素晴らしい作家たち: 小学校低学年向けライティングクラブ

In this ongoing class, students will learn the fundamentals of writing to help develop them into confident writers as they progress through the elementary years. Each week, we will be learning or reviewing a skill, engaging in class discussion, drawing, labeling, and writing. Students will learn what writing is, the purpose, and will engage in a lot of practice as well. We will always start class with a short introduction and share time to build classroom community. After, we will learn and discuss our new topic for the week listed below week by week. We will end class by writing and applying what we have learned in our class together. We will be doing a mix of shared writing, interactive writing, or independent writing towards the end of every lesson depending on the needs of the learners in the class. 


Class Introduction/Community Building Time 5 min
Introduce/Review Skill and Class Discussion 10 min
Writing Time (Shared, interactive, or independent)  10 min
Share Time (if students are comfortable) 5 min


NOTE: 
Monday section of the class is Kinder-2nd geared. 
Sunday section of the class is 2nd-4th geared.
See concepts practiced below in pacing guide. 
 

MONDAY SECTION: Kinder-2nd Geared
Monday, October 7th:  How to Use Writing Paper (how to use the lines, left-to-right, write the date in the corner, where to draw a picture)
Monday, October 14th:  What is a Sentence?! Sentence versus Fragments 
Monday, October 21st:  What is a Sentence?! Sentence versus Fragments  Part 2
Monday, October 28th:  Help!  I Can't Spell This Word! (Teaching problem-solving strategies and encouraging independence)
Monday, November 4th:  Help!  I Can't Spell This Word! (Teaching problem-solving strategies and encouraging independence) cont.
Monday, November 11th:  Mechanics of Writing: Starting our Sentence with a Capital Letter + Finger Spaces Between our Words
Monday, November 18th: Mechanics of Writing: Punctuation Review
Monday, November 25th: Narratives
Monday, December 2nd: Narratives cont. 
Monday, December 9th: Informative Writing
Monday, December 16th: Informative Writing cont.
Monday, December 23rd: Opinion Writing
Monday, December 30th: Opinion Writing cont.
Monday, January 6th: Sentence versus Fragments
Monday, January 13th: Writing a Good Sentence (Expanding Fragments)
Monday, January 20th: Punctuation Practice (Period, exclamation, Question Mark)
Monday, January 27th: Mechanics of Writing (Capital letter, spacing, punctuation) 
Monday, February 3rd: Unscramble the Sentences (Learning Mechanics) 
Monday, February 10th: What Gets a Capital? (Proper Nouns, etc)
Monday, February 17th: Letter Writing (Students will write a letter to a friend or family member)



SUNDAY SECTION: 2nd-4th Geared
Sunday, May 19th: Paragraph Writing:  Realistic Fiction Writing (What is it? and Brainstorming)
Sunday, May 26th: Paragraph Writing:  Realistic Fiction Writing (Game Time + Writing Our Draft)
Sunday, June 2nd: NO CLASS
Sunday, June 9th: Paragraph Writing:  Realistic Fiction Writing (Writing a Paragraph)
Sunday, June 16th: NO CLASS
Sunday, June 23rd: Paragraph Writing:  Opinion Writing (What is it? + Brainstorming)
Sunday, June 30th: Paragraph Writing:  Opinion Writing (Planning + Writing)
Sunday, July 7th: Paragraph Writing:  Opinion Writing (Writing and Editing Draft)
Sunday, July 14th: Review Writing Types + Pick a Genre and Free Write
Sunday, July 21st: Maternity Leave for Mrs. Chelsie Begins
Sunday, July 28th: Maternity Leave
Sunday, August 4th: Maternity Leave
Sunday, August 11th: Maternity Leave
Sunday, August 18th: Maternity Leave
Sunday, August 25th: Maternity Leave
Sunday, September 1st: Maternity Leave
Sunday, September 8th: Paragraph Writing: Procedural Writing 
Sunday, September 15th: Paragraph Writing: Procedural Writing Part 2 
Sunday, September 22nd: Paragraph Writing: Write About a Place You Would Visit in the World
Sunday, September 29th: Paragraph Writing: Write About "I Will Never Forget the Day...."
Sunday, October 6th: Paragraph Writing: Write About an Imaginary Character 
Sunday, October 13th: Paragraph Writing: Teach Me! (Teach About One Topic) 
Sunday, October 20th: Writing a Paragraph Together (Hamburger Method- Topic Sentence, Details, and Conclusion) -Informational
Sunday, October 27th: Writing a Paragraph Together (Hamburger Method- Topic Sentence, Details, and Conclusion) -Informational Part 2
Sunday, November 3rd: What Part of the Hamburger Method/Paragraph? Game + Writing an Informational Paragraph 
Sunday, November 10th: Writing a Paragraph (OREO Method- Opinion, Reasons, Examples, Restate their Opinion)- Introduction 
Sunday, November 17th: Writing a Paragraph (OREO Method- Opinion, Reasons, Examples, Restate their Opinion)- Which part of the OREO Method Game?
Sunday, November 24th: Writing a Paragraph (OREO Method- Opinion, Reasons, Examples, Restate their Opinion)- A Good Conclusion Sentence-Restating Your Opinion
Sunday, December 1st: Writing a Paragraph (OREO Method- Opinion, Reasons, Examples, Restate their Opinion)- Wrapping It All Up
Sunday, December 8th: OREO Method- Best Sport
Sunday, December 15th: OREO Method- Cats or Dogs
Sunday, December 22nd: OREO Method- Best Game (Board Game, Video Game, Outside Game, etc) 
Sunday, December 29th: Would You Rather Writing Game 
Sunday, January 5th: Would You Rather Writing Game 2
Sunday, January 12th: Writing Hooks Part 1 (Onomatopoeias)
Sunday, January 19th: Writing Hooks Part 2 (Using Vivid Descriptions- Settings)
Sunday, January 26th: Writing Hooks Part 2 (Using Vivid Descriptions- Characters)
Sunday, February 2nd: Writing Hooks Part 2 (Using Dialogue)
Sunday, February 9th: Writing Hooks Part 2 (Share An Interesting Fact)
Sunday, February 16th: Which Writing Hook Did the Writer Use? (Reviewing Hooks- Sharpening Our Writer Toolbox)
Sunday, February 23rd: Fictional Narratives: Developing a Character 
Sunday, March 2nd: Fictional Narratives: Developing a Character Part 2