Grade+5+ELA

__**ELA Unit Notes for August Curriculum Workshop**__
__**[|Lucy Calkins Performance Assessment Link]**__ Disorganization of resources - all resources need to be surveyed, inventoried and evaluated to be to create consistency within buildings and grades Launching the Writing Workshop and Raising the Quality of Narrative Writing no longer done in 5th grade
 * ELA:**
 * Most standards were found to be representd in the lessons of the Lucy Caulkins Writer's Workshop Program.**
 * Areas of weakness found**
 * Teaching points no longer in the 5th grade curriculum:**

Memoir's The Art of Writing Well - moved to first; many people have probably not gotten to this book before Historical Fiction
 * Teaching points added to the 5th grade curriculum**:


 * Points of Concern -**
 * Introduction to Writer's Workshop -** We have sprinkled elements and lessons from the two Narrative books into the first unit to create a smoother transition from 4th to 5th, to help students and teachers new to the program, and to allow teachers to set up the structure and expectations of the writer's workshop in their classroom.


 * Writing Samples** - previous grades should pass on writer's notebook so that children have writing samples for use during Memoir book


 * Literary Essays-** Teachers should familiarize themselves with this book at the start of the year so that elements of this type of writing can be encouraged throughout the year in reading groups.

//*Speaking anad listening standards met throughout lessons in the sharing, Active Engagement and Conferencing sections of lessons//
 * Lucy Caulkins Program with Standards Alignment:**

//Prior to Memoir// //Memoirs//
 * Launching Writer's Workshop - Lesson 1 - Workshop Model**
 * Launching Writer's Workshop - Lesson 2 - Generating Ideas *//This should be done through a memoir lens//**
 * Memoir Lesson 1 - 4**
 * Memoir Lesson 5 - //refer to RQ lesson 5 - Seed Stories//**
 * Memoir Lesson 6 & 7**
 * Memoir Lesson 8 - add a focus lesson on Transition Words - refer to BE - Lessons 4 & Lesson 7; MM pages 155**
 * Memoir Lesson 9 - refer to Timelines - LWW Lessons 11 & 12; Story Arcs - RQ 11 & 12;**
 * add dialogue - LWW Lessons 4 & 6 (midteaching points); MM pages 56-57, 132-133, and 146**
 * Memoir Lesson 10**
 * Memoir Lesson 11 - refer to Leads - RQ Lesson 7; Conclusions - RQ Lesson 12**
 * Memoir Lesson 12 - add a focus lesson on verb tense aggreement - MM pages 84-85, EE pages 94-104**
 * add a focus lesson on paragraphing - RQ Lesson 4 (midteaching points)**
 * Memoir Lesson 13 - 15**

//Breathing Life into Essays//
 * //BE = Breathing Life into Essays//**
 * //EE = Everyday Editing//**
 * //LWW = Launching Writer's Workshop//**
 * //MM = Mastering the Mechanics//**
 * //RQ = Raising the Quality of the Narrative Writing//**
 * Breathing Life Essay - Lessons 1 - 10**
 * Breathing Life Essay - Lesson 11 - add focus lesson on commas in a series MM pages 64 - 65, refer to RQ Lesson 13, and The Power of the Comma**
 * Breathing Life Essay - Lessons 12 & 13**
 * Breathing Life Essay - Lessons 14 - add focus lesson on conjunctions (either/or, neither/nor) Mechanically Inclined pages 84 - 87**
 * Breathing Life Essay - Lessons 15 - 17**

Literary Essays Writing about Reading
 * All lessons (1-15) taught as is**
 * pay special attention to think aloud during read alouds to meet standards SL.5.1a if necessary**
 * Review RQ Lesson 13 and BE lesson 11 (midteaching point) to meet standard L.5.2a if necessary**

Poetry Unit
 * All poetry standards can be met by Lucy Caulkins Common Core Plan for Writer's Workshop - Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four and Part Five**


 * Each school should have and utilize the binder Poetry: Seeing the Possibilities created by FPS 2009**

Informational Writing
 * Research reading and writing strands can be met using Making Sense of hte World Using Inquiry - Research Handbook created by FPS 2009**

August things to do: ELA & Math** - Historical Fiction and Research need to be finished for ELA - All supplemental resources need to be nailed down - pacing guides need to be completed -Feedback from Jae (August 7, 2012)