Current Unit & Lessons

Words Their Way
   -None due to more time needed for Reader's & Writer's Workshop

Reader's Workshop:  Character Study/Nonfiction
   -Differences between nonfiction and fiction
   -Nonfiction visual & text features
   -Asking questions (reading strategy)

Writer's Workshop:  Realistic Fiction
   -Designing internal & external traits of the main character
   -First impression scene to show beginning traits
   -Ending scene showing final traits
   -Develop realistic conflict
   -Map out events with a story mountain