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Jeff Anderson & Whitney La Rocca

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Continuum for Punctuation

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Lessons on Rule Making and Rule Breaking in Elementary Writing

Good writers know the rules, but skilled punctuators don't simply go by the conventions. They use punctuation to make meaning. Practical Punctuation shows you how to help students discover the relationship between punctuation and meaning-and how they can use it to improve their writing.

Special Offer: Save 30% off our list price automatically when you buy 15 or more.

Dan has made it his business to delve into punctuation, and we are all the wiser for the impressive and exciting writing about the subject that he has done in this book.

Author of How's It Going? and Assessing Writers

In all the books I've read about written language, Dan's is the first to explore the mind's ear.... He has actually changed the way I read as well as write. How lucky we are to (finally) have an intellectually engaging exploration of what we have too long considered drudgery.... When you consider Dan's approach, you'll wonder how you ever taught another way.

Coauthor of Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition, and author of To Understand

Get ready to be taken by the hand by a master teacher who will show you how to teach students the rules of punctuation in clearly defined lessons. From the first page I was eager to take this book to my own teaching.

Author of The Power of Grammar

Punctuation is important. Period. Good writers know the rules, but skilled punctuators don't simply go by the conventions. They use punctuation to make meaning. Practical Punctuation shows you how to help students discover the relationship between punctuation and meaning-and how they can use it to improve their writing.

Practical Punctuation 's strategies help writers connect periods, commas, and dashes to mood, emphasis, and rhythm. Dan Feigelson's ready-to-use lessons provide opportunities to:

show students the purposes of punctuation before teaching them the rules

give writers chances to experiment with punctuating

model the thinking that goes into punctuating

teach conventions explicitly, but not absolutely

hold students accountable for punctuation in formal writing.

Feigelson's lessons are highly structured. They demonstrate how to teach punctuation as a craft tool with writers of varying sophistication or age:

beginners: ending punctuation

intermediate-stage writers: the comma

advanced writers: internal punctuation and cadence.

Feigelson includes a handy teacher's reference guide to punctuation as well as grade-by-grade guidelines that make assessing punctuation simpler. And his interviews with world-renowned authors will help you and your writers better understand the power punctuation has to impart meaning.

Read Practical Punctuation and help students make choices with punctuation-instead of letting punctuation rules make choices for them.

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Good writers know the rules, but skilled punctuators don't simply go by the conventions. They use punctuation to make meaning. Practical Punctuation shows you how to help students discover the relationship between punctuation and meaning-and how they can use it to improve their writing.

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Good guide to using morphology to help with spelling and vocabulary

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This reference manual includes several useful features:

takes teachers through how English spelling uses morphology to represent the meaning of words

teaches word sums and word matrices as tools for examining word structure and constructing and deconstructing words morphologically

contains a series of ready-to-use lessons, helping teachers and students act as word detectives who problem-solve the links between structure and meaning

targets vocabulary, reading, and spelling skills!

By: Peter Bowers

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Kendore Learning Store Teaching How the Written Word Works [WVC216] - This reference manual includes several useful features: takes teachers through how English spelling uses morphology to represent the meaning of words teaches word sums and word matrices as tools for examining word structure and constructing and deconstructing words morphologically contains a series of ready-to-use lessons, helping teachers and students act as word detectives

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A new addition to the best-selling Daily Word Ladder series, Content Areas will reinforce concepts that students are learning in math, science, and social studies while inviting them to dive into word study! These motivating word-building puzzles build students' awareness of sound-symbol relationships, broaden their vocabulary, and improve spelling skills. Includes new teaching notes to provide extra teaching opportunities!

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Daily Word Ladders: Content Areas, Grades 4 and Up

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Amazon.com: Daily Word Ladders: Content Areas, Grades 4 and Up: 9781338627442: Rasinski, Timothy V., Smith, Melissa Cheesman, Cheesman Smith, Melissa: Books

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Resource website for how to use/how schools have used The Word Collector by Peter H. Reynolds https://www.wordcollector.org/resources

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to make my students more comfortable spelling without assistance

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to make my students more comfortable spelling without assistance

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To differentiate based on student needs during Word Study

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To differentiate based on student needs during Word Study

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Commitment to being prepared

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hands on activities to engage the students best

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hands on activities to engage the students best

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I promise to meet you where you are and take you further.

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I promise to meet you where you are and take you further.

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To provide students some strategies to spell words

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To provide students some strategies to spell words

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To ensure the students benefit meaningfully from word study. 

