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~Our Schedule~
Our writing programme this year will be using The 6+1 Traits of Writing. This 6 Traits are : Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation.
If you have any questions regarding our schedule, please send me some email.
Special thanks to Grace for the great graphics.
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This
is our tentative schedule for the 2008-2009 school year. It is not set
in stone and if we require more time in one area than in another we
will take it. For example, there will be days when we need 2 periods
for math but others when we will not. Some of the science experiments
we will undertake this year, will require more than the 2 periods, while
others will require less. Keeping
all of this in mind, here is our schedule.
The
primary focus in grade 3 is literacy and numeracy,
with the most emphasis being placed on literacy. This is why you see
such large blocks of time devoted to this. The double periods
of literacy will consist of reading and writing activities. We will using the DAily 5 and 6+1 Traits of Writing format for our literacy purposes this year. The Daily 5 will have the children working through 5 literacy based activities each day; Read to Self, Read to Somebody, Writing, Word Work, and Listening. Each day the children will havethe opportunity to choose the order in which they will complete the activities. Durign this time I will be taking guided reading groups and conductin individual reading conferences with children. 
We
will be using the "Planning Board" to help us know which
activities to go to. As well, there will be a great deal of practicing
our activity routines during the first 6 weeks of school. I am hoping
to be able to begin our guided reading groups and Daily 5 activities
immediately following Thanksgiving. However, this will all depend
on whether the children are ready for this at this time If they are
not then we will not attempt it until they are.
The
fourth language block that you see on the schedule in the afternoon will be used for
learning cursive writing and problem solving. This portion of the programme will be taught by Mrs. Goad. 
