JANUARY+FOCUS

WRITING TRAIT - SENTENCE FLUENCY
(Use in addition to the District Writing Model Rubric) (Give each student a rubric bookmark, or make each student a copy of the rubric for his writing folder.)

**//Resources to help model sentence fluency://**
(Preview this PowerPoint before presentation. It is very good, but some vocabulary is above 5th grade level.)

BEST PRACTICE STRATEGY - NONLINGUISTIC REPRESENTATION
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ http://edhelper.com/teachers/graphic_organizers.htm

MATH STRATEGY - DRAW A PICTURE
http://thesingaporemaths.com/stratf.html (online tutorial) http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mhm/testquest/flash/2_1a_s.html (grade 2)