Mentor sentences

Here is the beginning of the Mastering Mentor Sentences Series with Collaboration Cuties! I told you about the book Dandelions last week in this post about mentor texts. As I mentioned, I use the book for reading and writing, with social studies integration, too… and I’m here to tell you I also used it for my […]

Learn how to teach parts of speech without worksheets through the mentor sentence routine. Go beyond labeling a sentence to discuss functions. Get a free week of plans to try out in your own classroom.

English teachers, are you struggling with grammar instruction? Learn more about how to use mentor sentences, an instructional strategy that works!

I came across a Linky that I wanted to share with you- it's all about teaching grammar!! Click the link and head over to Teaching with Love...

My Middle School Mentor Sentences to Teach Grammar Volume Two is done and now completely digital in Google Slides and Google Forms and I wanted to outline what’s included. There have been huge updates to the assessments. They are now self-grading in Google Forms, plus all other components are digital in slides. There digital grammar interactive notebooks lessons, daily grammar editing and improving work, and the display slides.

How many of you are familiar with this routine??? You teach a grammar lesson, on verbs, let’s say. You create an anchor chart and discuss different examples. Students complete a worksheet, in which they circle or underline the verbs. They even complete a homework assignment to further practice identifying verbs. At the end of the week or unit, they take a quiz on verbs, and pass with flying colors. Then, the next week you ask them to identify the verb in a sentence, and you get blank stares…

Kick Start Your Writing Curriculum with One Week of Mentor Sentences - The Hungry Teacher

Collaboration Cuties: Mastering Mentor Sentences- Part 1 {how you can implement them in your classroom}

As my students strive to become better writers in 3rd grade, I've been using mentor sentences with them to model excellent sentences and...

Ideas by Jivey walks you through each day of the first week of the mentor sentences routine with directions and picture/video examples.

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Help your upper grade students become writing and grammar gurus! See mentor sentences in action, understand best practices, and get tips for your lessons.

Stay consistent with your mentor sentence routine while using chapter books for read-alouds or novel studies! So many favorites have already been created. Check them out!

Use mentor texts, and pre-selected mentor sentences to improve middle school writing by showing students how to analyze the grammar of these sentences.

If you've been considering using mentor sentences and need more proof that it's a best practice for the classroom, look at the data!

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Happy Tuesday!! Welcome to: If you’ve missed any of the previous posts about mentor sentences from either me or Collaboration Cuties, check them out by clicking on the tab at the top- under my header- called Mastering Mentor Sentences (after you read this post, of course!). Technically though, this is my first post in the […]

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Using Middle School Novel Mentor Texts and Mentor Sentences for Middle School Grammar - The Hungry Teacher