Green (approaching grade-level) – capital letters, punctuation attached to last word
Yellow (on grade-level) – no capital letters, punctuation is unattached to the last word
Blue (above grade-leve) – no capital letters, punctuation is unattached, the must-know word is a blank where students have to arrange the sentences and then, decide which of their must-know words fit
Although sometimes when students get really ‘stumped’ (i.e. the pink sentence) they will take a break from that sentence and try another one. When they go back, they can almost always figure it out. It’s sweet to see the lightbulb moments. If friends have tried with a partner AND taken a break, to no avail – they may ask me for a hint. When students ask for a hint, I will give them the first 2 words or the last 2 words of the sentence.
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I really like this idea. Great way to work with sentence structure and context clues within a sentence for unknown words.
~*~Lena~*~
4th Grade with Glitter
I don't use it but plan to start now. What a great idea! I especially love that you have them "level up" because I think you are right that it excites them to know they are making that progress. I'm going to think about how I can incorporate this with my 3rd graders.
Catherine–if a student does not complete their word scramble paper in one day, do they have a folder for work to be finished another day? Thanks Chris
I really like doing these scrambles too!! Mine happen in my small group bc I am title. But it gives me so much information about the student! And I can even differentiate by the amount of words per sentence. Such a great post!! Thanks for giving me some more to think about!
Em
Curious firsties
Where do you get the sentences you use?
Can you share sentences that correlate to 1st grade Reading Street? Are you using high frequency words, amazing word or spelling words? Thanks.
Can you share sentences that correlate to 1st grade Reading Street? Are you using high frequency words, amazing word or spelling words? Thanks.