Goodpaster: 5th Grade Writing
Objective:
Targets: How do I develop an idea? How do I communicate clear messages using focused ideas and information?
Mon – Thurs: I can brainstorm ideas for writing. I can communicate a clear message for my audience.
Date
Aug 31
Sept 1
Sept 2
Sept 3
TEKS
Warm-Up:
Procedure
Punctuation:
Mendel's
Traits
Punctuation:
Mendel's
Traits
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
As a group:
Discuss
brainstorming
As a group:
Discuss
organization
pattern for
narrative
Students learn learn the punctuation mark corrections while editing.
Students will organize their writer’s workshop 3 ring binders.
Students will brainstorm future journal writing topics.
As a group, students will review capitalization and punctuation.
Students will be able to write the definition of “grit.” Students will
be in their 4 station rotations. In one station: students will use a
“double bubble” organizer to compare and contrast the vocabulary
words excellence and perfection. 2nd station: Students will use a
double bubble to compare and contrast the vocabulary words
resilience and perseverance. 3rd station: Students will use a circle
map to understand “unrelenting optimism.”
Continue tomorrow
1. As a group, students will review capitalization and punctuation.
2. Students will be able to write the definition of “grit.” Students will
be in their 4 station rotations. In one station: students will use a “double
bubble” organizer to compare and contrast the vocabulary words excellence
and perfection. 2nd station: Students will use a double bubble to compare
and contrast the vocabulary words resilience and perseverance. 3rd station:
Students will use a circle map to understand “unrelenting optimism.”
3. We will come back together as a group: Think/Pair/Share the
definition of “grit” in writing. Then students will evaluate themselves on
what they think their own level of “grit” is in regards to writing and their goal
for their level of “grit” by the end of the 6 weeks.
1. Group 1: Punctuation with teacher
2. Group 2: Outline a narrative story for one of the brainstorm ideas
from yesterday.
3. Group 3: Write a minimum of 6 lines for the setting
4. Share journal writing with a partner
Materials
Evaluation
Daily editing
Completion of
writer’s notebook
Daily editing
Exit evaluation:
What is grit? How
do you know if
you have it?
Punctuation
journal writing
Punctuation
Outline and
setting
Sept 4
Handwriting
1. Pre-test to determine levels of editing and punctuation abilities.
pretest
Pre-test