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To ensure the students benefit meaningfully from word study. 

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I promise to be consistent with my routines, equitable, and be there for you as you go on this learning journey.  When you are lost, I will find a way to bring you back on the path. 

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I promise to be consistent with my routines, equitable, and be there for you as you go on this learning journey.  When you are lost, I will find a way to bring you back on the path. 

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Independent work time

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Student will be the center of our focus

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I promise to go beyond word sorts and do some deep word inquiries.  

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I promise to go beyond word sorts and do some deep word inquiries.  

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To acknowledge and understand where you come from as a student.

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to provide strategies for understanding what they read

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to provide strategies for understanding what they read

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One promise I make to my readers, writers, and inquirers is that I will put forth the material we are learning in an authentic way, especially in a way that helps them learn to use their voice.

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To advocate and support the students with what they need to be successful

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To advocate and support the students with what they need to be successful

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helping them find patterns
summarize conclusions

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To be prepared and with engaging and hands on activities 

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To be prepared and with engaging and hands on activities 

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I love the ideas of adding activities and word ladders into word study to make it more engaging!

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Introduce word matrices and how to build and use them.  Create a bank to share with each other.

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Introduce word matrices and how to build and use them.  Create a bank to share with each other.

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I love word study, word sums and word matrixes. Would be happy to chat with anyone about it!

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I love word study, word sums and word matrixes. Would be happy to chat with anyone about it!

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Getting my word wall up, making it content rich and interactive.

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Getting my word wall up, making it content rich and interactive.

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Definitely need to make word study more engaging and to create a more vocabulary rich classroom. 

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Definitely need to make word study more engaging and to create a more vocabulary rich classroom. 

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Count me in on the matrix chat, whoever you are!  --Jolene

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Count me in on the matrix chat, whoever you are!  --Jolene

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I really enjoyed the practical explanations about spelling and the word ladders. How do we make WTW authentic and applicable in the moment for a deep decoding?

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I loved the word gradient. Would be great with the word "said" as we edit our personal narratives.

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I loved the word gradient. Would be great with the word "said" as we edit our personal narratives.

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Gots: To make students curious about words and teach them that there are meanings behind the patterns and spellings

Wants: To learn how to engage learners and make them learn and understand different patterns and use /remember them in their writing.

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Word Ladder book
Go deeper with words

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Gots: ideas for creating an authentically rich environment
Wants: see how teachers are trying new things in their classroom and sharing ideas

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Engaging conversations about language in the classroom to build up vocabulary and enhance knowledge & understanding of the English language

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Engaging conversations about language in the classroom to build up vocabulary and enhance knowledge & understanding of the English language

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I think kids struggle with writing the word 'do' because the letter o sound in 'do,' 'does,' and 'don't' are all different. So you've got one word that means about the same thing but each word has a different /o/ pronunciation.

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Some Criteria for Identifying Tier Two Words

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Some Criteria for Identifying Tier Two Words

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EKC

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Many, many articles and resources

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Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University. He has written over 150 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited over 15 books or curriculum programs on reading education.

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Break down words and talk about the meanings to give students more of an understanding of vocabulary words

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specific examples of how to incorporate different ways to study vocabulary.

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specific examples of how to incorporate different ways to study vocabulary.

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More ideas for some activities for students that are just starting off with long and short vowels or vowel teams

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Comprehensive ways to support EAL learners with structure and grammar support.

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Lots of ideas to make word exploration fun, like using jokes or movie clips. Higher level students could do more activities like dramatizing.

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Love the bite-sized activities.
Please teach me how to make matrices on the computer...Neil's Matrix Maker doesn't work with my brain.  So teach me how to merge cells in a doc and not have to handwrite it ...would love it!

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Definitely--Vocabulary tree.

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I really liked the contextual activities , they have a high engagement level

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I really liked the contextual activities , they have a high engagement level

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Adding games and jokes and video clips to word study to engage students and myself

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Jeff Anderson (2017)

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ISB G 4&5 Patterns of Power Planning Process

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Possible Lesson Sequence (adapt to YOUR kids!)

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Possible Lesson Sequence (adapt to YOUR kids!)

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Free resource from Stenhouse

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Free resource from Stenhouse

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Make a Copy before planning.

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What are 3 things you learned (gained/takeaways)?

What are 2 things you still want to try?

What is 1 wondering you have?

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IS Beijing: Word Study Reflection G4/5 - Google Jamboard

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