13 14 15 16 17 WEEK ONE Usage & Mechanics: Print legibly and neatly; print upper and lower case letters; use appropriate spacing between letters, words, and sentences; use word wall as a print resource (these will be continued throughout the year) SOL 2.11 AUGUST WEEK TWO WEEK THREE 20 21 22 23 24 Introduce Writing notebook, guidelines, and procedures; Take baseline writing sample Composing: Read mentor text and develop a list of ideas for personal narratives; generate ideas, select topic, verbalize writing plan to classmates and teacher SOL 2.12a 27 28 29 30 31 Introduce Quick Writes Composing: Create a plan to organize prewriting; focus on central idea, organize ideas sequentially (shared writing); students should begin organizer and verbalize story before writing SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Use complete sentences: use subject and predicate; introduce Writer s Checklist SOL 2.13a 3 4 5 6 7 SEPT WEEK FOUR LABOR DAY Composing: Ensure all sentences are on topic; include events in a sequence SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Avoid stringing ideas together with and or then; use correct ending punctuation; capitalize the proper noun I; capitalize words at the beginning of sentences; print legibly and neatly SOL 2.13b, 2.13c, 2.11
10 11 12 13 14 SEPTEMBER WEEK FIVE WEEK SIX WEEK SEVEN Composing: Use time order words to sequence and organize writing SOL 2.12b Written Expression: Describe events, ideas, and stories with descriptive words SOL 2.12c Composing: Mini lessons should occur 2-3 times a week. 17 18 19 20 21 Composing: Select topic, organize information, stay on topic, include events in sequence and make sure to have an adequate closing SOL 2.12 Written Expression: Produce and expand sentences and vary sentence beginnings SOL 2.12 & SOL 2.13b Usage & Mechanics: Review nouns, identify and use singular and plural nouns correctly in written work SOL 2.13d 24 25 26 27 28 Written Expression: Produce and expand sentences and vary sentence beginnings; review writing with descriptive details SOL 2.12c Usage & Mechanics: Review verbs; identify and use verbs correctly in sentences (past and present tense); Use correct subject verb agreement SOL 2.13j 1 2 3 4 5 OCT WEEK EIGHT Written Expression: Use adjectives to elaborate and expand sentences SOL 2.12c Usage & Mechanics: Use correct subject verb agreement (singular and plural nouns) SOL 2.13j
8 9 10 11 12 WEEK NINE Written Expression: Select mini-lessons based on students assessed needs Usage & Mechanics: Select mini-lessons based on students assessed needs 15 16 17 18 19 OCTOBER WEEK TEN WEEK ELEVEN WEEK TWELVE Teacher Work Day Composing: Follow the organization for writing a letter to include date, greeting, body, and closing; brainstorm ideas for letter writing and begin shared writing SOL 2.12 22 23 24 25 26 Usage & Mechanics: Use commas in the salutation and closing of a letter SOL 2.13i Written Expression: Clarify writing by including specific information and specific word choice SOL 2.12d 29 30 31 1 2 Composing: Continue letter writing using shared and independent writing SOL 2.12 Written Expression: Use time order words SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Identify and use simple abbreviations, including those for titles, calendar words, and address words SOL 2.13g
WEEK THIRTEEN 5 6 Election Day-Schools Closed 7 8 9 Composing: Create a plan to organize prewriting SOL 2.12 Composing: Introduce a topic through examples or explanations (shared writing) SOL 2.12 Composing: Provide a concluding statement SOL 2.12 NOVEMBER WEEK FOURTEEN WEEK FIFTEEN WEEK SIXTEEN 12 13 14 15 16 Written Expression: Use time order words to link writing SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Identify and use common and proper nouns correctly; capitalize all proper nouns SOL 2.13c Usage & Mechanics: Use irregular plural nouns correctly SOL 2.13d Composing: Mini-lessons should occur 2-3 times/week 19 20 21 22 Written Expression: Clarify writing by including specific information and specific word choice SOL 2.12d Thanksgiving 26 27 28 29 30 Composing: Continue composing expository pieces; include conferencing SOL 2.12 Written Expression: Revisit elaboration of sentences and sentence variety SOL 2.12 & SOL 2.13b Usage & Mechanics: Use correct pronoun referent SOL 2.12d 23
WEEK SEVENTEEN 3 4 5 6 7 Composing: Create a plan to organize prewriting; introduce a topic through examples or explanations (shared writing) SOL 2.12 Written Expression: Use adjectives to elaborate and expand sentences SOL 2.13j Usage and Mechanics: Understand the meaning of contractions; use apostrophes to form contractions SOL 2.13e DECEMBER WEEK EIGHTEEN WEEK NINETEEN 10 11 12 13 14 Written Expression: Use time order words to organize writing SOL 2.12b Composing: Mini-lessons should occur 2-3 times/week Usage & Mechanics: Identify and use verbs correctly in sentences (past and present tense) SOL 2.13j 17 18 19 20 Review previously instructed skills in holiday themed writing Teacher Work Day Winter Break 21 TWENTY WEEK TWENTY-ONE 24 25 26 27 28 31 1 2 3 4 Written Expression: Produce and expand complete simple and compound sentences SOL 2.13a Usage & Mechanics: Proper nouns SOL 2.13c
