Sentence Expansion: Mr. Pei

Mr. Pei leads his first-graders in a whole-class practice of sentence expansion.

Ms. Weathersby leads her second-graders in a whole-class practice of changing fragments to sentences as a review of a reading about frogs.

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. 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 Watch & Learn video provides educators with practical strategies for using deliberate practice to help students not only master TWR strategies but also apply these skills as they revise unelaborated paragraphs and transition into independent writing. Additionally, it explores two approaches for planning and integrating a series of TWR activities into the content they […]

Monitor student growth with Periodic Assessments designed specifically for grades 3-12. Educators can create their own prompts and enter them into a ready-to-use template, complete with Single Paragraph Outline (SPO) and publishing paper.

Monitor student growth with Periodic Assessments designed specifically for grades 1 and 2. Educators can create their own prompts and enter them into a ready-to-use template, available in two formats: one with primary handwriting lines for early writers, and one without for more advanced students.