Full Description
The Common Core's language standards can seem overwhelming-students need to learn specific, complex grammar rules at each grade level. The Common Core Grammar Toolkit to the rescue! This comprehensive guide makes grammar instruction fun and meaningful.You will learn how to...Teach the Common Core's language standards for grades 3-5 by presenting each grammar rule as a useful writing tool.Use mentor texts-excerpts from great literature-to help students understand grammar in action.Promote metacognition along the way, so that students become responsible for their own learning.Throughout the book, you'll find step-by-step recommendations for teaching each of the grammar tools, plus classroom snapshots that show you the tools in action, and handy templates that you can use in the classroom. Bonus! The book includes a free annotated bibliography, which is offered as a Supplemental Download on our website. The bibliography lists high-quality young adult literature and gives examples of key grammatical concepts found in each work. It also provides the Common Core Language Standard associated with those concepts!
Contents
IntroductionSection 1: Grammatical Concepts Aligned With Grade Three Common Core Language Standards 1: The Importance of Pronoun Reference 2: Subject-Verb Agreement 3: Using Commas and Quotation Marks When Writing Dialogue 4: Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences 5: Recognizing Differences Between Spoken and Written Standard English Section 2: Grammatical Concepts Aligned With Grade Four Common Core Language Standards 6: Re-Envisioning Writing With Relative Pronouns and Relative Adverbs 7: The Progressive Verb Tenses and Why They Matter 8: Why Writers Use Modal Auxiliaries 9: Remaking Writing With Prepositional Phrases 10: Guidelines for Capitalization Use 11: Choosing Words and Phrases to Convey Ideas Precisely Section 3: Grammatical Concepts Aligned With Grade Five Common Core Language Standards 12: The Perfect Verb Tenses 13: Conjunctions and Interjections 14: Using Punctuation for Clarity and Effect 15: Dialects and Language Variations 16: Figurative Language Section 4: Putting It Together 17: Assessing Students' Knowledge Conclusion: Final Thoughts and Tips for Classroom Practice References
