Jivey shares ideas and lessons to make literacy accessible for all.
We don’t often think of using higher order thinking questions, or Bloom’s Taxonomy above level 1 and 2, within grammar and writing instruction. In fact, when looking at sample higher order thinking question stems to use within your classroom, many of them specifically relate to… [continue reading]
Give a list of vocabulary words to look up in the dictionary, write a sentence, and then take a quiz on Friday…… these practices have come and gone! Not only do the students not enjoy this process, it isn’t a best practice. Research has… [continue reading]
Honest talk here. Close reading turns those mini-lessons into MAXI-lessons if you try to fit in all that you want to do with a text in one day. Let’s look at why: Even though close reading is done with short texts, the time it takes… [continue reading]
How many times as an adult have you been reading a book and realize at the end of the page, you didn’t really READ any of it? Sure, your eyes looked at every word, but you don’t actually recall understanding those words. It’s because you… [continue reading]
A question I am asked frequently, because of my use of picture books as mentor texts, is: “Are picture books really complex enough for my upper grade students?” And my answer always is… YES YES YES! There are many aspects that contribute to a text’s… [continue reading]
This time of year, it’s no secret that most kids have Santa on the brain… …so don’t fight that feeling! You definitely can’t beat ’em on this one, so join ’em! Must-Have Mentor Texts Since it can get tricky to keep students’ learning stamina going this… [continue reading]
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Join me live again TONIGHT, November 13, at 8 PM EST, where I'll explain and demonstrate EVERYTHING about day four. This one is all about application!
The focus of the day’s routine is to write a sentence similar to the original, keeping the style and structure the same, and especially to use the focus skill (adjectives).
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It's time to talk about revising! Check out how to set students up for success to revise during mentor sentence time!
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Let's talk DAY TWO!
We will be talking about why the discussion around how words function matters, and why it shouldn't just be "all about the labels." We'll also talk about how to incorporate the focus skill (using adjectives) into the students' writing.
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