Getting Grammar is a new take on an old-fashion subject--a useful guide with more than 150 fresh ideas for addressing parts of speech and sentence structure--from teaching it, to learning it to adapting it for students whose home language isn't English. Because of its accessibility and practicality, you'll keep Getting Grammar close at hand. It's a ready reference for your own grammar questions and a treasure trove of teaching ideas. Whether you are a veteran teacher, a new teacher, or a preservice teacher, Donna Hooker Topping and Sandra Josephs Hoffman offer plenty of information and lessons you can use in the classroom right away, including:
- a quick review of the grammatical concepts you'll be teaching
- more than 150 engaging ways to teach grammar through authentic literature, writing, movement, games, music, art, even drama
- smart advice for supporting English learners as they encounter grammar in a new language
- assessment tips and tools.
In addition Getting Grammar includes information about the grammar of other languages that can help you evaluate students' proficiency with English syntax and assist them in transitioning from the familiar word order and usage rules of their first language to those of English. Grammar is a vitally important subject to understand for reading and writing, and it's now a part of many state and national assessment tests. Give students a fresh, fun way to explore grammar. Teach with Getting Grammar and find out how exciting grammar can be.
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Für Kinder
US School Grade: From Preschool to First Grade, Reading Age: From 8 to 11 years
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Broschur/Paperback
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Maße
Höhe: 279 mm
Breite: 214 mm
Dicke: 10 mm
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978-0-325-00943-8 (9780325009438)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Shelley Harwayne was affiliated with the New York City public schools for more than thirty years as a teacher, staff developer, codirector of the Teachers College Writing Project, founding principal of the Manhattan New School, and superintendent of District #2 in New York City. She has worked as a consultant and keynote speaker throughout the world and has published numerous books and videos with Heinemann including Learning to Confer (2004), Writing Through Childhood (2001), Lifetime Guarantees (2000), Going Public (1999), Lasting Impressions (1992), Living Between the Lines (1990), and The Writing Workshop: a World of Difference (1987). In addition, Shelley has published two children's books: Jewels and What's Cooking?.
