Day 1: First day of School
- I will set my exceptions and explain them to the students. Throughout the day we will model the exceptions.
- Students will be doing a variety of community building and getting to know each other activities.
- Read aloud of “How I Spent my Summer Vacation”
Day 2:
- Continuing exception modeling for the various expectations that are within the classroom.
- Set Writer’s Workshop Expectations, explain the schedule time and the places around the room that the workshop will take place.
- Explain their student portfolios and how their writings will be kept in them throughout the year.
Day 3:
- Read aloud book about the writing process.
- Go over the steps within the writing process through an anchor chart and show what each step looks like.
Day 4:
- Discuss why writers write and ask students what they think is important in writing.
- Introduce the 6+1 Traits of Writing and how they will be taught during the writer’s workshop.
Day 5:
- First day of Writer’s workshop
- What is an author mini-lesson and teacher modeling
- Student’s write on given topic
- http://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/wp-content/pdf/process1.pdf
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