Jivey shares ideas and lessons to make literacy accessible for all.
Mentor sentences are the best practice routine that your students need for grammar and language skills to truly stick in writing. You read in the Day One post how to help students notice all of the good things about the mentor sentence. The purpose of… [continue reading]
Mentor sentences help students learn the RIGHT way to write, rather than the WRONG. It’s a total gamechanger in the classroom and a proven best practice that will transform your teaching. The purpose of Day One is to help students recognize (or NOTICE) all of… [continue reading]
Teachers know that using literature is the perfect way to introduce a lesson, but starting EVERY lesson with a new book would make it impossible to teach all of the required standards! That’s why it’s important to use mentor texts: a short text like a… [continue reading]
As teaching has shifted to a digital classroom setting, so has the WAY teachers deliver instruction. Mentor sentence lessons are something I have always been a strong believer that doesn’t fit the 1:1 mold: The class discussions drive the lessons. They learn from each other… [continue reading]
Years ago, when schools were closed for snow, flooding, or mass illnesses, the school year was extended to make sure students got in all of their learning days. Virtual learning was like something from The Jetsons! Now, districts can choose to have digital learning days… [continue reading]
Descriptive writing, or what many teachers like to call “show, don’t tell writing,” is a skill that needs to be practiced and modeled A LOT for students to truly master it. Check out one of my favorite lessons for modeling writing with a mentor text… [continue reading]
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