Mentor Sentences Grammar 4th Grade TEKS Bundle - the Whole Year - TEKS aligned

This bundle of new TEKS aligned mentor sentence units is a whole year purposeful instruction that blends explicit instruction of grammar skills with hands-on sentence building and constructing. Students analyze sentences, learn new grammar skills, revise and create sentences following specific structures.

This product helps students connect spelling and grammar instruction to their own writing and testing situations! Teach grammar authentically and effectively through the use of mentor sentences and a thoughtful approach to conventions instruction.

Fourth Grade TEKS and State of Texas Writing Test aligned! I have updated the first nine weeks unit to reflect the new TEKS. The other three nine week units will be updated soon!

To check out the TEKS and Test alignment, download this free TEKS Alignment Document.

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Four nine-week units have been bundles together to help you align your instruction and be prepared to address all your fourth grade TEKS, all year!

This product includes:

First Nine Weeks: Grammar Focus

Second Nine Weeks: Capitalization, Punctuation, and Grammar Review

Third Nine Weeks: Spelling Patterns and Grammar Review

Fourth Nine Weeks: Figurative Language and Grammar Review

Save over 15% by purchasing them all at once!

Read on for details about the skill focus for each week!

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For each week, five days of lessons are included, as well as...

Day One: Sentence strips to cut and glue into a notebook

Day Two: Grammar hunt tables to cut and glue into a notebook

Day Three: Word/phrase cards to cut out and manipulate, and a handout to practice the skill (with answer key included)

Day Four: Dictation - what do we check for?

Day Five: Sample sentences to use as models and either a 3-5 question quiz (Unites 1, 2, and 3) or a try-it so students can apply the figurative language in their own writing (Unit 4)

First Nine Weeks: sentence structure & types

• Week One: Simple sentence: subject, predicate, and parts of speech
• Week Two: Past-Tense verbs
• Week Three: Future-Tense Verbs
• Week Four: Plural Nouns
• Week Five: Compound Subjects
• Week Six: Compound Predicates
• Week Seven: Compound Sentences
• Week Eight: Complex Sentences (subordinate clause first)
• Week Nine: Complex Sentences (subordinate clause last)

Second nine weeks: grammar, punctuation & capitalization

• Week One: Adverbs & prepositions as modifiers
• Week Two: Adverbs of frequency and degree
• Week Three: Participle phrases (-ed, -ing)
• Week Four: Reflexive pronouns
• Week Five: Apostrophes to show possession
• Week Six: Quotation marks
• Week Seven: Capitalization of proper nouns
• Week Eight: Capitalization of titles, historical events, and documents
• Week Nine: Capitalization of languages, races, and nationalities

Third Nine Weeks: spelling patterns, homophones, & affixes

• Week One: Double consonants in the middle of words (Review skill: Participle phrases)
• Week Two: Irregular plurals (Review skill: Adverbial clauses, regular plurals)
• Week Three: Irregular verbs (Review skill: Past-tense verbs, complex sentences)
• Week Four: Adding affixes (Review skill: Complex sentences)
• Week Five: Homophones (Review skill: Complex sentences)
• Week Six: Silent letters (kn-, wr-) (Review skill: Compound predicates)
• Week Seven: Ways to spell /shun/ (sion, tion, cian) (Review skill: Compound sentences)
• Week Eight: Superlative adjectives
• Week Nine: Reflexive pronouns (Review skill: Complex sentences)

Fourth Nine Weeks: author's purpose, transitions & figurative language

• Week One: Transitions
• Week Two: Imagery (sensory details)
• Week Three: Similes
• Week Four: Metaphors
• Week Five: Alliteration
• Week Six: Personification
• Week Seven: Hyperbole
• Week Eight: Onomatopoeia
• Week Nine: Idioms

Also included in this resource:

A TEKS Alignment Guide to help you plan your lessons

Tips for teaching grammar through mentor sentences

Printable notebook cover

Pictures from actual mentor sentence lessons

This product, once purchased, is licensed to be used in one classroom. Additional classrooms must purchase additional licenses.

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You may also be interested in:

• Mentor Sentences Grammar Notebook for the first nine weeks
• Mentor Sentences Grammar Notebook for the second nine weeks
• Expository Revision Guides
• Camp-Write-a-Lot Texas Writing Test Prep Stations

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