Monday: Literacy Block Schedule

Block Language & Word Study (15 minutes) Reading Workshop (55 minutes) Time/Activity 9:00 am 9:15 am Interactive Read Aloud 9:15 am 9:25 am Reading Mini-Lesson 9:25 am 9:50 am Independent Reading/Guiding Reading Teachers Role Read to students pausing for comments and making discussion. Teacher teaches a mini lesson on an aspect of reading. While students read independently the teacher is conducting guided reading with a small group for 15 minutes. The remaining time teacher is conferring informally with students. Observe and listen to individual groups, do not direct groups. Teacher gives a mini lesson based on what the students need. Teacher asks students where they are in their writing and marks it down on a check sheet to keep students on task. Students work individually and silently on their own writing. Invite students to share and evaluate how their personal reading/writing is going. Students Role Students listen to teacher, make comments and discuss. Students learn from a mini lesson some aspect of reading. Students read silently or with others in a group

9:50 am 10:10 am Literature Circles 10:10 am 10:20am Writing Mini-Lesson 10:20 am 10:22 am Status of the class

Writing Workshop (50 minutes)

Students gather in heterogeneous groups to discuss quality literature. Students learn from a mini lesson based on their needs. Students say whether they are planning, publishing, writing, editing. (Students may call a conference.) Teacher confers with individual students.

10:22 am 10:52 am Independent Writing/ Conferences 10:52 am 11:00 am **Group Share

Share personal progress, thinking, evaluates how their independent reading/writing is going.

Tuesday: Literacy Block Schedule

Block Language & Word Study (25 minutes) Time/Activity 9:00 am 9:15 am Interactive Edit/Word Study 9:15 am 9:25 am Interactive Read Aloud 9:25 am 9:27 am Status of the Class Teachers Role Teacher focuses on conventions and talks about the various reasons we use them. Read to students pausing for comments and making discussion. Teacher asks students where they are in their reading and marks it down on a check sheet to keep students on task. Teacher teaches a mini lesson on an aspect of reading. While students read independently the teacher is conducting guided reading with a small group for 15 minutes. The remaining time teacher is conferring informally with students. Students learn from a mini lesson based on their needs. Students work individually and silently on their own writing. Invite students to share and evaluate how their personal reading/writing is going. Students Role Students correct sentences looking for grammar errors, etc. Students listen to teacher, make comments and discuss. Students report personal progress: book title, page #, and report goal for the day. (Students may call a conference) Students learn from a mini lesson some aspect of reading. Students read silently or with others in a group

Reading Workshop (45 minutes)

9:27 am 9:40 am Reading Mini-lesson 9:40 am 10:10 Independent Reading/Guided Reading

Writing Workshop (50 minutes)

10:10am 10:20 Writing Mini-Lesson 10:20 am 10:50 Independent Writing/Conferences 10:50 am 11:00 am Group Share

Teacher gives a mini lesson based on what the students need. Teacher confers with individual students. Invite students to share and evaluate how their personal reading/writing is going.