Showing posts with label group work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label group work. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

English Language Arts - Sentence Grammar Circles

 
 

Are you looking for a new and innovative way to teach grammar?

 
 
 
Sentences – Grammar Circles for easy and effective grammar

Simplify your life and make grammar fun and effective.

One of the biggest challenges I had in my English classes was how to fit in grammar with everything else I had to teach. I would give students grammar pages and then we would correct them together. It was tedious and it took forever! What’s more is that students were not learning the way I wanted them to. They wouldn’t apply what they had learned from the grammar pages and activities.

I found a solution!

Grammar Circles. Grammar Circles are very similar to literature circles in the sense that students are teaching one another grammar. It is a fun and functional way to teach and learn grammar. Although, this may be done individually, it can also be completed as a group where students, through a specific process outlined in the package, teach one another grammar. They also correct the work together, so the teacher has very little to do.

The package includes:

1) A Student Packet – which contains the Literature Circle directions, the notes, directions, and activities, and a “Mark Calculation” page to keep track of their marks. (16 pages)
Activities included focus on:
-the logistics of the sentence (the basic parts)
-the prepositional phrase
-the adjective phrase
-the adverb phrase
-the verbal phrase
-the appositive phrase
-the independent and subordinate clauses
-subjects and predicates
-fragments
-run-on sentences
-types of sentences

2) A teacher Guide with easy to follow instructions on how to organize the Grammar Circles.

3) The Answer Key – devised to allow students to correct their own work and learn from one another.

For those who are from Ontario, Canada – this unit adheres to the Grade 9 English Curriculum (academic). The unit can be taught in any grade to about sentences.

(27 pages total for this unit)

Stay tuned for more Superhero themed grammar circle units: Spelling tips, Capitalization and Punctuation….
It's teaching made easy!


Friday, July 3, 2015

Guided Groups Summer Prep *FREEBIE*

How do you utilize your time during the summer to help you prep for back to school? I have been thinking about this a lot lately (read more about this on my blog). Currently, guided groups are on my mind. I needed a system that will work for flexible groupings. See below for a Sports Themed FREEBIE.

It may seem like a silly thing to plan ahead what you will name your small groups, but you quickly run out of group names when you are trying to juggle 6 different groupings like I was at my old school. I had colors, fruit, animals, you name it!

This year, I really want to do a teamwork/sports theme, so I decided to name my guided groups after NFL, NBA, and MLB teams. To help cut down on August prep, I already made posters for the groups that I can print on cardstock, laminate, and hang on the wall so I can quickly switch up groupings using a dry-erase marker. I uploaded these posters here for FREE if you are interested.





I also like to create my own anecdotal notes forms so I can include only the information that I think is important. I create different forms every year. Sometimes I bundle them into prong folders by group and sometimes I throw them into a binder alphabetically by student. Either way, if you are like me, this is the perfect time to get creating. These forms will be the last on your list once school starts.




Hopefully these will help you! To read my full post, visit my blog. Enjoy your day!
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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Teaching Students to Work in Groups- Blog Cooperative!



Love group activities but seeking some fresh ideas? Check out these great posts from a group of dedicated teachers!
By Deann Marin

By Juliette Roman
Group work is been proven to improve student retention and enhance student learning. In fact, our whole culture is based on team work and working together to solve problems. It makes sense that when people work together (more brainpower) they come up with more ideas, suggestions, and solutions to a problem. But the question remains how do we get children to work together effectively?
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By Nikki Heiman
Group work is proven to be an effective teaching strategy, but how do we get everyone involved and organized appropriately? Here are some ideas on how to strategically plan out group activities!
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Check out the same group on our Linky!