You are invited to attend the On the Same Page Celebration: In Search of April Raintree
- hosted by On the Same Page: Manitoba Reads and The Winnipeg Foundation
- Tuesday, May 5 at 7:00 pm
- McNally Robinson - Polo Park (in the Events Alcove)
- Winnipeg, Manitoba
On The Same Page: Manitoba Reads, a Winnipeg Foundation pilot-project in partnership with its Literacy for Life Fund, celebrates its successful first year as a provincial mass-reading project with a gathering at McNally Robinson, Polo Park.
Take in a reading by Beatrice Mosionier, the author of this year’s featured book, In Search of April Raintree, published by Portage & Main Press.
Get to know each other by making a quiz of yourself for students to answer. Have students make a quiz about themselves.
- Dave Leochko, Grade 6 Teacher and Tom Rossi, Principal
When implementing lessons for English language learners, consider the following tips:
Tip 1: Simplify vocabulary and sentence structure to encourage comprehension, but use a natural voice and pace.
Tip 2: Give instructions and questions in clear, simple English.
Tip 3: Use many verbal and non-verbal cues throughout activities. Non-verbal cues include visuals, gestures, and concrete materials.
Tip 4: Allow learners sufficient response time for oral answers.
Tip 5: Review vocabulary and concepts regularly to check for learner comprehension.
These five tips are from the upcoming Hands-On English Language Learning resource. Download a sample lesson from the Early Years Edition at www.pandmpress.com.
Send a message to your students with a sweet treat. Give each student a Mars* bar and share the following:
Mistakes Are Rehearsals for Success.
*Please identify harmful allergies before handing out any food items.
- Dave Leochko, Grade 6 Teacher and Tom Rossi, Principal
Use wrapping paper for the background on your bulletin boards. It has bright colours and patterns, can be thematic, and is fade resistant. Collect economically priced wrapping paper from dollar stores and discount stores.
Dave Leochko, Grade 6 Teacher and Tom Rossi, Principal
Join Us in Minneapolis, Minnesota
The 54th Annual International Reading Association Covention is on May 3-7. P&M Press will be showing our materials Monday, May 4 to Wednesday, May 6. Please visit us at our booth #1150 located at the Minneapolis Convention Center Exhibit Halls B-D. You can pick-up a free sample lesson, sign-up for our E-newsletter, or browse through our many educational titles.
Key Strategies for Teaching Editing: Punctuation, Grammar, and Spelling
by Dave Leochko and Tom Rossi
For Grades 4 – 7
Editing—the next step in writing once the key ideas are put on paper—can be difficult to teach. For teachers, it is often difficult to find lessons to engage students in the process. For students, editing is frequently an afterthought. In Key Strategies for Teaching Editing, the authors present interesting, meaningful ways to teach students good editing skills. Leochko and Rossi also show how students who use these editing skills can become good writers.
Key Strategies is divided into three sections: punctuation, grammar, and spelling. Each section has several lessons. Each lesson includes:
- Reference Sheet: mini-lesson about rules and usage
- Editing Sheet: authentic piece of writing that gives students opportunities to apply writing conventions in meaningful ways
- Answer Key: answers for the editing sheet
A free sample is available at www.pandmpress.com.
