Sentence Smart: An easy, effective, and exciting way for parents and schools to teach ELA
Sentence Smart is an exciting grammar and vocabulary based reading comprehension and writing skills system. Sentence Smart teaches students the art of taking words and sentences apart. It helps students to analyze how words get their meaning and to imitate how writers organize words to create complete, coherent thoughts.
Sentence Smart Grammar
Our grammar program is called Sentence Smart because sentence comprehension is the key to reading comprehension, and sentence construction is the key to effective writing. Sentence Smart Grammar consists of an easy to read textbook, student workbooks, parts of speech cards, and question-creation cards™. Sentence Smart Grammar helps students to improve their reading comprehension and writing skills by showing them how to physically disassemble, analyze, label, and reassemble sentences. This Sentence Analysis and Construction System™ equips students to understand how writers organize words and groups of words to communicate their ideas with clarity and creativity.
Sentence Smart Vocabulary
In our multi-sensory vocabulary modules, students learn how to analyze and assemble words. Students learn how to acquire a powerful vocabulary by building words from their roots, prefixes, and suffixes. A rich vocabulary is essential for reading comprehension and effective writing.
Summary
Our goal is to help students become completely familiar with lexical and grammatical structures so that they can become more skillful readers and writers. Our premise is simple and proven: If students know and understand the parts of words and the parts of speech and how writers organize them to communicate their thoughts, then they will become masters at communicating their own thoughts and understanding the ideas of others. Sentence Smart helps parents and teachers to make grammar and vocabulary easy, effective, and exciting for children.
Sentence Smart cultivates an interactive approach to reading comprehension. Suitable for whole class participation and small group intervention, our multi-sensory program is also ideal for English Language Learners, Special Needs Students, and any students who need intensive remediation in ELA. This program is VITAL -- offering Visual, Interactive, Thought-provoking, Associative Learning.™
Frequently asked questions:
Why is it so important for students to master the grammatical structures of sentences?
The grammatical parts of speech and basic sentence structures are the building blocks of all written and spoken communication; therefore, a comprehensive understanding of grammar can help students to become better readers and writers who are capable of creating and comprehending complex texts.
How can grammar help students to improve their reading, reasoning, and writing skills?Knowledge of grammatical structures helps students to recognize, analyze, and recreate the logical relationships within and between sentences that writers and speakers use to create meaning. Sentence analysis leads to sentence comprehension, and sentence comprehension leads to reading comprehension. Sentence Smart demystifies grammar and helps students become fully familiar with the various parts of speech and sentence structures in dynamic, interactive ways. All of this is done through directed student discovery™ as students create, expand, and analyze sentences.
Sentence Smart Grammar
Our grammar program is called Sentence Smart because sentence comprehension is the key to reading comprehension, and sentence construction is the key to effective writing. Sentence Smart Grammar consists of an easy to read textbook, student workbooks, parts of speech cards, and question-creation cards™. Sentence Smart Grammar helps students to improve their reading comprehension and writing skills by showing them how to physically disassemble, analyze, label, and reassemble sentences. This Sentence Analysis and Construction System™ equips students to understand how writers organize words and groups of words to communicate their ideas with clarity and creativity.
Sentence Smart Vocabulary
In our multi-sensory vocabulary modules, students learn how to analyze and assemble words. Students learn how to acquire a powerful vocabulary by building words from their roots, prefixes, and suffixes. A rich vocabulary is essential for reading comprehension and effective writing.
Summary
Our goal is to help students become completely familiar with lexical and grammatical structures so that they can become more skillful readers and writers. Our premise is simple and proven: If students know and understand the parts of words and the parts of speech and how writers organize them to communicate their thoughts, then they will become masters at communicating their own thoughts and understanding the ideas of others. Sentence Smart helps parents and teachers to make grammar and vocabulary easy, effective, and exciting for children.
Sentence Smart cultivates an interactive approach to reading comprehension. Suitable for whole class participation and small group intervention, our multi-sensory program is also ideal for English Language Learners, Special Needs Students, and any students who need intensive remediation in ELA. This program is VITAL -- offering Visual, Interactive, Thought-provoking, Associative Learning.™
Frequently asked questions:
Why is it so important for students to master the grammatical structures of sentences?
The grammatical parts of speech and basic sentence structures are the building blocks of all written and spoken communication; therefore, a comprehensive understanding of grammar can help students to become better readers and writers who are capable of creating and comprehending complex texts.
How can grammar help students to improve their reading, reasoning, and writing skills?Knowledge of grammatical structures helps students to recognize, analyze, and recreate the logical relationships within and between sentences that writers and speakers use to create meaning. Sentence analysis leads to sentence comprehension, and sentence comprehension leads to reading comprehension. Sentence Smart demystifies grammar and helps students become fully familiar with the various parts of speech and sentence structures in dynamic, interactive ways. All of this is done through directed student discovery™ as students create, expand, and analyze sentences.
Each Sentence-Smart Grammar Activity Kit includes the following resources:
- A starter set of over 150 Sentence Builder Color-Coded Parts of Speech Cards
- Sentence Smart Spinner
- Sentence Smart Question Chart (helps students to identify and create the most common relationships between the parts of speech)
Sentence Smart Helps Teachers to Meet the Following Standards:
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New York State Next Generation ELA Learning Standards
Anchor Standard 1: (PK-2L1); (3-5 L1); (6-8 L1) Demonstrate command of the conventions of academic English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.* Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: (3L4-5L6); (6-8 L4-L6) The RtI & ELA Solution: We will help your students acquire vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension skills to succeed in school and on standardized tests. This program is an ideal approach to meet the The New York State mandate for Response to Intervention. With our mobile classroom materials and response methods teachers can focus on specific areas of grammar for highly targeted teaching or small group intervention. |
Students Learn:
1. Word and sentence analysis skills 2. Transferable metacognitive strategies 3. Knowledge of antonyms and synonyms 4. Spelling and Phonetic skills 5. Foundational knowledge of classical etymology 6. Context clues to determine a word's meaning 7. How to use word-parts to understand words. A Proven Multi-sensory Strategy:
Sentence Smart and Word Builders equip students to succeed! The multi-sensory strategy helps students to think, speak, and write intelligently about the connections that create meaning within and between sentences. Students are actively engaged through visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile modalities. This makes learning an unforgettable and exciting experience for students. |
Schedule a Professional Development Session today, or Browse Our Catalog! ScholarSkills offers workshops and online training in the use of our vocabulary and grammar products. We teach instructors how to implement our multi-sensory system for differentiated instruction. For more information, please email us at [email protected]
Sentence Smart Videos: How to use Sentence Smart Grammar
Step One: Unboxing Sentence Smart Grammar
Step Two: How to use the Sentence Smart Spinner to have fun with the parts of speech
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Students using Sentence Smart Grammar
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How we teach the parts of speech (Example)
How we teach vocabulary from roots and prefixes
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