Writing Workshop, Week of October 26

Monday - Writing with Details, Barry Lane tape, ask questions and zoom in

Tuesday - Con't with Barry Lane tape and writing activities,  class chant poem created orally

Wednesday - Chant poem shared orally, using details for stanzas

Thursday - Barry Lane tape con't., Sad Mad made into a new story by asking questions and adding details

Friday - Entries in Writing Journal, short time (Halloween)  Some used Halloween words

Some finished snapshots that were put on wall, still have some Bit of Lives that need printing 

Reading Workshop Week of 10-26

Monday - Brainstormed Character Traits

Tuesday - Added more Character Traits

Wednesday - What the character does is evidence of a trait

Thursday - Trait web, character's name with two traits and evidence for each

Friday - Reviewed traits (Halloween)

Week of Oct. 26

Mmmm....this past week....Mrs. K was able to do a progress check on fluency on the students who scored low....most were reading more words per minute from reading on level.  Two are staying the same, so will have Mrs. K set up a fluency program where a parent will work with the student on a reading passage during the week with a pre and post test.

I was able to conference with every student this past week.  Three were absent due to the flu.

Read Alouds - Picture Books Week of !0-19-09

Monday - My Mountain Song - last year compared to Tuesday's book, this year looked at Authors Craft

Tuesday - MEAP

Wednesday - My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother - compared to Monday's book

Thursday - finished Wednesday's book - themes, like this is "brothers and sisters"

Friday - My Ol' Dad - author's craft, snapshot example

Writing Workshop, Week of October 19

Monday T.P.   Reread as you write every few sentences

Tuesday T.P  MEAP

Wednesday T.P.   As you write, check caps and periods every two, three lines

Thursday T.P.   Practice strategy for getting details, snapshot.  Freeze moment, what do you see, hear, smell.

Friday T.P.  Revise, edit snapshopt, copy final draft for our wall.  Not accepted for wall if errors.

Reading Workshop Week of 10-19

Monday T.P.  Thinking has evidence - from the book and head

Tuesday T.P  MEAP

Wednesday T.P. Post it shows thinking spot, tell why

Thursday T.P.  Example of thinking paragraph written by Mrs. B from read aloud

Friday T.P.  Evidence is explaining, telling why, both retelling story and thoughts in head.

The Week of 10-19-09

This week I tried to meet with students writing their reading response letter.  One day we had MEAP, one day needed to talk with my Title I reading aide.  So some got better attention than others.  In their letters, they answer my question, tell about their new book, and share their thinking.  This is from Gay Su Pennell and her writing partner, but they just have the question answered and thinking, not the summary.  

I also checked my "little ones" for fluency.  I don't think they've been reading and rereading their books to get them smooth.  So I read a page, they read a page to hear how they need to sound, wrote a note on their marker to show mom and dad.  They are BR and J/K, reading Henry and Mudge in a monotone.

In writing, I'm trying to get all their final drafts of memoir writing typed.  They have their rough drafts typed in, but am having trouble with computers and time.  Was hoping writer's notebook entries could be done, while students finished typing.  Too many problems.  One thing that happened was their final drafts had too many errors.  I realize, now, that the final drafts went up with too many errors.  Usually, I send them back to get them closer to standard.

Switched to working on snapshots and this they got this time around.  Worked on these earlier, but this time I think it made more sense. They revised and edited rough drafts and put their final drafts on wall.  Wish we were typing these.  But they will go in their final draft folders and will be good to have.