Improve T.S. : Ms. Klingl

Ms. Klingl teaches her seventh-graders how to revise a topic sentence about the novel Romeo and Juliet.

Ms. French leads her sixth-graders in a whole class practice of varying vocabulary to improve a topic sentence about the impact of social media.

Ms. Lester leads her fourth-graders in a whole-class practice of transitions as a review of the Boston Tea Party.

Ms. Davis leads her third-graders in a whole-class practice of appositives to describe the characters in the text Because of Winn-Dixie.

Ms. Long leads her fourth-graders in a remote whole-class practice of note-taking using the text, “The Lightning Thief.”

Ms. Hollis leads her third-graders in a remote whole-class practice of sentence combining as a review of the Louisiana Purchase.

Ms. Gayden leads her third-graders in a whole-class practice of sentence expansion using error analysis.

Ms. Rogers uses sentence expansion to assess her ninth-graders’ understanding of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson.

This webinar provides TWR activities and tips for how to teach your students to use note-taking symbols. We will show you ways to practice two high-leverage note-taking symbols—the “equal sign” and the “side arrow”—using sentence-level strategies through the Gradual Release model of “I Do,” “We Do,” and “You Do.”

We recommend printing TWR posters on 11×17 paper (tabloid) and displaying them at eye level for students in your classroom. These are transition posters for grades 3-12.