Welcome to 2017 MiELA Network Embedded Grammar into the MAISA Writing Units!
The learning outcome for this week is to demonstrate how grammar can be embedded into the MAISA Writing Units as well as embed into your Balanced Literacy Plan.
- Powerpoint for 2017 Sessions
- Article: Helping Students Own Language Through Word Study, Vocabulary, and Grammar Instruction
Below is a link to the 2017 Embedded Grade Level Grammar Reading/Writing Template.
Writing Checklists, K-6 (resource for student notebooks/anchor chart)
Conferring/Recording Text Type Notice/Note/Nudge Template:
Day 3: Megan's Activity to Jumpstart the Grammar Lesson of Conjunctions by Gary Provost.
Gary Provost > Quotes > Quotable Quote
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.”
Additional resources used in our learning sessions are housed under the 2015 MiELA Network Grammar Week of Endless Resources.
Wishing you a wonderful school year!
Mary Johnson mjohnson@oakridgeschools.org
Rose Olsen
olsenr@reeths-puffer.org
Megan Perreault
Grammar Resources for Grades 1 through 4
Have you been wondering where the Language Standards are mysteriously hiding? Look no more! This is NOT your Grandma's Grammar. Our session will focus on embedding grammar into our existing MAISA Writing Units through the exploration of additional mini-lessons to raise the bar of your students' writing.
Learning Targets:
I can articulate the Language Standards that are required of my students.
I can use the Grammar Glossary as a resource.
I can use the Grammar Curriculum Calendar to support my use of the MAISA Writing Units.
I can embed the Grammar Lessons within the MAISA Writing Units to raise the quality of student writing.
I can communicate to students how to lift the quality of their writing through grammar revision and the editing process.
Day #1 ~ Learning Targets
1. History of Grammar ~ Research based articles
a. The Wrong Way To Teach Grammar
b. The Writing Next
2. Grammar Glossaries (located in the Grammar That Transfers group)
3. Video links to School House Rock...Adjectives and Conjunctions
Day #2 ~ Learning Targets
1. Grade 1 Mini-lesson on Adjectives L.1.1.F (located under the Grammar That Transfers group)
2. Grammar Curriculum Calendars (located under the Grammar That Transfers group)
3. CCSS Language Standards~ created by Mary Johnson in understanding the Language Categories of CCSS
4. CCSS Learning Progressions by Grade Levels
5. CCSS By Grade Level Standards
6. Grammar Template to Embed Teaching Points for Reading Workshop and . Day #3 ~ Learning Targets
1. Learning Progressions with the CCSS Language Standards... Coming Soon for Each Unit
2. Grammar Units are in the group Grammar That Transfers (Kindergarten through 12th Grade)
3. Assessment for Grammar
a. MAISA End-of-the-Unit Writing Rubric
b. Writing Pathways
c. M-STEP (3 text types -- Narrative; Opinion; Informational)
Please know that the additional resources distributed during sessions will be uploaded AFTER the session that day.
Again, truly looking forward to our time together next week! Here are a few samples to support next week's work!
~ Mary and Rose