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Welcome to the home page for Language Arts instruction at Teravista Elementary. The wiki is organized by units on the left side bar. Scroll below for suggestions and expectations for all Reading and Writing Workshops in the first grade level at Teravista.

__**Mission of the Language Arts Team at Teravista**__:

Suggested Pacing: Mini-lesson with Reader’s Response || **Writing: ** Mini-lesson with Writer’s Workshop || **Writing: ** Mini-lesson with Writer’s Workshop || **Reading/SS: ** Leader of the Week mini-lesson and SS activity ||
 * **__Monday __** ||  **__Tuesday __**  ||  **__Wednesday __**  ||  **__Thursday __**  ||  **__Friday __**  ||
 * **Word Study: **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Introduce weekly word sort with mini-lesson || **<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Reading: **

LAandSSataglance2011.docx - this will give you information on pacing - last updated 8/11 [|SpringAtAGlance.docx] last updated 1/12

Current Unit of Study: (May 7-24)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> This final unit will cover fiction along with sensory language. Students will read and make connections to their own experiences and have discussions relating to the connections.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Unit 12: Reading – Fiction; Writing – Open Choice **
 * Teaching point **
 * Time is built into this unit for end of the year testing. **

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Mini-Lesson Ideas**
 * No pacing suggestions will be placed in this unit due to end of the year activities that occur at various times at each campus during this time. **
 * __Week 1__: (We have Field Trip, Field Day and the Leadership Breakfast this week). Reading and Writing: Complete Reader Responses using Story Map Elements (Lower Groups) and Higher Order Thinking Skills. Create a Reader's Toolkit and Model Using it with a Chapter Book of Choice **
 * __ Week 2: __**
 * Reading – ** Begin Diary of a First Grader Project; You can introduce with Amelia's Journal before the use of Diary of a First Grader
 * Writing – ** Work on Diary of a First Grader Project
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What are the parts of a Diary Entry
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Punctuation in a Diary Entry
 * <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Proper Use of Pictures in a "Diary" book

__**Week 3**__: Reading and Writing - Continue Diary of a First Grader Optional Project: ABC's of First Grade; ABC's of Leadership

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Word Work: Continue Units with WTW - I am currently doing two a week because they are back to pictures?

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Activity of Choice:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">word sort (required)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">CUPS/Hot Cocoa Sentence: 5 meaningful sentences with words, undelining them and using CUPS.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Silly story: How many words can you use with the patterns in a silly story
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Word Adventure: Scavenger hunt- on word list (1 pt), not on word list but at the end of the word(2 pts) and phoneme in the middle (5 points)

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Writing: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Model completion and entries in the Diary of a First Grader Book <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Writer's Workshop Activities/Reader Responses of choice based on your rotations/workshop guidelines.

Social Studies: Leader of the Week: Money - Spending and Saving (Can we get out Tiger Dollars again or too late for that?)

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