More »
Grammar One-Minute Editing Check Today’s post gives a strategy for teaching editing, but also helps students develop automaticity using language conventions as I described in Read More »
Grammar Legos and Editing When my sons were younger, they liked to play in our basement playroom. If I didn’t go down to check Read More »
Grammar Tidy-as-You-Go In a recent post I compared editing to “tidying up for company” before a housewarming party. In that analogy the Read More »
Grammar Where’s the Grammar?! I hear this question all the time. It usually comes from teachers who have adopted a workshop approach to teaching Read More »
Grammar Apostrophe Detectives Writing Trait/Strategy:Writing conventions Mentor Text Suggestions:Alphie the Apostrophe by Moira Rose DonohueThe Girl’s Like Spaghetti by Lynne TrussGreedy Apostrophe by Read More »