Schoolwide is excited to announce that the next generation of our grammar resource, Grammar Fundamentals: Language Structures & Conventions, is now available for purchasing. Materials will be available to ship over the summer of 2024.

Standout features of the newly revised units include:

• Intentional and accessible lesson design in color
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• Embedded supports and scaffolds for multilingual learners and learners with diverse needs
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• Appendices with Spanish cognates and tips for Total Physical Response (TPR)
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• Authentic literature that creates opportunities for students to experience listening, reading, and thinking like a writer
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• Additional foci on different sentence types, sentence formation, composition, structure, and sentence form
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• Implementation models and suggestions that are flexible to different classroom needs
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• And so much more! Learn more here. 

Download lesson samples for Grade K and Grade 4. 

Flexible Implementation

The units offer accessibly designed lesson formats that give teachers the flexibility to embed grammar learning directly in writing instruction, or create an effective and manageable integration of grammar skills into an already established literacy block. 

Grammar Fundamentals is uniquely designed to supplement core literacy resources in a way that embeds the skills and strategies within real reading and writing experiences. A variation of lessons and student practice opportunities can be used in a 2-3 day per week model, for a range of 15-30 minutes per day. This provides teachers with an intuitive, flexible plan for implementing grammar learning, even when limited time is available within the literacy block. 

Grammar Teaching and Learning for Multilingual Learners

Brand new to the revised edition of Grammar Fundamentals is the inclusion of Multilingual Learner supports and scaffolds created by experts in the field of bilingual and special education. The supports include linguistic and nonlinguistic strategies that guide and complement instruction, help to create differentiated learning tools, provide translations, and embed high-impact visual anchor charts within each lesson, as well as demonstration notebook models to support teachers. Schoolwide’s approach to Multilingual scaffolds was focused on two primary goals: creating instruction and content that is accessible and ensuring ample opportunities to support oral language development. 

Schoolwide is partnering with schools and districts in an early adoption program to gather insights on different classroom use cases for Grammar Fundamentals, and we look forward to sharing our findings. 

The revised Grammar Fundamentals Kits (with Mentor Texts) can now be purchased by any interested school or district. Learn more here, and please contact our Sales team for more details and samples.