Farmington Elementary

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Farmington Elementary

• Writing Instruction
• KASC Conference
• September 29, 2008

Denise Whitaker, Principal Cassie Orr, Fourth
Grade Teacher
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Our School

• Pre-school Sixth Grades
• 300 students
• Two homerooms of each grade level
• 50 Free/Reduced Lunch
• First, second, third grades Science Soc.
  Studies
• Fourth, Fifth Sixth each teacher has two
  subjects
• One Reading Writing teacher for fourth sixth
  graders
• .5 P.E. and .5 Arts Humanities
• K-4 teachers are .2 Title I
• After School Tutoring ESS bus transportation

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Reading Instruction

• Core reading with whole group
• Reading groups K-4 School Scheduled
• Fifth Grade has small class size
• Sixth Grade has reading writing teacher
• Focus on five parts of reading
• Increase in non-fiction reading
• Multiple choice and open response at all levels

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Writing InstructionPortfolios School Focus

• Wildcat writing folders K-6
• Writing every day journals
• Pieces at each level
• Typing, word processing and correcting
• Sharing their work with real audiences
• EVERY teacher is responsible for fourth grade
  portfolios

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Writing InstructionPortfolios Fourth Grade

• Schedule for the year
• First nine weeks Feature Article
• Second nine weeks Short Story
• Third nine weeks Reflective Letter
• Love for writing must come first
• Fifth Graders share and provide examples
• Paragraphs, Sentences, Vocabulary
• Each piece - Graphic Organizers
• Revision with portfolio buddies

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Writing InstructionOn-Demand

• Whole school initiatives
• Real audiences
• Purpose and Audience analysis
• Examples Exposure
• Outline
• SPAM, five paragraphs, eight sentences
• Modeling Practice
• Students write their own