Conventions

Mini-Lessons
[|NWREL - NW Regional Education Laboratory] - links to mini lessons based on picture books http://faculty.rcoe.appstate.edu/smithtw/RE_3150_web/Conventions_Minilessons/Conventions.htm

[|Correcting Practice] This is a fabulous site in which students search for words needing to be capitalized and sentences that need to be punctuated. They may choose from a formal letter, an email, a kid’s story, an accident report, a holiday brochure or a newspaper article. What is so great about this site is the fact that it will read the text for the student! If you have students who are struggling readers, they do not have to concentrate on decoding words but only focus on capitalizing and punctuating the text. This activity is a great way to assess and reinforce students as they continue to learn how to edit their writing and the writing of others.

Picture Books
Be sure and add any picture books that you use that would help us with conventions.

Click on the picture to access the lesson plan.
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