WEEK TWENTY-TWO 7 8 9 10 11 Written Expression: Review writing with descriptive details SOL 2.12c & SOL 2.13j Usage & Mechanics: Use apostrophes to form contractions and singular possessives SOL 2.13e & 2.13f Composing: Mini-lessons should occur 2-3 times a week JANUARY WEEK TWENTY-THREE WEEK TWENTY-FOUR WEEK TWENTY-FIVE MLK Day Schools Closed 14 15 16 17 18 Composing: Generate ideas (Jot List) for functional formats SOL 2.12 Composing: Introduce a topic using fact or opinion; teacher should model each mini-lesson SOL 2.12 Composing: Compose a variety of functional formats (notes, signs, lists, directions, and messages) SOL 2.12 21 22 23 24 25 Written Expression: Review using transition words to manage sequence of events SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Use correct subject verb agreement (singular and plural nouns) SOL 2.13d & 2.13j Composing: Continue composing a variety of functional formats 28 29 30 31 1 Written Expression: Review writing with descriptive details SOL 2.12b Usage & Mechanics: Use apostrophes to form contractions and singular possessives SOL 2.13e & 2.13f Composing: Mini-lessons 2-3 times/week
WEEK TWENTY-SIX Staff Development (Schools Closed) 4 5 6 7 8 Written Expression: Use adjectives to elaborate and expand sentences SOL 2.12c & 2.13j Usage & Mechanics: Use complete sentences (subject and predicate); use appropriate ending punctuation SOL 2.13a & 2.13b Composing: Mini lessons 2-3 times/week FEBRUARY WEEK TWENTY-SEVEN WEEK TWENTY-EIGHT WEEK TWENTY-NINE 11 12 13 14 15 Composing: Review and update list of ideas for personal narratives/imaginative SOL 2.12 Composing: Create a plan to organize prewriting; focus on central idea, organize ideas sequentially (shared writing) Students begin organizer and verbalize story before writing SOL 2.12 Written Expression: Use adjectives to elaborate sentences SOL 2.13j & 2.12c 18 19 20 21 22 Composing: Include events in sequence and a closure SOL 2.12b Written Expression: Review using transitional words to organize writing; clarify writing by including specific information; describe events, ideas, and personal stories with descriptive details SOL 2.12 Usage & Mechanics: Review avoid stringing ideas together with and or then SOL 2.12d 25 26 27 28 1 Written Expression: Use knowledge of homophones during reading and writing; use knowledge of synonyms and antonyms during reading and writing to expand vocabulary SOL 2.7a 2.7c Usage & Mechanics: Review using apostrophes to form common singular possessives; use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g. feet, children, teeth, fish) SOL 2.13e & 2.13d
4 5 6 7 8 WEEK THIRTY Composing: Review letter writing (thank you letter) SOL 2.12 Usage & Mechanics: Use commas in the salutations and closing of a letter; identify and use simple abbreviations, including those for titles, calendar words, and address words. SOL 2.12i & 2.12g MARCH WEEK THIRTY-ONE WEEK THIRTY-TWO WEEK THIRTY-THREE Teacher Work Day 11 12 13 14 15 Composing: Participate in shared research and writing project. Teacher models and students help create a class research report. Students will create their own research report (on their own topic). SOL 2.12 18 19 20 21 22 Composing: Generate ideas, select topic, and organize information. Verbalize their writing plan to a classmate or teacher SOL 2.12 Usage & Mechanics: Emphasize printing legibly and neatly; capitalize all proper nouns SOL 2.13c Written Expression: Use time order words SOL 2.12b 25 26 27 28 29 Composing: Introduce a topic through facts and opinions; provide a solid opening statement; stay on topic SOL 2.12 Usage & Mechanics: Use apostrophes to form contractions SOL 2.13e & SOL 2.13f Written Expression: Clarify writing by including specific information SOL 2.12d
WEEK THIRTY-FOUR 1 2 3 4 5 Composing: Students work on generating a personal narrative, expository, or informational piece based on content material or selfselected topic (Include daily shared and independent writing) SOL 2.12 APRIL WEEK THIRTY-FIVE WEEK THIRTY-SIX WEEK THIRTY-SEVEN SPRING BREAK 8 9 10 11 12 Composing: Clarify writing by including specific information; provide a strong concluding statement SOL 2.12 Usage & Mechanics: Use complete sentences (subject-predicate); identify and use verbs correctly in sentences (e.g. subject verb agreement) SOL 2.13a & 2.13j 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 25 26 Composing: Develop an opinion on a topic: book review to include an introduction, body, closing. Introduction: Brief summary of book; body: personal reaction to the book- like or dislike with reasons why; closing: recommendation to readers -model through shared writing, students independently write SOL 2.12
WEEK THIRTY-EIGHT 29 30 1 2 3 Composing: continue with opinion writing SOL 2.12 MAY WEEK THIRTY-NINE WEEK FORTY 6 7 8 9 10 For the remainder of the academic year, select mini-lesson based on students needs 13 14 15 16 17 WEEK FORTY-ONE 20 21 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 22 23 24