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Readers Workshop Weebly
Readers Workshop Weebly
Wednesday
Read Aloud: The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer. Adapting mental images. Read half book without showing kids pics. Sketch my changing mental images.
Thursday
Read Aloud: The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer. Adapting mental images continued. Read first half of book again with pics. Then second half without showing pics. Kids draw their images. Jonah, Jack H, Matilda, Eve, Grace Title: Book Club book Level: 26, 27, 28 Follow Up: Clarifying words and questions for understanding. Amy M, Zoe, Hugo, Amelia Focus: Shopping for Books sheet. Talk about sheet. Talk about ideas for sheet. Write ideas. Laminate. Ella, Ryan, Riley, Hayley
Friday
Read Aloud: Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman. Show pictures, get kids to turn and talk about their mental images and what the storyline might be. They will also infer.
Read Aloud: Four poems from Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky by Georgia Heard. Artistic response activity from RWM & planner.
Guided Reading
Livvy, Hunter, Bella R, Bella G Title: Level: Blue Follow Up: Link some post-read questions to mental images.
Ryan, Billy, Aimee C, Zoe, Amelia Title: Level: Black Follow Up: Link some post-read questions to mental images. Marquis, Miki, Matilda, Hayley, Jordynne Focus: Shopping for Books sheet. Talk about sheet. Talk about ideas for sheet. Write ideas. Laminate. Hunter, Amy M, Matilda, Hugo
Hugo, Hayley, Jordynne Title: Level: Double Black Follow Up: Link some post-read questions to mental images. Billy, Jack H, Eve, Ella, Aimee C Focus: Shopping for Books sheet. Talk about sheet. Talk about ideas for sheet. Write ideas. Laminate. Jonah, Livvy, Bella R, Zoe
Ella, Miki, Marquis, Amy M, Riley Title: Book Club book Level: 30+ Follow Up: Clarifying words and questions for understanding. Livvy, Hunter, Bella R, Bella G Title: Level: Blue Follow Up: Link some post-read questions to mental images. Grace, Billy, Eve, Aimee C
Ryan, Jonah, Grace, Riley Focus: Shopping for Books sheet. Talk about sheet. Talk about ideas for sheet. Write ideas. Laminate. Jack H, Miki, Marquis, Jordynne, Amelia
ICT
Modelled Writing Focus: Procedures Silent Writing Focus: Publishing a poem and starting procedures.
Monday
Editing workshop: Model with kids help how to edit the piece of writing. Kids then practise on their own copy. Then go on with handwriting practise in books and on paper.
Tuesday
T&T about what a procedure is and why we have them. Read/look at one of the procedures in PM Writing Big Book. Encourage the writing and publishing of poems in free-choice writing time. Focussed Teaching Group Ryan, Hunter, Bella R, Jack M Focus: Interactive Writing for letter formation.
Thursday
Model writing a basic procedure i.e. making toast. Emphasise how you can write a procedure for anything, but would you want to/need to? Encourage the writing and publishing of poems in free-choice writing time. Focussed Teaching Group Ryan, Hunter, Bella R, Jack M Focus: Interactive Writing for letter formation.
Friday
Model writing a basic procedure i.e. making toast. Emphasise how you can write a procedure for anything, but would you want to/need to? Encourage the writing and publishing of poems in free-choice writing time. Focussed Teaching Group Marquis, Aimee C, Amy, Amelia. Focus: Interactive Writing for letter formation.
Focussed Teaching Group Billy, Livvy, Hayley, Jack M Focus: Editing for full stops.
Sound Lesson
Common initial blends dr, tr, cr, br
Meaning Lesson
Build word families, eg run, ran, running.
Monday
Read Aloud & Mini Lesson Read Aloud:
Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman. Show pictures, get kids to turn and talk about their mental images and what the storyline might be. They will also infer.
Tuesday
Read Aloud:
Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman. Show pictures, get kids to turn and talk about their mental images and what the storyline might be. They will also infer.
Thursday
Read Aloud: ? Creating mental images from nonfiction. Making comparisons that can be visualised.
Friday
Read Aloud: ? Creating mental images from nonfiction. Making comparisons that can be visualised.
Guided Reading
Livvy, Hunter, Bella R, Bella G Title: Level: Blue Follow Up: Link
some post-read questions to mental images.
Ryan, Billy, Aimee C, Zoe, Amelia Title: Level: Black Follow Up: Link
some post-read questions to mental images.
Jonah, Jack H, Matilda, Eve, Grace Title: Level: 26, 27, 28 Follow Up:
Clarifying words and questions for understanding.
Ella, Miki, Marquis, Amy M, Riley Title: The Crossover Level: 30+ Follow Up:
Clarifying words and questions for understanding.
Billy, Jack H, Eve, Ella, Aimee C Focus: Talking about the mental images from own books and ways of recording information. Livvy, Bella R, Zoe, Matilda, Bella G
Amy M, Zoe, Hugo, Amelia Focus: Talking about the mental images from own books and ways of recording information. Ella, Ryan, Riley, Hayley
Livvy, Hunter, Bella R, Bella G Title: Level: Blue Follow Up: Link
some post-read questions to mental images.
ICT
Monday
Editing workshop: Model with kids help how to edit the piece of writing Cassowary Hunt. Kids then practise on their own copy. Then go on with handwriting practise in books and on paper. Focussed Teaching Group Billy, Livvy, Hayley, Jack M Focus: Editing for full stops.
Tuesday
Model writing a procedure. Focus on structure i.e. Goal, Materials, Steps etc. Use recipes books, instruction manuals etc for demonstration and discussion. Possibly link to olden days theme for the term.
Thursday
Model writing a procedure. Focus on structure i.e. Goal, Materials, Steps etc. Use recipes books, instruction manuals etc for demonstration and discussion. Possibly link to olden days theme for the term.
Friday
Model writing a procedure. Focus on structure i.e. Goal, Materials, Steps etc. Use recipes books, instruction manuals etc for demonstration and discussion. Possibly link to olden days theme for the term.
Focussed Teaching Group Ryan, Hunter, Bella R, Jack M Focus: Interactive Writing for letter formation.
Focussed Teaching Group Marquis, Aimee C, Amy, Amelia. Focus: Interactive Writing for letter formation.
Focussed Teaching Group Ryan, Hunter, Bella R, Jack M Focus: Interactive Writing for letter formation.
Focussed Teaching Group Marquis, Aimee C, Amy, Amelia. Focus: Interactive Writing for letter formation.
Sound Lesson
Common initial blends str, spr, shr. Find a book that has some of these common blend words. Kids should listen for the blend. In small groups kids can list all the other words they know with these blends at the start. Can also use books.
Meaning Lesson
Words with common meaning, eg two, twice, twice, twins, twenty. Brainstorm some words like this. In small groups kids can make up their own.