1. The "Devil" Cards: Take a deck of cards. Write the kids' names on them. Ask a question. Have kids turn and talk. Then pull a card and have the person share
2. Charting the reading: Several ways to do this...
Take a piece of paper and fold it into four columns.
Option One: Questions: What do you wonder?
Words: A new/powerful word for me is ____. I think it means/adds clarity by ________ because _________.
Summary: Who's the speaker? What's the subject? What's the situation? Why does it matter?
Inference: The writer doesn't say directly, but I can tell from the evidence that...
(Change the chart to fit your focus, such as figurative language: simile, metaphor, personification)
Option Two: Text to self, text, world. Write a structured paragraph response.
Option Three: Answer, Prove it (text evidence) explain it (use transitions - furthermore) Summarize it
3. Self- Assess and Peer Advice
Did you start sentence with capital letters?
Did you write x number of sentences?
Did you use transition words? (Or your focus for the day)
Did you capitalize I?
Give yourself a check for each item. Revise and submit.
Peer Advice: Two things you heard. Use word wall of writer/authorial choices to help name and give examples. Name two what if's of author choices that might improve the text.
4. 5 Minute Grammar Lessons
Show examples from your writing. Let them notice the structure. Give them check points to evaluate. Have them write and share. Next day, use the structure to answer a question about the day's learning. Add it to a quiz.
5. Utilize Tiering
Gave the example of DOL bell ringer to find the mistakes with homonyms/multiple meaning words. Build several tasks...
Tier One: Find the mistakes.
Tier Two: Find other homonyms and how they are used.
Tier Three: Write your own examples or re-enter your writing.
6. Establish a culture and climate of grace.
GPS: You moron. You missed the exit again. I told you 4.6 miles ago to get in the right lane. What were you thinking.
She doesn't even huff - she just says, "rerouting" or "recalculating." Our kids need this too. We do this by being accessible and approachable. We do this by being interruptable. We do this by using positive words and putting on our smiles with our outfit.
Story - The average person lives to 76. That's a certain amount of days. At 56, I've lived 20, 440 of my days. I only have 7,300 left if I live to the American average. What I do matters...and I'm running out of time. I want to spend it doing the right things for those in front of me. Psalm 90:12 and Psalm 118:24.
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