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__**What does Reading and Writing Workshop Look Like in First Grade?**__

Our Master Schedule dictates:
 * LA Block is from 8:00 to 9:35 Monday through Friday in __**all**__ first grade classrooms. This also includes 10:00-10:30 Tiger Time Tier 1 intervention

Best Practices and Research indicate, and it is expected:
 * Guided Reading must be done __**every day**__.
 * Priority is given to SST and students below level and extensiion assignments are given to those who surpass first grade standards in accuracy, fluency, and comprehension.
 * Students should be grouped into reading groups based on DRA levels, skills assesserd weekly through running records and observational notes grouped weekly, or as determined by teaching point and teacher.
 * Each teacher should keep a data notebook of their running records to provide data for report cards, SST, and for other teachers working with students through intervention
 * Each teacher should use **__common running record symbols__**, and give a brief interpretation of assessment results as needed.

**__What does independent and group work look like for students who are not in the group?__** While the teacher is meeting their guided reading groups, the rest of the students need to be engaged in literacy based activities that meet the following 5 requirements: 1. Reading to self and/or with a buddy 2. Responding to their independent reading in the form of a reader's response 3. Word work using texts and word patterns 4. Listening to reading 5. Writing

Choices and variations in activities is critical. This can be done through rotation or choice. All students should not be engaged in copying information from charts or the projector unless it serves as a modelling and practice activity. Common words students need should be available at all times through the writing dictionary or class word wall.


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Responsibilities of the planning team __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Spelling Pattern incorporated into lesson plans weekly
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Appropriate SS TEKS integrated into lessons, including leader of the week
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Complete a Writing Benchmark each cycle and have a rubric for all teachers so scores can be entered into Common Assessment Chart. (6 plus 1 primary rubric provided by the ARRC)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Common Assessments for LA/SS:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Monthly testing of 1st Grade Sight Words for students who are below seventy five sight words need to entered into Common Assessment Charts (for intervention data). Others need to be done at least once per nine weeks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Have rubrics for writing projects that correlate with report card standards.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Writing Benchmarks each cycle.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A spelling inventory each 9 weeks per each student

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Reading and Writing Workshop:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Any indpendent activties/stations need to be literacy based. (Daily 5, Workstations, Reading Round-up, Reading and Writing Workshop). They can be based on Social Studies or Science content, but must maintain the academics and rigor of Reading Workshop is designed by individual teacher.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Templates are on Shared Drive under for Daily 5 Activities: Word Work, Reading with Response, Writing, and Buddy Reading with a Response as a resource.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Guided Reading lessons need to incorporate TEKS and be appropriate to individual students' reading levels. Guided Reading and responses to literature are to be done DAILY

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Resources used for planning based on best practice research and district requirements"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lucy Calkins
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Words Their Way by Donald R. Bear.