Guided Reading

• • Mini lessons are presented on reading comprehension skills using various read alouds.

  • Students work with different texts to generalize these skills.

  • Finally, students work in small groups for guided reading, strategy groups, reading centers, and conferences. These provide students with authentic, independent reading and writing activities so that specific needs can be met.

  • Students will work on vocabulary, spelling, grammar, writing skills, current events, and exploration of scientific concepts all within our language arts instruction.

Electronic Reader's Response Journal

5th graders are expected to demonstrate their thinking as readers. Skills and strategies will be modeled, and then students complete entries in their folders on Google Drive. Students can access their RRJ from anywhere with internet access by logging into their gmail accounts.

Writer's Workshop

• • Whole Group Mini-Lesson: Teacher gives instruction and models writing

  • Individual Writing & Conferencing: Teacher can confer with students to focus on their needs and move them along as writers

  • Share: We will come back together as a group to share our work and end the workshop

*Students will keep writer's notebooks where they will practice skills.

*Genre pieces will be completed each marking period to conclude each writing unit.

*Grammar teaching points will be presented authentically during writing instruction and skills will be infused into writing pieces.