ELA Mini-Lessons—What We Teach Each Day!

1. ELA Mini-Lessons—What We Teach Each Day! • 9/3—Introductions, Expectations and Classroom Procedures • 9/4—Create a What Good Readers Do Chart—focused on engage in text, volume, strategic reading, preview, variety, monitoring comprehension, reread • 9/5—Used What Good Readers Do Chart to focus on engage in text using post-its----questions, predictions and connections-------- ”House of Words” • 9/8—What Good Readers Do: Engage in Text to show their thinking: Stop and Jot • 9/9—What Good Readers Do: Engage in Text: Journal Response • 9/10—What Good Readers Do: Engage in Text: Journal Response Day 2—guided example • 9/11—What Good Readers Do: Engage in Text: Journal Response Day 3—Alternate Group • 9/12—What Good Readers Do: Engage in Text: Visualization • 9/15—What all good stories have in common? Story Elements: Characterization (direct and indirect) • 9/16—Story Elements: Characterization---Graphic Organizer---Character Chart and Write • 9/17—Characterization---The Pain and The Great One—Character Chart and Character Description • 9/18— Story Elements Setting • 9/19—Choosing “Just Right” Books—5 finger rule, less than 2 minutes, fluency, check comprehension Click Mouse to Go to Next Slide!

2. ELA Mini-Lessons—What We Teach Each Day! • 9/22 and 9/23—Stations-- Journal Response, Computer, Spelling i before e Rule and Vocabulary Activity • 9/24— Personal Narrative Assessment and Rubric, Have To’s and Choice mini-lesson • 9/25—NYS ELA Practice---Book 1—Reading Comp. 26 Questions • 9/29—Stations—Personal Narrative and What Good Readers Do: Reading Strategies • 10/2 & 10/3— Independent Reading Assessment • 10/8 and 10/10—Stations>: Story Elements: Theme, Revision Strategy: Cut and Paste, Grammar Nouns (computer Station) • 10/14 & 10/15 —Stations— Revision Strategy: Worn Out Words, Alternate Instruction: Theme and Cut & Past, and Personal Narrative Assessment • 10/16 —Stations: Writing a Catchy Lead and Revision Strategy: Big Idea • 10/17— • 10/20 and 10/21—Stations: Spelling Rule #2: adding –ed and –ing, Revision Strategy: Worn out Sentences, Personal Narrative and Pronouns • 10/23 and 10/24---Personal Narrative

3. ELA Mini-Lessons—What we teach each day! • 10/27 & 10/28--Story Elements: Literary Conflict AND Beginning of Literary Essay using the Journal Response • 10/29—Parent-Teacher Conferences • 10/30--- Literary Essay Introductions Con’t—name tag, summary and thesis statement--- Example • 10/31---”A Mouthful” Literary Essay Introduction, Conflict Review, and Editing Practice • 11/3—Ways to Engage: Triple Column Entry and Qualities of Short Stories • 11/4— • 11/5—Literary Essay—Statements vs Details and Textual Support (proof) • 11/6—Literary Essay—Basic Format—Body Paragraph • 11/7 & 11/10---Independent Reading Assessment • 11/14—”The Talking Eggs” Journal Response and “Just a Pigeon” Simple Literary Essay Format—topic sentence, statement, proof and conclusion

4. ELA Mini-Lessons—What we teach each day! • 11/17—Using the NYS ELA Test as a springboard for Literary Essay • 11/24—Read “Thank You, M’am”, Triple Column Entry, Qualities of Short Story, G.O. and Literary Essay • 11/25—What is the purpose of the thesis statement? Writing thesis statements. • 12/1—Review Literary Essay Format with student example and write a literary essay for “A Fish With Whiskers” • 12/2—Working Independently—What is your job during Have To’s and Choice? • 12/4—Classifying Sentences (Independent Clause and Compound Sentence---Graphic Organizers)---Simpson’s PowerPoint • 12/5—Journal Response—”Mr. Peabody’s Apples” Journal Response and Compound Sentences • 12/15---Qualities of Short Story • 12/16—Teacher guided Lit. Essay for “Around the River Bend”

5. ELA Mini-Lessons—What we teach each day! • 1/5—Nonfiction Unit--Nonfiction Conventions— Example#1Example #2 • 1/6—Purposes for writing nonfiction, using nonfiction conventions to help set a purpose for reading • 1/8--Setting a purpose for reading and Nonfiction Graphic Organizer • 1/9--Diagram and Writing example---Diagram sheet • 1/12--Read Nonfiction article and create a diagram and write, Avoiding Run-on Sentences, NFGO • 1/13—Nonfiction Project Overview, Conventions of Nonfiction: Diagram and Write + Run-on Sentences • 1/14—Brainstorming research topic, NF conventions: diagram, Setting a purpose: NFGO • 1/20—NFGO, Narrowing a Topic (Web and D.C.E.), Word Study: Fragments • 1/21 -1/23----NYS ELA TEST

6. ELA Mini-Lessons—What we teach each day! • 1/26---Assign NF Project Cover and Subtopic #1 • 1/27---Choosing a Research Book (library) + Taking Notes/Double Column Entry • 2/9-- Using Notes to Synthesize Information and Using Quotes to support text • 2/10—Subtopic #1 and Library—Subtopic #2 • 2/11--- Using Notes to Synthesize Information and Using Quotes to support text and Complex Sentences (aaawwubbis) • 2/12—Using notes to synthesize information and using quotes to support text (student example) and Complex Sentences (aaawwubbis) • 2/13---NF Project and Have To’s & Choices • 2/23—Working Independently • 2/24—NF Project Work, Sentence Variety, Revision Strategy—Worn out words • 2/25---NF Project Work, Semicolon Activity, Revision Strategy—Worn out words • 2/26--- Revision Strategy—Cut & Past (compound & complex sentences), alternate instruction—revisit revision strategy: worn out words • 3/3—NF Project: Subtopic #3 • 3/4 –NF Project: Subtopic #4 and Revision Strategy: Worn Out Sentences • 3/5—NF Conventions: Table of Contents, Revision Strategy Work, Subtopic #4 • 3/6—Reading Comprehension Test, NF Project—Catch-up Day

7. ELA Mini-Lessons—What we teach each day! • 3/9—Nonfiction Conventions: Glossary and NF Project Work • 3/10—Revision Strategy: Engines of Writing and NF Project: setting priorities • 3/11— Stations: Read and Conference, Revision Strategies and NF Project work • 3/12-- Stations: Read and Conference, Revision Strategies and NF Project work • 3/16—Stations: NF Revision Strategies, Wolf—character change, Begin Multi-media Presentation of NF Project • 3/17—Begin discussion on Authors’ Craft (techniques the author uses to create a mental image, create a feeling, develop a character change…) using Wolf, and NF Project • Work3/18— Authors’ Craft Notes and NF Project Work • 3/19– Authors’ Craft: Figurative Language • 3/23 – Author’s Craft: “The Basement” Triple Column Entry, Fig. Lang. Notes and NF Project • 3/24—Author’s Craft: “The Basement” Triple Column Entry—what the author is trying to develop, the technique and the purpose • 3/26 & 3/27—Independent Reading Assessment (IRA) • 3/30-- Author’s Craft: A Quiet Place & Cabin Up North, & Guided Reading Hiroshima chapters 1-3

8. ELA Mini-Lessons—What we teach each day! • 3/31--Author’s Craft: A Quiet Place & Cabin Up North, & Guided Reading Hiroshima chapters 3 – 4, Figurative Language Activity • 4/1—Figurative Language Quiz, Hiroshima Discussion • 4/2— Book Review Project: Student Example, Hiroshima chapters 5-6, Compound and Complex Sentence Quiz • 4/13—Book Review Model: Lead Paragraph, Finish Hiroshima, Book Review Reading • 4/14—Book Review Model: Summary Paragraph, Author’s Craft: Develop Character • 4/15—Book Review Model: Author’s Craft Paragraph #1, Author’s Craft Peer Activity • 4/20— Book Review Model, Sign of the Beaver Author’s Craft, Setting: More than time and place • 4/21– Sign of the Beaver Author’s Craft Guided Paragraph, Book Review Book Conferences • 4/22- Author’s Craft Lesson: Word Choice, Word Study: Adjectives, Book Review Book and Sharing Author’s Craft Paragraphs for Elizabeth George Speare • 4/27—Drafting Book Review Project and Word Study: Adjectives • 4/28—Drafting Book Review Project and Word Study: Adverbs • 4/29—Drafting Book Review Project and Word Study: Adverbs • 4/30– Revision Strategies for Book Review Project, Adjectives and Adverb Quiz

9. ELA Mini-Lessons—What we teach each day! • 5/4—ELA Project and Character Change Activity • 5/7 and 5/8 —Stations: Author Trading Cards, Writing Assignment #1 (Level 3 Example) and ELA Project Work • 5/19—Stations: Word Study: What’s an adverb? , Writing Assignment #1 and ELA Project Work • 5/26—Stations: Writing Assignment #1, Project Book #2, Writing Assignment #2, Computer Station (adj. and adverb), & Editing • 5/27—Working Independently: ELA Project Work • 6/1 – 6/3—ELA Project Work and Pink and Say + Hiroshima Theme essay: demonstrate the harsh realities of war • 6/4—6/5—ELA Final and ELA Project Work • 6/18—Guide Reading (fluency and Reading Strategy: Context Clues)