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
Sunday, October 25, 2009
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
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.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Picture Books, The Next Week
Day 24: The Waterfall (basal)
Day 25: none, MEAP
Day 26: When I Was Young in the Mountains
Day 27: none, MEAP
Day 28: The Diary of a Worm
Reading Workshop, One More Week
As students read, I hoped to meet with reading partners to encourage them to read same book. If same book didn't work, I would accept that. I was also checking that levels match lexile or "letter".
MEAPs on Tuesday/Thursday disrutped reading and did not conference. Wednesday we has laptops in room and spent whole morning typing in our writing project Bit of Our Lives, which is a personal narrative small moment.
Day 25: Notice how stories begin
Day 26: Meap
Day 27: Typing Bit of Our Lives writing piece
Day 28: Meap
Day 29: ? At the end of our reading....conferenced with two together that needed to rewrite letters, individually modeled what "reading like we talk" sounds like and had students imitate.... shared a teaching point, but have no memory what it was.
Chpater Book
Ellie McDoodle - This author visited Lakeview and many students are now reading this book or another one from the series.
Read Alouds - Picture Books
Day 20: Mulan from basal
Day 21: Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Day 22: The Legend of Michigan
Day 23: The Legend of Michigan
Writing Workshop, The Next Week
This is the week my student teacher taught the class.
Day 20: Working silently
Day 21: Using revision marks-share chart of marks
Day 22: Sharing rubric for assessing - Content and Ideas (Details), Organization (Beg. Mid. End),
Style Voice (Variety in sentences, words), Conventions (Standard)
Day 23: Sharing your writing in a group - Remember to look and listen, comment or ask a question, Pick a favorite sentence
Reading Workshop, One More Week
This is the week my student teacher taught the class on her own.
Day 20: Label the post it you are using to mark your thinking.
Day 21: Proof read your letter to Ms. K/Mrs. B - answer question, write title of new book, summary, thinking spot (what's happening and thinking)
Day 22: Use punctuation to help understand your reading - period, comma, talking marks, exclamation point
Day 23: Character description in stories, Use James and the Giant Peach
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Picture Books, Next Two Weeks (Part 1)
Day 10: Fly Flew In
Day 11: Tops and Bottoms
Day 12: Mrs. Smith Incredible Story Book
Day 13: Inside All and "Bit of Our Lives"
Day 14: Snow Moon
Picture Books, Next Two Weeks
Day 15: Lost and Found from Basal
Day 16: Molly and her Dad by Jan Ormerod and Carol Thompson - text to self
Day 17: Joseph Had a Little Overcoat - funny
Day 18: Bad Dog Marley by John Grogen - text to self
Day 19: Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully - predictions
Writing Workshop, Next Two Weeks
Day 10: Exploded Moment using Barry Lane Tape
Day 11: From Monday's entry, find a spot you can say more - use Jordan's as an example
Day 12: Snapshot using Barry Lane Tape
Day 13: Review snapshot
Day 14: Intro steps of process writing to get ready for "Bit of Our Lives", a booklet with an entry from each student
Day 15: Using Writer's Notebook, find an entry to rewrite into a rough draft, find an entry with "heart"
Day 16: Revising with a spider leg, find a spot you can say more
Day 17: Editing with standard language; capitals, periods, spelling
Day 18: Rubric with Content and Details, Organization, Style and Voice, and Conventions
Day 19: Celebrate by reading to small group and sharing one line with class, put title in project writing list and tell something learned in What I Learned Section.
Reading Workshop, Two More Weeks
I'm hoping I can read my teaching points from my lesson plans for this chunk of two weeks. I'm trying to organize how my workshop progresses as the year gets going:
Day 10: No Teaching Point, found lexile numbers using SRI in computer lab
Day 11: Finding main idea of a story using who does what, practiced orally using turn and talk
Day 12: Again practiced finding main idea of story, writing on a slip of paper(or did I end up orally?)
Day 13: Model letter to Mrs. B - Tell what story is about, share thinking
Day 14: Reread letter - point out how thinking comes from a spot in the book where you can put a post it
Day 15: Oops, this is day lexile numbers were determined, last week program wasn't ready
Day 16: Today lock down drill interrupted workshop
Day 17: Review letter form, share another model letter to Mrs. B, Share what story is about, share thinking
Day 18: If Mrs. B asks you a question in a letter, highlight with yellow (not sure this is it)
Day 19: Use POSTER we made with thinking topics to help come up with thinking idea
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