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: