Month

Process

Genre

Topic

August

Brainstorming,
mini-lesson to
introduce word
webs and defining
maps.

Narrative writing,
introduce examples
with a mini-lesson.
Use this writing
piece as a baseline.

September

Brainstorming
continue with
these strategies.

Narrative write
two more narrative
pieces. Students
will select one
narrative piece for
their portfolio.

October

Planning, minilesson to introduce

new planning
methods.
Introduce graphic
organizers based
on writing genre.
Planning, continue
focusing on
planning methods.

Opinion, minilesson on
fact/opinion.
Students will write
two opinion pieces
and select one for
their portfolio.
Informational,
mini-lesson on
supporting ideas
with evidence.
Write two pieces,
select one for
portfolio.
Friendly Letter,
mini-lesson on the
elements of a letter.
Write two pieces,
select one for
portfolio.
Persuasive, minilesson on elements

Short mini-lesson on
capitalization. Students will
focus on capitalization in peer
editing. Students will trace
capital letters with a crayon
while checking their drafts.
Mini-lesson on punctuation
periods, question marks, and
exclamation points. Students
will add this to their editing
checklists, also tracing their
punctuation with a different
colored crayon.
Pronouns, mini-lesson on
singular and plural pronouns.
Introduce substituting
pronouns for proper nouns
throughout the writing piece.

November

December

January

Conferencing,
mini-lesson on
students leading
conferences and
establishing goals
from feedback.
Drafting, minilesson on adding

Transitions, mini-lesson on
transitions between
paragraphs.

Transitions, continue with

transitions.

Word usage, mini-lesson on

finding synonyms and

more details to
drafts and using
more idea from
brainstorming.
February

Editing, minilesson on editing.

Introduce the
editing checklist.

March

Editing, continue
practicing peer
editing and using
the checklist.

April

Sharing, minilesson on
presenting writing
pieces.

May

Sharing, present
writing
portfolios.**

of persuasive
writing. Complete
two pieces and
select one for the
portfolio.
Steps in a Process,
mini-lesson on
writing a sequence.
Write two pieces,
select one for
portfolio.
Respond to Prompt,
mini-lesson on
taking apart a
prompt. Write two
pieces, select one
for portfolio.
Respond to Prompt,
mini-lesson to
practice using text
evidence.

Writing with
Technology, minilesson on
presenting writing
through technology.
Type a paragraph in
microsoft word and
complete a
discussion on
Kahoot.

selecting new words for

writing.

Word usage, continue

working on using higher level
words.

Sentence structure, minilesson on adding detail to

sentences. In addition, focus
on sentence starters.

Subject-verb agreement,
focus on agreement between
singular and plural subjects
and verbs. Kagan structure to
identify correct usages versus
incorrect.
Subject-verb agreement
continue.