Compound Sentences? The difficult delivery of sentence structure...

As I try to remember back to a classroom memory were I learned the structure of a compound, complex, compound-complex sentence...I can't. Although this seems to be a habit that my teachers ingrained when I was much younger, I am now able to see how difficult the concept can be to get across. One format used in many schools for compound sentences are the FANBOYS. These conjunctions in the FANBOYS format are very easy for students to remember. They are able to check their sentences, and eventually able to think in the compound format. 

Below you will find links to the Essential Edification TpT store for powerpoint, student, and teacher documents for the FANBOYS lesson. 

FANBOYS PPT

FANBOYS Student & Teacher Documents

This product uses videos from Flocabulary (You will need an account to view this video) and School House Rock. Providing the information to many different learning styles is always a blessing when teaching a difficult concept. Flocabulary is a wonderful resource for many students because it provides information a format that will stick with students and allow them to repeat the information through the music. Students also enjoy the the presentation Flocabulary provides. 

Another way of presentation that the FANBOYS Mini-Lessons is visual. Making a visual of what the sentence structure should look like can create a picture in the student's minds. Take a look...

FANBOYS format gives a really great delivery for teachers and a lot of options for comprehension for the students. 

Enjoy, 

Emily 

Character Education Lessons

As we continue down the journey of creating a school with Multi-Tiers of Intervention, students best interest is, of course, at the heart of all of the many changes. We have transitioned our 'Academic Lab' time to a 45 minuter class period twice per week. This had made a tremendous that opportunity to provide some very important and needed interventions during the school day. When sharing this change with the staff and even colleagues from other schools, we were met with the same question time and time again. "What are the students who do not need intervention during to do during this time?" This is a difficult question to answer, especially at the beginning of such a big transition for our building. While the hope is to eventually offer extension lessons specific to student interest, the focus has become to use the time for students who do not require intense intervention to experience future planning skills as well as character education lessons. A great foundation for our middle school students as they begin the decision making process for the rest of our lives. 

Below are a couple of the lessons created for character education purposes during Academic Lab:

The Kindness Boomerang:

This lesson focuses on the simple act of kindness. The lesson was created around a video that has been circling the internet showing small acts of kindness passed from one individual to another. The lesson includes an brainstorming time for students to determine acts of kindness they can perform for others in their daily lives and scenarios of social situations that allow students to determine ways to show kindness. Even my 8th grade students found this lesson intriguing and worth their time!

Click the link to go to the Essential Edification TpT store for the Kindness Boomerang Character Education Lesson. 

The Kindness Boomerang

Our Digital Footprint:

This lesson focuses on the fact that all actions in the world of technology can never be erased. Especially in the secondary schools, but also in the elementary schools, the use of technology is a topic of conversation that should be taken very seriously. This lesson allows students to think about their use of technology and how it effects the friendships, relationships, families, and even their very bright futures. This lesson forces students to ask themselves, "What digital footprint are you leaving?"

          Click the link to go to the Essential Edification TpT store for the Digital                                   Footprint Character Education Lesson. 

                                              Our Digital Footprint 

Thank you so much for stopping by, 

Emily