It's Complex!

[myownrendition]

This week, my students are learning about dependent and independent clauses for the first time. I never know how hard it will be for students to grasp a new concept, especially in grammar. They seemed to do well with compound sentences, so we moved right into complex sentences

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[devotedteach27]

You know...that is my grammar skill for next week! How funny is that??? What reading series do you use??? Um...I may have to 'copy' this idea (with credit, of course)....it's a perfect way to describe such a hard and 'complex' topic.

[myownrendition]

We use Scott Forsman Reading Street for reading/grammar/writing/spelling.

It's new this year for the kids and me!

Feel free to use it!

Also, using your interactive board: I had an IC, a DC, and a conjunction on the board, and they had to come move them around to create a sentence, and then edit the capitalization/punctuation. Not sure what capabilities your board has, but if you can do something like that, they enjoyed that too.

[devotedteach27]

We use Scott Foresman as well..it's our third year with the program. It has its good points and its bad points. I wonder if our stories are the same..which one are you up to?

[myownrendition]

We are reading the Yosemite one right now.

Im so glad you use it! I would love to swap ideas.

I don't care for the reading worksheets. I don't think they are clear enough in helping them to learn some of the objectives. What do you like/not like?

I have a GREAT site for you!

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/waltkek/fourthgrade.html

[song_n_my_head]

Danny and Izzy sound awesome. *stealing*

I, too, have my most brilliant moments on the fly. I rarely plan.