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Balanced Literacy
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Jivey shares ideas and lessons to make literacy accessible for all.
When do YOU teach grammar? 🤓![]()
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📓If you're using the mentor sentence routine, I suggest beginning your writing time with it! You want grammar and language to be directly connected to their writing.![]()
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This also helps get students into a writing frame of mind, and often gives them a purpose for writing that day! ✏️![]()
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Read more about the mentor sentences routine here: www.ideasbyjivey.com/routine
📚 Boost your students' reading and writing skills by integrating mentor texts all year long! ![]()
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Check out this post for tips on how to use mentor texts to enhance your lesson plans and engage your students, plus grab a freebie for one of my favorite books!
Why I Love Using Mentor Texts All Year (And You Should, Too!)
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Jivey shares ideas and lessons to make literacy accessible for all.
🔍Research has proven that vocabulary words must be presented in context for proper comprehension.![]()
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📖That means... throw out the word lists for kids to look up in a dictionary and memorize the definition!!!![]()
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📚Picture books are vital – yes, even in the upper grades – to allow students to use the images to help with context and infer the meaning of words. One way to present vocabulary words effectively is to teach through texts you are already using for other lessons!![]()
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😍You can find over 150 weeks' worth of contextual vocabulary activities just like these in the All-Access Mentor Text Membership: members.ideasbyjivey.com/all-access
