Reading and Writing

Reading Units of Study

Interpreting Characters: The Heart of the Story (Fiction)

Reading the Weather, Reading the World (Non-Fiction)

Reading History: The Gold Rush

Historical Fiction Clubs

Writing Units of Study

Spinning True Stories into Gold

Narrative writing, personal narrative, notebook writing

Boxes and Bullets: Writing Essays and Arguments

Opinion/argument writing, essay structure, evidence and elaboration

Writing in the Disciplines

Writing like a scientist, historian, researcher, etc.; informational/disciplinary writing

Literary Essay

Developing interpretations of literature and supporting ideas with textual evidence

Reader’s & Writer’s Workshop

Mini-Lesson (5-15 minutes)
Independent Work Time (30-45 minutes)
- Working independently and conferring with teacher to check-in on goals
- Small Groups
Share (5 min)
Work will be recorded in..
- Reader’s and Writer’s Journal
- Google Classroom assignments
Assessing Reading & Writing:
- Fastbridge ELA
- Reading Level: Digital Assessments / Running Records
- Pre/Post Reading and Writing Assessments

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