th
5
Grade ELA Workshop
Tuesday
October 28, 2014
Mrs. Plotkin
mrsplotkin@gmail.com
http://mrsplotkinsclass.weebly.com/
What is Ready Gen?
Ready Gen is a comprehensive core ELA curriculum using
text sets and routine based instruction.
The goals of Ready Gen are:
1. To build strong readers that can develop big ideas and
understandings about all kinds of texts.
2. Promote thinking and understanding through text
based evidence.
3. Grow reading stamina and practice close reading on a
daily basis.
4. To practice writing that is closely linked to their
reading and is text based.
What does a Ready Gen Lesson
look like?
• First Read- Students read a portion of that
days text independently
• Close Read/Text Based Conversation- Class
meets and rereads part or all of the text and
teacher guides discussion.
• Thinking Map or Shared Activity- Class works
together to grow ideas about text
• Independent Task- Students apply information
from thinking map to complete work
• Support/Extension- small groups work
together to support or extend students work.
• Share 
Your Task…
Please read Chapter 1 in Rachel CarsonPioneer of Ecology
Objective
Readers explain the relationships between two ore more
events in a historical text based on specific information in the
text.
Be ready with the definitions of the words below. Use context
clue to help you.
tinkered p. 4
Close Reading Work
• Close Reading Questions
• 1. How would you describe the place where
Rachel grew up? Use details from the text.
• 2. Why was Rachel "glad to go outdoors"?
Use details from p. 2 to support your
answers.
• 3. In what way were Rachel's brother and
sister "more like an aunt and uncle"? What
did Rachel and Robert do together?
Independent Work
• Reading Analysis
• Historical context is the time and place
in which events took place. When
reading biographies, analyze historical
context to better
understand the world in which the
person lived. It also helps readers
understand the relationships between
people, events and ideas - as
well as the challenges - particluar to a
specific place and time.
Continued…
• Independent Reading Practice
• Reread Ch. 1. Create a circle map identifying
information about the historical context of Rachel
Carson's youth by answering the
following questions:
1) Where and when did Rachel grow up?
• 2) What obstacles did Rachel face going to school?
• 3) How did Rachel's mother affect her learning?
• 4) What was Rachel's relationship to animals?
• 5) What are some ways Rachel found out about the
world around her?
Circle Map
Ready Gen Questions…
Teachers College Writing
Curriculum
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• Components of Writers Workshop
• Writers Workshop follows a predictable
pattern.
Mini Lesson (10 minutes)
Independent Practice (20-30 minutes)
Conferencing (during independent practice)
Sharing (5-10 minutes)
What is a Mini-Lesson
• A Mini-Lesson is explicit instruction in a
specific writing technique taught in a 5-10
minute period
• 4 Types of Mini Lessons
– Procedures and Organization
– Strategies and Process
– Skills
– Craft and Techniques
Independent Writing
• Students write daily
• Students choose their own topics within a
certain genre
• Students use a writers notebook and folder
to organize their writing
• Teacher’s role is a facilitator… circulating,
monitoring, encouraging, conferencing and
helping as needed.
• When you’re done, you’ve just begun!”
Writing Conferences
• Teachers confer with students on a daily basis
to help them grow individually.
• Conferencing happens during the
independent writing portion.
• Teacher confer with students once every 2-3
weeks or a as needed.
• Student are given focused personal goals to
work on
Sharing
• Sharing is an integral part of writers
workshop
• Students are given opportunities to share
their writing
• Writers learn from example and are able to
take risks
• Some of our best learning is during the share.
5th Grade Units of Study
5th Grade ELA Test
Day 1
Day 2
Multiple Choice Multiple Choice
and Short
Response and
Extended
Response
6 Passages
3 Passage
7 multiple
42 Questions
Choice
1 Short
Response
1 Extended
Response
Up to 90
Up to 90
minutes
minutes
Day 3
Short Response
and Extended
Response
3 Passages
5 Short
Response
1 Extended
Response
Up to 90
minutes
How Can I help?
• Give your child independence with
their test prep practice.
• Keep up Reading Stamina
of 40 minutes a night!
• Practicing filling a
page in 10 minutes!
ELA Sites to See!
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/assistance.htm
http://mrnussbaum.com/readingpassageindex#5
http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/readingcomprehension-grades-4-6-informational-84-2-1
http://learnzillion.com/lessonsets/227-5th-gradewriting-using-textbased-evidence-responding-to-aconstructed-response-question