Pages: 128 Price: $17.99 ISBN: 978-0-545-00521-0
It can be challenging to take something as defined as grammar and make it appeal to students; however, Jane Angelillo has brought together numerous tried and true suggestions to help students cultivate joy in understanding the structure of language. Ideas such as real-aloud time and the use of mentor texts can be used to encourage students to become familiar with specific authors and how they use words to present their ideas. Observation charts can be used to provide for reflective sharing and a better understanding of why language is used in a specific way.
What the author presents is not a grammar rule book, but strategies and activities she has found help children become successful readers and writers. She puts learning grammar "in context" and makes it real.
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