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Please note:  lesson plans are subject to change

Also please note that since Reader/Writer Workshop classes are often linked as to subject matter, I teach Reading 1st, 2nd and 6th periods (the first half) and Writing 4th, 5th and 7th periods.

Last week Readers continued to work on prefixes, roots and suffixes.  I have decided to put that unit aside for now and work on it again from time to time during the year.  They also began working on words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings (their, they’re, there; we’re, were, where) and how to use each correctly.  Writers practiced the writing process while writing memoirs.  Final drafts of memoirs were turned in.  I also received several boxes of new books for my classroom library and a new Smart Board.  These should be in use by next week.

This week Readers will:

• Complete Lesson 2 of Wordly Wise vocabulary study
• View the new books and check them out (NOTE:  if a student checks out a book, and loses it, he or she is responsible for replacing that book) - students will sign for the books they check out
• Continue to write prompted Reading Responses in their journals
• Begin reading at home and recording the pages they read
• Continue to study sound-alike words as well as denotative/connotative word meanings

Writers will:

• Begin immersion into how to write a review:  we will read and discuss reviews from sources such as movies, books and products and study the format of a well-written review
• Continue study of punctuation, spelling and sentence structure
• Continue writer’s notebook entries

Please note:  lesson plans are subject to change

This week Readers Will:

• Complete this unit on prefix/root word/suffix study and
• Receive charts to keep for reference
• Create a card game
• Review words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings (such as their, there, they’re)
• Continue to use strategies to read like writers

Writers will:

• Begin writing memoir, using mentor text as a reference
• Peer Edit and possibly revise
• Continue to practice writing  for an audience

Please note:  lesson plans are subject to change

This week Readers will:

• continue root word and affixes study by using charts and games; they will continue to look for root words and affixes in their daily silent reading as well as in text from other classes
• begin keeping reading logs
• use thinking maps as appropriate

Writers will:

• continue prewriting strategies for memoir
• review Freytag’s pyramid for plot development
• practice writing dialogue
• continue with vocabulary development
• use thinking maps as appropriate

Please note:  lesson plans are subject to change.

Last week Readers covered multiple meaning words, summarizing, paraphrasing, idioms and analogies, all of which are included in the first TAKS Reading Objective .  Writers continued with the writing process to peer editing, revision and final draft of a short story.

This week Readers will:

• Begin a unit on root words and affixes. 
• Students will learn to identify some common prefixes, suffixes and root words and their meanings.
• They will study charts, make and play a game and create words of their own choosing, including definition and usage, to share with the class.
• We will also visit the school library.

Writers will:

• Choose a subject for a memoir.
• Review the writing process and revision strategies.
• Review plot development, characterization and setting.
• Learn about incorporating imagery into writing.