A Push for Reading and Writing
-Students are assessed 3 times during the year using the STAR Reading assessment
-Expectation is to read EVERY week for 20 min or more a night with a fiction chapter book- at home
-Lots of writing about reading- encourage writing and deeply thinking about reading
-Students need to practice typing as well
-Encourage students to write more, explain more, answer WHY more
-Writing across content areas- clear claim, specific evidence, elaboration, and deeper thinking and connections
Units:
Narrative Reading
Literary Essay
Nonfiction Reading and Writing
Narrative Writing
Fantasy Reading
Big push for revision by using a checklist on all writing assignments.
Sample checklist:
Did you remember to...
Use spell check?
Use capitals at the beginning of sentences or for proper nouns?
Use ending punctuation?
Reread your work for complete sentences?