Writing+Week+of+September+28,+2009

= Week One = This should be broken down in a way that makes sense in your classroom.

**Prep:**

 * copy writing booklets
 * four pens with caps for each caddy
 * copy site words sheet
 * stuff folder with site word list
 * add four pens with caps to the inventory sheet

Learning Targets:

 * I can take care of my writing tools.
 * I can store my Writer's Workshop materials in an organized way.
 * I can add my Writing folder to my desk in an organized way.

Interactive Writing

 * Ten minutes of interactive writing about keeping the bathrooms clean
 * Keep the interactive writing non-gendered so they can go on either bathroom
 * The general message is that:
 * we need to do a better job keeping the bathrooms clean
 * it's our job
 * the second grade students will be monitoring the bathroom

Introducing the Writer's Workshop
__Introduction:__ "Writer's, you have been doing an excellent job telling small moment seed stories just like writers do. I am proud of you. Today you are going to start getting all of the tools you need as writer's to keep your wonderful ideas stored and organized so that you can begin to write independently."

__Introducing the Writing Folder:__
 * Show students the folder - explain the two sides of the folder: "finished work," "pieces I'm still working on"
 * give scenarios and have students explain where they would put their work
 * "Where would I put my finished story about the time I first went to the Young Achievers and saw a mouse? Where should I put my story?"
 * "I just started writing a story about the time my and Ms. Fess' car got towed. I just wrote the first page of my story. Where should I put my story?"
 * "I finished writing my story but I haven't gone reread my story yet so that I can revise and edit it. Revising and editing your story means you go back to make it better. Where should I put my story?"
 * Show students the site word list and explain that when they come across a site word they don't know that they should look in their writing folder. We expect students to spell these words correctly even if they haven't memorized these words yet.
 * Give students one booklet to put in their work in progress sheet and show them where other booklets will be located.

__Introducing Caddies__ Explain that students will always need their caddies during Writing time. If their caddies are not on their desks during writing time then caddy leaders should make sure to get the caddies

__Introducing Pens__ Explain to students that they have been doing an excellent job with their caddies and that they are going to get a brand new tool for their caddy. Talk about writing with pens and crossing words out with pens. Talk about how to cross words out with one line. Explain that pens are NEVER to be used during math.

__Talking About Noise Level During Writer's Workshop__
 * It's an independent time where students should be working at a whisper
 * Classical music will be playing sometimes

__Practice Writing with Pens and Using Site Words__ Give students a piece of paper and have them write 5 site words that they copy from the list. You read the site words and they find the site word and write it. Practice putting the cap at the bottom of the pen and closing then pen up when you are done with it.

__Practice Routines__
 * Practice getting caddies immediately
 * Practice putting caddies away
 * Practice noise level

__Closing Remarks__ "Writers, this is how we will always get the room ready for writing workshop. We expect you to know these routines so that we don't waste any time getting ready for our precious writing time." = Day 3: Launching Small Moments = //note: the enlarged small moment needs to be adjusted by the teacher to illustrate their own small moments// ||
 * **//Session 1: Jotting Down Memories in Your Small Moment Notebook//** ||  ||
 * **Objective:** By the end the lesson students will demonstrate an understanding of how you record your seed memories in your small moment notebook. ||
 * **Learning Target:** I can write my seed memories in my small moment notebook. I can take care of my small moment notebook. ||
 * **Language Objective:** small moment, seed vs. watermelon ||
 * **Criteria for Success:** Successful students will be able to write seed stories in their small moment notebooks. They will be able to jot down one memory per page. ||
 * **Prep:** labels on small moment notebooks ||
 * **Material:** small moment notebook, teacher enlarged display of small moment notebook [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://yasecondgrade.wikispaces.com/file/view/smallmomentnotebookdemo.doc"]] [|smallmomentnotebookdemo.doc], projector, golf pencils (make sure they are sharpened)
 * **Opener:"**Today we are going to get our small moment notebooks. These are our own special notebooks where we can jot down small moment in our lives. Later, we can use these notebooks to help us write small moment stories during Writer's Workshop. These books stay in school. They do not go home. They should go in "the work in progress" section of your Writing folder." ||
 * **Teacher Directed Instruction:** "On the computer I am going to show you some pages of my small moment notebook." //As you show students be explicit how each of these is a small moment out from a bigger event// ||
 * **Joint Practice:** Do an "I remember" circle ||
 * **Student Practice:** Students go back to their desks to add small moment stories to their booklets. Share them with the class periodically so students can add to them. ||
 * **Students Share/Debrief:** Students share out small moment at the rug - teacher affirms good small moment and helps students with watermelons narrow down their story - it's important that all students hear the teacher doing this. ||
 * **Students Share/Debrief:** Teacher role: teacher's should be conferencing with students to make sure their small moment is a seed and not a watermelon. ||
 * **Routine Practice:**
 * Practice putting caddies away
 * Practice storing small notebook in appropriate spot
 * Practice noise level
 * Reminder of where and how to put pens away ||