1st Grade Daily Writing (Unit 3): Each mini-lesson is approximately 10-15 min.
Unit 3, Week 1, Day 1
Unit 3, Week 1, Day 2
Unit 3, Week 1, Day 3
Unit 3, Week 1, Day 4
Unit 3, Week 1, Day 5
(skip during short weeks)
Notes
Stations
Block 1 (30 min)
Conventions
 Action Verbs (17c)
Writing Mini-Lesson
 Genre (Realistic Story) (17d)
Conventions & Handwriting
 D’Nealian (33f)
 Spelling: vowels Sounds of y
(18d)
 Action Verbs (33c)
Conventions
 Spelling: vowels Sounds of y
(34d)
 Action Verbs (36a)
Conventions
 Action Verbs (41c)
 Spelling: vowels Sounds of y
(38d)
Conventions
*Optional Review
Writing Mini-Lesson
Writing: Let’s Write It!
Writing: Let’s Write It!
Writing: Proofread
 Introduce the Prompt (29d)
Literacy Station Ideas
Literacy Station Ideas
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Practice spelling words
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Realistic story (36-37)
Literacy Station Ideas
 Practice spelling words
 Independent reading
 Use text-based
comprehension tools (12i)
 Allow for an additional day
to write draft
Literacy Station Ideas
 Practice spelling words
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Action Verbs (43g)
 Spelling: vowels Sounds of y
(42c)
 Adding Words (41c) –
Students may continue to
draft or begin to revise
Literacy Station Ideas
 Practice high-frequency
words (12h)
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
Writing: The Realistic Story genre will be extended over 2 weeks to allow students to follow the complete writing process.
Trait: Organization
Assessment: writing conferences
Unit 3, Week 2, Day 1
Unit 3, Week 2, Day 2
Unit 3, Week 2, Day 3
Unit 3, Week 2, Day 4
Unit 3, Week 2, Day 5
(skip during short weeks)
Block 1 (30 min)
Conventions
 Verbs That Add -s (49c )
Writing: Proofread
 Adding Words (41c) – This
day allows for additional
revisions to be made to draft
Notes
Stations
Literacy Station Ideas
 Handwriting: practice
previous week’s letters
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
Conventions & Handwriting
 D’Nealian (73f)
 Compound Words (50d)
 Verbs That Add -s (73c)
Conventions
 Compound Words (74d)
 Verbs That Add -s (76a)
Conventions
 Verbs That Add -s (81b)
 Compound Words (78d)
Conventions
*Optional Review
Writing: Mini-Lesson
Writing: Edit
Writing: Share
Writing: Share
 Proofread for Verbs and
Transition Words (43h)
Literacy Station Ideas
 Build/write words: y; long e;
long i
 Independent reading
 Proofread for Verbs that add
–s (83h)
 Students may finish edits &
revisions or share their
realistic stories
 Verbs That Add -s (83g)
 Compound Words (82c)
 Allow the students an
opportunity to share their
realistic stories
Literacy Station Ideas
Literacy Station Ideas
Literacy Station Ideas
 Practice spelling words
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Practice spelling words
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Use verbs in writing: identify
and use action verbs in
sentences
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
Writing: The Realistic Story genre has been extended into week 2 to allow students to follow the complete writing process. Writing lessons on
“Comments about a Story” have been skipped, but may be done as a literacy station if appropriate for students’ writing development.
Trait: Voice
Assessment: writing conferences & realistic story
1st Grade Daily Writing (Unit 3): Each mini-lesson is approximately 10-15 min.
Unit 3, Week 3, Day 1
Unit 3, Week 3, Day 2
Unit 3, Week 3, Day 3
Unit 3, Week 3, Day 4
Unit 3, Week 3, Day 5
(skip during short weeks)
Stations
Block 1 (30 min)
Conventions
 Verbs That Do Not Add -s
(89c)
Writing: Mini-Lesson
 Summary (89d)
Literacy Station Ideas
Conventions & Handwriting
 D’Nealian (105f)
 Spelling: vowels: rcontrolled or, ore (90d)
 Verbs That Do Not Add -s
(105c)
Writing: Intro the Prompt
 Summary (105d)
Literacy Station Ideas
 Handwriting: practice
previous week’s letters
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
Conventions
 Spelling: vowels: rcontrolled or, ore (110d)
 Verbs That Do Not Add -s
(115c)
Conventions
Writing: Let’s Write It!
