The Sentence Patterning Chart is a language acquisition strategy that works wonders for all students, but especially for students who are English language learners or students who are struggling in writing. When developing sentence structure, this sentence patterning chart clearly conveys how a noun and verb work together in a sentence and how adding descriptive words, such as adjectives and… Read More
Counting Collections: The Best Way to Build Number Sense in the Primary Grades
I absolutely LOVE building number sense in the primary grades with Counting Collections. Counting Collections is a student-centered activity where students become aware of their mathematical thought processes and gain a strong sense of numerical relationships. It’s perfect for building number sense in preschool-2nd grade. Counting Collections can also be used as an intervention tool for 3rd-5th graders. I began… Read More