Language Arts/Reading Program
Reader’s Workshop-
Mini Lessons
Stamina- working on reading for long periods of time with
Focus
Inferencing- learning to “Read between the lines.” Proving
your inferential thinking with evidence from the book.
Plot
Setting- how important is it to the story, could it be the main
character
Character traits- Inferencing to better understand
Characters behaviors and how they affect the story
Figurative Language- How does this form of descriptive writing
enhance a story.
Theme- Inferencing to understand the author’s message
Author’s purpose- Points of view and voice of the author and
how a story is affected by the author’s thinking.
Independent Reading-30-45 min.
Writing about our reading with mini lesson directions in Reader’s Notebooks.
Come together to share our reading and thinking about independent books or read aloud
Individual teacher/student conferences to discuss books
Writer’s Workshop-
Mini Lessons
Paragraphing- 6-8 sentences, use transition words, topic
sentence, details to support the topic, conclusion sentence
Narrative Writing- Focus on details, using figurative
Language, and voice
Opinion/Persuasive Writing- focus on thesis statements with
evidence to support opinion (Min. 5 paragraphs)
Expository Writing- Exploration/Explorer research and essay
format (Min. 5 paragraphs)
Great American Essay- Research using inferential thinking
along with character traits to tell about a Great American
(5-7 paragraphs)
Daily Quick Writes- Journaling about students daily lives as well as creative story writing.
Writing is shared with partners and sometimes class to ask for help as well as for editing and revision work
Extra
Daily teacher read aloud and discussions
Typing skills are practiced weekly with key pad covers
Writing Reading
Sept/Oct:
Best Part of Me
Paragraphs
Raising the Quality of Personal Narratives; small moment stories
Figurative Language RL 5.4 Similes/Metaphors
Types of Sentences
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Launching Reading Workshop with Reader’s Notebook
Read aloud
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Oct/Nov:
Personal Narrative con’t.
Five Paragraph Persuasive Essay
Nouns
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Responding to Reading:
Read Aloud
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Nov/Dec:
Five paragraph essay
Verbs
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Continue practice w/theme
Introduce with picture book then practice using class read alouds
Introduce vocab pages using Miss Alanieus
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Jan/Feb:
Explorer research/project
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Informational Reading--Comprehension Tool Kit
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Feb/March:
Poetry: writing poems in response to topics and themes that surround them (class anthology)
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Social Studies - Informational Text
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March/April:
Continue Poetry
Great American prep
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Short passages (test prep)
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April/May:
Great American; Informational writing
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Poetry
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June: Boston Landmark Research
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Reading like a fan: summer reading
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