Writing: Mini-Lesson
Writing: Proofread
 Summary (108-109)
 Strong Conclusions (115d)
 Spelling: vowels: rcontrolled or, ore (116c)
 Verbs That Do Not Add -s
(117g) *Optional review
 For Fragments (117h)
Literacy Station Ideas
Literacy Station Ideas
Literacy Station Ideas
 Practice spelling words
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Practice spelling words
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Use text-based
comprehension tools (84i)
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
Assessment: writing conferences
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Trait: Conventions
 Match rhyming sounds:
identify words with
consonant patters ng and nk
 Independent reading
Conventions
 Spelling: vowels: rcontrolled or, ore (106d)
 Verbs That Do Not Add -s
(108a)
Unit 3, Week 4, Day 1
Unit 3, Week 4, Day 2
Unit 3, Week 4, Day 3
Unit 3, Week 4, Day 4
Unit 3, Week 4, Day 5
(skip during short weeks)
Block 1 (30 min)
Conventions
 Verbs for Past and for Future
(123c)
Writing: Research & Inquiry
 Do mini lesson to build
schema prior to doing
writing to sources (123e)
Notes
Stations
Literacy Station Ideas
 Handwriting: practice
previous week’s letters
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
Conventions & Handwriting
 D’Nealian (141e)
 Spelling: Vowel: r-Controlled
ar (124d)
 Past and Future Verb (141b)
Writing: Write Like a Reporter
 Introduce prompt and
reread text (Writing to
Sources pp. 126-127)
Conventions
 Spelling: Vowel: r-Controlled
ar (142d)
 Verbs for Past and for Future
(144a)
Conventions
 Spelling: Vowel: r-Controlled
ar (146d)
 Verbs for Past and for Future
(147c)
Conventions
Writing:
Writing: Revise
Writing: Proofread
 Draft Argument Paragraph
(Writing to Sources pp. 126127)
 Deleting a Word (147d)
(Mini-lesson can be done to
revise paragraph instead of
list)
 Spelling: Vowel: r-Controlled
ar (148c)
 Verbs for Past and for Future
(149g) *Optional Review
 For Verbs for Past and for
Future (149h)
(Mini-lesson can be done to
edit paragraph instead of list)
Literacy Station Ideas
Literacy Station Ideas
Literacy Station Ideas
Literacy Station Ideas
 Independent reading
 Practice spelling words
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Practice spelling words
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Write a list
 Independent reading
 Get Fluent: read aloud with
appropriate phrasing (118i)
 Independent writing
 Word Work: Build and write
words (118h)
Writing: The genre of lists has been skipped this week to allow time for writing to sources, but lists can be written during literacy stations.
Trait: Sentences
Assessment: Writing to Sources: Argument Paragraph - ( Rubric on Writing to Sources p. 129)
1st Grade Daily Writing (Unit 3): Each mini-lesson is approximately 10-15 min.
Unit 3, Week 5, Day 1
Unit 3, Week 5, Day 2
Unit 3, Week 5, Day 3
Unit 3, Week 5, Day 4
Unit 3, Week 5, Day 5
Conventions
 Verbs Am, Is, Are, Was, and
Were (155c)
Writing: Mini-Lesson
 Captions and Pictures
(155d)
Literacy Station Ideas
 Handwriting: practice
previous week’s letters
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
Stations
Block 1 (30 min)
(skip during short weeks)
Conventions & Handwriting
 D’Nealian (137f)
 Spelling: Contractions with
‘s, ‘ve, ‘re (156d)
 Verbs Am, Is, Are, Was, and
Were (173b)
Conventions
 Spelling: Contractions with
‘s, ‘ve, ‘re (174d)
 Verbs Am, Is, Are, Was, and
Were (176a)
Conventions
 Spelling: Contractions with
‘s, ‘ve, ‘re (178d)
 Verbs Am, Is, Are, Was, and
Were (179c)
Conventions
Writing: Mini-Lesson
Writing: Let’s Write It!
Writing: Revise
Writing: Proofread
 Introduce the Prompt (173c)
 Captions and Pictures (176177)
Adding a Sentence (179d)
 Spelling: Contractions with
‘s, ‘ve, ‘re (180d)
 Verbs Am, Is, Are, Was, and
Were (181g)
For Verbs (181h)
Literacy Station Ideas
Literacy Station Ideas
Literacy Station Ideas
Literacy Station Ideas
 Words to Know: Practice
high-frequency (150h)
 Independent reading
 Practice spelling words
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Practice spelling words
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Read for Meaning: Use textbased comprehension tools
(150i)
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Independent writing
Note
s
Trait: Focus/Ideas
Assessment: writing conferences
Unit 3, Week 6, Day 1
Unit 3, Week 6, Day 2
Unit 3, Week 6, Day 3
Unit 3, Week 6, Day 4
Unit 3, Week 6, Day 5
(skip during short weeks)
Block 1 (30 min)
Conventions
 Contractions with Not (187c)
Writing: Read Like a Writer
 Play Scene (187d)
Notes
Stations
Literacy Station Ideas
 Handwriting: practice
previous week’s letters
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
Conventions
 Contractions with Not (207c)
 Spelling: Consonant Pattern
-dge (188d)
 D’Nealian (163f)
Conventions
 Contractions with Not (210a)
 Spelling: Consonant Pattern
-dge (208d)
Conventions
 Contractions with Not
(215b)
 Spelling: Consonant Pattern
-dge (212d)
Conventions
*Optional Review
Writing: Intro the Prompt
Writing: Let’s Write It!
Writing: Revise
Writing: Proofread
 Play Scence (207d)
Literacy Station Ideas
 Sort and Write Words (182h)
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Play Scene (210-211)
Literacy Station Ideas
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Rearranging Sentences
(215c)
Literacy Station Ideas
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
 Write Sentences using am,
is, was, are, were (182h)
 Contractions with Not (217g)
 Spelling: Consonant Pattern
-dge (216c)
 For Contractions with Not
(217h)
Literacy Station Ideas
 Independent reading
 Independent writing
Writing: Alternative plan for week is to write short response from Writing to Sources p. 139
Trait: Sentences
Assessment: writing conferences
11/30/2014
1st Grade Daily Writing (Unit 3): Each mini-lesson is approximately 10-15 min.