Q.1, Week 1
Focus: Writing Process - what is it?
Conventions: Period
Monday
Writer’s Notebook: 2 crayons
- Give each student 2 crayons
- Give students time to draw whatever they want on a page
- Students will write a list of things each color reminds them of
Period:
- Give piece of writing to students. - reading comp book pg 15
- Have them circle all periods on the paper.
- Discuss when to use a period - end of sentence, abbreviations
- Review abbreviations
Wednesday
FREE WRITE
- Review writer’s notebook activity
- Choose one or more thing(s) to write about.
Period:
- Student writes a sentence with two abbreviations in it.
Thursday
Project:
- Introduce writing process - copy in the front of writer’s notebook
- Plan
- Draft
- Revise
- Edit
- Feedback
- Publish
Period:
- Worksheet - endings for sentences (DOC)
Friday
Project:
- Model the writing process by writing a story together and going through each step
Period:
- Worksheet - punctuation at end of sentences (DOC)
Q.1, Week 2
Focus: Writing Process - how do I do it?
Conventions: Question Mark
Monday
Writer’s Notebook: Heart Map
- Student fills up page with drawing of a large heart
- Split heart down the middle and label one side “Things I love” and the other side “Things I don’t love”
- Give student time to fill in both sides of the heart
Question Mark:
- Grammar book page 4
Wednesday
FREE WRITE
- Review writer’s notebook activity
- Choose one or more thing(s) to write about.
Question Mark:
- Grammar book page 5 activity A
Thursday
Project:
- Introduce editing checklist (what is it?) - tape in to the front of writer’s notebook (DOC)
Question Mark:
- Grammar book page 5 activity B
Friday
Project:
- Start making your own editing checklist - add punctuation to the checklist
Question Mark:
- Grammar book page 6
Q.1, Week 3
Focus: Writing Process - practice
Conventions: Exclamation Point
Monday
Writer’s Notebook: People I Know
- List three people that you know
- List three things about each person
Exclamation Point:
- Grammar book page 7
Wednesday
FREE WRITE
- Review writer’s notebook activity
- Choose one or more thing(s) to write about.
Exclamation Point:
- Grammar book page 8 activity A
Thursday
Project:
- Prompt draft (day 5)
Exclamation Point:
- Grammar book page 8 activity B
Friday
Project:
- Add capitalization to editing checklist
- Use checklist to edit/revise prompt from yesterday
Exclamation Point:
- Grammar book page 9
Q.1, Week 4
Focus: Writing Process - Practice
Conventions: Comma - dates, series
Monday
Writer’s Notebook: People comparison (Venn Diagram)
- Choose two people from your list from last week
- Compare and contrast those two people using a Venn diagram
Comma - dates, series:
- What is it?
- Series - list of related things
- Dates
- Examples
- Series: spoons, forks, knives
- Dates: August 14, 2019
Wednesday
FREE WRITE
- Review writer’s notebook activity
- Choose one or more thing(s) to write about.
Comma - dates, series:
- Identify it (show entire paragraph, even the sentences with website, to students)
- “Anteaters live in Mexico, Honduras, Panama, and other places. They have long heads, long tongues, and no teeth. Woods, swamps, and plains are their homes. They eat ants, termites, and other insects. Their front claws tear open anthills. Then they stick their long tongues into the anthills, lick up insects, and eat them. If you’re an anteater, you don’t mind eating insects for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.” Mrs. White/Mom found this paragraph on August 16, 2019 on https://k12.thoughtfullearning.com/minilesson/using-commas-series.
Thursday
Project:
- Prompt (day 5) - draft
Comma - dates, series:
- Worksheet DOC Commas-to-separate
Friday
Project:
- Edit/Revise writing prompt
- PUBLISH on blog
Q.1, Week 5
Focus: Writing Process - Practice
Conventions: Comma - greetings, closings of letters
Monday
Writer’s Notebook: Trips we’ve taken
- Draw one line down the center of the page
- Draw one line across the center of the page - you should now have four squares on your paper
- Label each square with a different place you have visited
- List anything you can remember about each place
Comma - greetings, closings of letters:
- What is it with examples DOC Commas in Letters
Wednesday
FREE WRITE
- Review writer’s notebook activity
- Choose one or more thing(s) to write about.
Comma - greetings, closings of letters:
Thursday
Project:
- Prompt (day 5) - draft
Comma - greetings, closings of letters:
- Worksheet DOC Commas in Letters(3)
Friday
Project:
- Edit/Revise writing prompt
Comma - greetings, closings of letters:
- Write an example
Q.1, Week 6
Focus: Writing Process - Practice
Conventions: Comma - locations, addresses
Monday
Writer’s Notebook: House map
- Draw a map of your house
- Pick one room on your map and make a list of whatever comes to your mind as you think about that room
Comma - locations, addresses:
- What is it with examples DOC Commas-in-addresses-1(2) #1-5
Wednesday
FREE WRITE
- Review writer’s notebook activity
- Choose one or more thing(s) to write about.
Comma - locations, addresses:
- Identify it DOC Commas in Addresses (3) #6-10
Thursday
Project:
- Prompt (day 5) - draft
Comma - locations, addresses:
- Worksheet DOC Commas-in-addresses
Friday
Project:
- Edit/Revise writing prompt
- PUBLISH on blog
Comma - locations, addresses:
- Write an example - your address!
Q.1, Week 7
Focus: Writing Process - Practice
Conventions: Comma
Monday
Writer’s Notebook: Family Member Traits
- List the members of your family across the top of your page
- Under each person’s name, write things about them
Comma:
- Grammar book page 58 activity B
Wednesday
FREE WRITE
- Review writer’s notebook activity
- Choose one or more thing(s) to write about.
Comma:
- Grammar book page 59 activity A
Thursday
Project:
- Prompt (day 5) - draft
Comma:
- Grammar book page 59 activity B
Friday
Project:
- Add grammar to editing checklist
- Edit/Revise writing prompt using checklist
Comma:
- Grammar book page 60
Q.1, Week 8
Focus: Writing Process - Practice
Conventions: Apostrophe
Monday
Writer’s Notebook: Animals T graphic organizer - wild and tame
- Draw a big T that takes up most of your page (graphic organizer)
- Label one side of the T “wild” and label the other side “tame”
- List different wild and tame animals
Apostrophe:
- Grammar book page 43-44
Wednesday
FREE WRITE
- Review writer’s notebook activity
- Choose one or more thing(s) to write about.
Apostrophe:
- Grammar book page 45
Thursday
Project:
- Prompt (day 5) - draft
Apostrophe:
- Grammar book page 55
Friday
Project:
- Edit/Revise writing prompt using checklist
- Publish to blog
Apostrophe:
- Grammar book page 56
Q.1, Week 9
Focus: Writing Process - Practice
Conventions: Question Marks
Monday
Writer’s Notebook: Holiday
- Draw an “X” that takes up the entire page in your writer’s notebook
- Label the four different sections - Clothes, Food, Activities, Family/Friends
- Pick a holiday that you enjoy
- List things in each section that come to mind when you think of that holiday
Question marks:
- What is it with examples DOC Question-Marks-1
Wednesday
FREE WRITE
- Review writer’s notebook activity
- Choose one or more thing(s) to write about.
Question Marks:
- Identify it DOC Question-Marks-2
Thursday
Project:
- Prompt (day 5) - draft
Question Marks:
- Grammar book page 58A
Friday
Project:
- Add spelling to checklist
- Edit/Revise writing prompt using checklist
Question Marks:
- Write an example
