1. Lesson plans
Mrs. Tinney ELA

2. August/September Week 1 – Aug. 20-24
Set up notebooks, tell stories, gather lists, and journal writing
Week 2 – Aug.27-31
Set up notebooks, go over writing process, introduce plan sheet, gather lists, and journal writing
Week 3 – Sept. 4-7
Narrative writing, assess parts of writing process, and journal writing
Week 4 – Sept
Grammar – nouns, pronouns, and verbs
Kernel essay, and begin draft of story
Week 5 – Sept
Grammar – two-word sentences and AAAWWWUBifiation
Continue draft, color up writing, revise and edit
Week 6 – Sept
Grammar – Sentence wringer, verbs
Publish writing, sparkling sentences, and Grandma narrative/expository

3. October/November Week 1 – Oct. 1-5 Grammar – joining sentences
11-min essay, 2nd kernel essay
Week 2 – Oct. 9-12
Grammar – paragraph overhaul
Revise and edit
Week 3 – Oct
Grammar – adjectives, You’re/your, its/it’s
Writer’s celebration, review, and expository lesson
Week 4 – Oct
Grammar – adverbs, there/their/they’re
Rewrite, sensory details, assess/reflect
Week 5 – Oct. 29-Nov. 2
Grammar – proper nouns, proper adjectives
introductions
Week 6 – Nov. 5-9
Grammar – quotation marks
Publish and writer’s celebration

4. November/December Week 1 – Nov. 12-16 Review Week 2 – Nov. 26-30
Grammar – apostrophes
Personal experiences
Week 3 – Dec. 3-7
Grammar – commas
Ellipsis, revise and edit, publish, and writer’s celebrations
Week 4 – Dec
Grammar – commas in letters
Genre switch, letters, and poetry
Week 5 – Dec
Grammar – flex day
Complete poems and share

5. January/February Week 1 – Jan. 8-11 Grammar – to/too/two
Create text structure
Week 2 – Jan
Grammar – prepositions, either/or
Revise and edit, publish
Week 3 – Jan
Grammar – then/than, should’ve, our/are
Explore text structure, kernel essay, draft
Week 4 – Jan. 28 – Feb. 1
Grammar – apostrophes review
Paragraph practice, parentheses
Week 5 – Feb. 4-8
Grammar – commas in a series, transition words, conjunctions
Truisms, publish, writer’s celebration
Week 6 – Feb
Grammar – were/where, review
Paragraph practice, assess

6. February/march Week 1 – Feb. 19-22 Grammar – review
Color up writing, paragraph practice, share, and assess
Week 2 – Feb. 25-Mar. 1
Grammar – Complete sentences
Writing conferences and free write
Week 3 – Mar. 4-8
Grammar – Data driven
Remediation packet, Job you want writing
Week 4 – Mar
Remediation packet and favorite person writing
Week 5 – Mar
Grammar – STAAR Prep
Remediation packet and invention you couldn’t live without
Week 6 – April 1-5
Grammar – STAAR prep
Favorite animal

7. April/may Week 1 – Apr. 8-12 STAAR TESTING Week 2 – Apr. 15-19
Grammar – Cursive writing
Author study/Research
Week 3 – Apr
Week 4 – Apr. 29- May 3
Week 5 – May 6-10
STAAR TESTING – Math and Reading
Week 6 – May 13-24
Free Writing