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Teachers can monitor and assess student progress by reviewing the Patterns of Power Student Notebook. Students will use this notebook along with the lessons to record their thinking through their writing. Seeing this thinking on paper will allow you to determine whether or not the students grasp the concepts or the standards, and more importantly, you will be able to see specifically in what areas they might need extra help.

Analyzing purpose and craft is prominent in Patterns of Power Plus, which dovetails nicely into the writing workshop format. By pulling students out of a writing and reading workshop for five minutes per day, you can create 10 minutes of time to teach the “meat” of a sentence.

Patterns of Power would most likely replace what is being done for grammar instruction in a basal program, which is mostly worksheet driven. Patterns of Power teaches writing with more craft, more depth, and more writing. No worksheets.

You can easily weave Patterns of Power lessons into the instructional contexts of a balanced literacy framework. By using a model sentence taken from books used within the various instructional contexts, such as shared reading, interactive read-aloud, and interactive writing, you can teach grammar and conventions through the Patterns of Power process. Students will benefit from a shared language promoting coherence throughout the year.

The lessons in Patterns of Power are flexible. You can choose what makes the most sense for you and your writers and the time you have. That may change as depth and complexity and challenge shift. You are encouraged to adjust days as needed, but be sure to always incorporate the celebration!

The Patterns of Power Mentor Texts and Patterns of Power Plus Anchor Text Collections were curated specifically for grammar instruction and conventions—they were hand-picked by Jeff Anderson and Whitney La Rocca as strong examples of writer’s craft, which will give students an example after which to model their own writing.

The books in the Patterns of Power Mentor Text Collections are the top ten books that the authors chose as the best examples of writer’s craft. These books were chosen from the 150 top mentor texts listed in the Patterns of Power Teacher Resource Book. The books in the Anchor Text Collections, on the other hand, are the books from which the model sentences used in Patterns of Power Plus are taken.

Each grade level of Patterns of Power Plus includes all-new lessons geared specifically toward a specific grade-level standard. In fact, the Patterns of Power Teacher Resource Book and Patterns of Power Plus can be used together for extended grammar and conventions instruction and practice throughout the school year.

The Student Notebook for each grade offers pages for students to record and revisit their individual responses to lessons in Patterns of Power Plus, the Patterns of Power Teacher Resource Book, or both since many schools are interested in using the Patterns of Power Plus and Patterns of Power Teacher Resource Book together for extended daily grammar instruction.