Sure, if you think about all the elements of a house, you know what’s needed to make it sound. There’s the foundation, the frame, the plumbing and wiring, etc. But could you actually build it? That’s the idea behind applied grammar. Students are often told what a noun is and what a conjunction is, and they can certainly circle them on an assignment, but can they truly build a strong sentence?
Presented by Mindy Reifer, MA, Elementary and Middle School Principal, ELA Specialist; Shanita Francis, Social-Emotional Brain-Based Learning Consultant; Zisel Roth, M.S.Ed., Grammar & Writing Curriculum Design Specialist, Author of 20+ Instructional Texts for K-8; and Jennah Schuh, M.Ed., SBL, SDL, Director of Education and Training, Achieve
Presented by Patty McGee, Author, Literacy Consultant; and Pam Koutrakos, Educator, Author
Presented by Dr. Lucy Calkins, Robinson Professor of Literacy at Teachers College, Columbia University, Founding Director at The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower, and Senior Author of Units of Study in Writing, Reading, and Phonics; Katy Wischow, Staff Developer, The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower; and Kara Arnold, Staff Developer, The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower