Writers’ workshop

1. Writers’ workshop Genres: Fantasy Realistic Fairy Tale Expository/ Facts Personal Narrative Choose a genre. Create a story map. Write 5 paragraphs. Use transition words. • Remember: • Indent each paragraph. • Start each sentence with a capital & end with correct punctuation.

2. Expectations: Writers’ workshop Students Teacher • Get started quickly writing a story. • Answer the questions: • Read what you wrote & look for capitals, punctuation, and spelling mistakes. • Work the whole time. • Helping individual students. • Working with small groups. Who? Did what? When? Where? Why?

3. Spelling Work Station Choose an activity. Gather all the materials you need. Finish the activity completely. Put your papers in your folder & choose another spelling activity.

4. Expectations: Spelling Work Station Students Teacher • Choose an activity quickly. • If you have a question, ask your partner or put in the parking lot. • Work the whole time. • Try to finish as many activities as you can. • Helping individual students. • Working with small groups. Spelling

5. What can I do in spelling? A,B,C … Alphabetical Order Begin with A. Check the first letter of each spelling word. If a word begins with this letter write it on your list. Do the same thing for B, C, etc. until you reach Z. If you have more than one word that begins with the same letter, check the second letter. Decodable Reader You need a highlighter & decodable reader. Read the title page & identify this week’s spelling pattern. Read your booklet & highlight all words that fit the spelling pattern. Write, Trace, & Spell Choose 4 of your spelling words. Write them with a marker. Choose 4 different spelling words. Write them with an ink pen. Choose 4 more words. Write them with a crayon. Map It Out! Identify this week’s spelling pattern. Create a tree map with branches for each of the different ways to make the pattern. Write each spelling word under the correct branch.

6. Computer Work station Find your password card. Turn on the monitor. 4. Click on internet once and wait for the page to load. 5. Go to Math Facts in a flash. Complete two practices or tests. TRY TO LEVEL UP! 6. Find ixl weekly goals & go to www.ixl.com and complete your goals.

7. Expectations: Computer Work Station Students Teacher • Get started quickly • Find your password & weekly goals fast. • Stay at your work station. • Help your partners as needed. • Work the whole time. • Helping individual students. • Working with small groups.

8. Word works! • Choose an activity. • Get out materials. • Complete activity. • Put away all materials. • Choose a new activity.

9. Expectations: Word Works Students Teacher • Choose an activity quickly. • Stay at your station. • Help your partners as needed. • Complete several activities. • Work the whole time. • Helping individual students. • Working with small groups.

10. Poetry & Listening • Find the correct track number by pressing the forward key. • Press play. • Press repeat, until the word “repeat” appears. • Cut apart your poem. • Put the poem in the correct order. Look at the poem poster for help. • Glue the corrected poem on a new page in your poem book. • Clean up your mess & put materials away.

11. Expectations: Poetry & Listening Students Teacher • Gather all the materials you need & quickly. • Use poem charts to help. • Listen & look for rhyming words & vocabulary. • Work the whole time. • Helping individual students. • Working with small groups. Rhyme Time!

12. Main Selection… • Choose an activity. • Get materials needed. • Finish activity completely. • Clean up all materials. • Choose another activity.

13. Tell It Again! Put story cards in order. Fill in a flow map with two sentences that tell about each card. On the back draw a picture of your favorite part. What can I do in Main Selection? Brace Map ----{ ___ Write the story title on the left side of the brace map. This is the WHOLE. Fill in the parts of the story on the right side of the map. These are the PARTS. Targeted Vocabulary Read each of the Target Vocabulary. Write sentences on the circle map using the Target Vocabulary. Choose Amazing Words to create sentences to finish the circle map. Story Bubble Read this Main Selection. Describe the story by identifying all of the different parts of the story. On the back write a sentence and draw a picture that tells the “Big Idea” of the story. Targeted Vocabulary

14. Expectations: Main Selection Students Teacher • Choose an activity quickly. • If you have a question, ask your partner or put in the parking lot. • Work the whole time. • Use your reading book to help you find the answers. • Helping individual students. • Working with small groups.

15. Reading Work Station • Get started quickly. • Choose to read independently or in EEKK time with a partner. • Read good fit books from your reading basket. • Read the whole time. • If you finish a reading a book completely, you may choose to complete a book report.

16. Expectations: Main Selection Students Teacher • Get started quickly. • Use stamina to read the whole time. • Stay at your work station. • Use quiet voices. • Sit “Elbow to Elbow & Knee to Knee” • Helping individual students. • Working with small groups.

17. “EEKK” Time! Elbow to Elbow… & Knee to Knee…

18. Classroom Expectations

19. Hallway expectations