Daily 5- Chapter 6

Writing and Word Work

Writing:  Students work on writing of their choice- individually or with a partner.  (I allow children to get caught up on assigned writing pieces if they want)

The Daily Five Sisters

Examples of Writing:

• persuasive writing
• friendly letters
• reports on a topic
• poetry
• plays
• narratives
• prompt ideas

Why?

• to become better reader and writers
• we care about our writing and audience
• Choice
• It is fun
• work on fluency of writing

Day 1:

Model what to do when writing words you can't spell

Create I chart of student and teacher

Day 2:

Model where to sit in the room

Materials to use

Day 3: (see my posts on Daily Five and Journals)

What to write about (I give many topic lists)

Show forms and keep in a place available to kids

Create an resource book of forms

Day4:

Continue to teach lessons based on your writing curriculum


Word Work: I did not do this last year with my fourth graders but will be adding it in the fall.  We are using Words Their Way for spelling and need to do sorts.

experimenting and practice patterns
memorize high frequency words
generalize word patterns
add to knowledge of words

Why?

• It helps us become better readers, writers and spellers
• We care about our writing
• It is fun!

Examples of Word Work materials:

• whiteboards
• magnetic letters
• wikki stix
• clay
• stamps
• colored markers

Day1:

Introduce a material or spelling activity

Brainstorm I Chart

Model how to clean-up

Day 2:

Continue modeling and introduce word work according to your curriculum

Ideas: (optional ideas)

word sorts; open, closed, etc.

adding words to class lists

add words to their rule of the week

practice misspelled words

word or vocabulary games

http://3rdgradesahoot.blogspot.com/

Daily Five and CAFE Book Study

Please check out the summer book study! 

(It is not too late to start)

http://www.wereadweblogweteach.com/

There is a calendar available to keep you on track at the blog:

Another Boggle Board!

I have seen so many versions of the Boggle Board and I finally made mine.  Here it is!!!!  My plan was to use it during Daily 5 for Word Work, but I am going to use it once a week as an activity during Morning Meeting.  That way everyone will get to it.

The board that I fell in love with was on a bulletin board and my dilemma all year was where to put it.  Tara at Fourth Grade Frolics posted her version and I had to be a big copy cat...Thanks Tara!!!! Visit her site for the cute letters.  http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2012/01/boggle-board-word-work-fun.html

    

The metal board is an "oil drip pan" that is sold at auto parts stores. It is quite large(25" x 36") but is movable and very sturdy.   I bought mine at Auto Zone for $9.99.  The metal is magnetic.  After I started assembling the game I decided that I did not want to put 52 letters on magnets so I used paper clips on the blue oak tag and ran clear packing tape in between the rows.  This could be made on large foam board.  I did find a magnetic note pad holder that is perfect for the storage of letters.  The black is duct tape that I used to make a border.  I found the Boggle image on Google and used a Manila folder as a pocket.  There is an imprinted logo on the metal that I wanted to hide.

This is the original game.  Visit her site for the printables below:

http://mrsrojasteaches.blogspot.com/search/label/word%20work