September 28 - October 2, 2015

Monday, September 28

• Library
• Writer's Workshop

Tuesday, September 29

• Grammar work
• Writer's Workshop

Wednesday, September 30

• Reading Nonfiction
• Writer's Workshop

Narrative Writing FINAL COPY due TOMORROW! 

Thursday, October 1

• Reading Nonfiction
• Narrative Writing Celebration

Friday, October 2

• Book Talks
• Grammar work
• Reading Nonfiction

September 21-25, 2015

Monday, September 21
DUE: Narrative Writing Rough Draft

• Library: review Notice & Note Signposts
• Writer's Workshop: Writing Endings
• We can provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events.

Tuesday, September 22

• Review Story Elements
• We can read & comprehend literature.
• Writer's Workshop: Reading Drafts like Editors
• We can develop and strengthen writing as needed by editing, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. 

Homework: Study for Story Elements Quiz

Wednesday, September 23

• Story Elements Quiz
• We can read and comprehend literature. 
• Writer's Workshop: Revision
• We can develop and strengthen writing as needed by revising, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed. 

Thursday, September 24

• Newsela: Introduction to reading informative text
• Review Reading Standards for Informational Text
• Sign up for Newsela
• Read one article, answer questions
• Writer's Workshop: Conducting the Rhythm of Language
• We can produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 

Friday, September 25

• Grammar Pre-Assessment
• Writer's Workshop: Using Mentor Texts to Help Match Authorial Intent with the Page
• We can write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. 

September 14-18

Monday, September 14
DUE: Character Change Reading Evidence

• Library
• "Charles" pg. 250 of literature book
• Again & Again, Aha Moment
• Theme: the lesson or moral of the story. 
• We can read and comprehend literature. We can identify theme and analyze its development. 

Homework: Finish Signposts page, reading

Tuesday, September 15

DUE: Signposts page from "Charles" (Again & Again and AHA Moment)

• Skype with Jennifer Nielsen
• Writer's Workshop: Stepping into the drama
• We can use narrative technique to develop events, setting, and characters. We can organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. 

Wednesday, September 16
DUE: Reading Goal halfway point. Hand in Reading Log (in Reader's Notebook). 

• Tough Questions with Picture book, Riding the Tiger
• We can read and comprehend literature.
• Writer's Workshop: Studying published texts to write leads

Thursday, September 17

• Memory Moment with Picture book
• We can read and comprehend literature.
• Writer's Workshop: Grounding Dialogue in scenes.
• We can use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, to develop events, setting, and characters. 

Friday, September 18
No school! Have a great weekend! 

September 7-11, 2015

Monday, September 7
No school! Enjoy your three-day weekend!

Tuesday, September 8
DUE: Character motivation writing

• Library Checkout
• "Jeremiah's Song"
• Words of the Wiser
• Objective summary

Homework: Finish summary

Wednesday, September 9

DUE: "Jeremiah's Song" summary

• "Jeremiah's Song"
• theme, textual evidence
• Writer's Workshop: Plotting with Tools

Homework: finish story planning, write a one-sentence summary of your story. 

Thursday, September 10

DUE: one-sentence summary of your story

• "Charles" 
• Again & Again, Aha Moment
• objective summary
• Writer's Workshop: Planning & Writing Scenes by Including Evidence

Friday, September 11

• "Charles"
• theme, textual evidence
• objective summary
• Writer's Workshop: Stepping into the Drama of the Story to Draft