CURS 4211U Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Parking Lot, Proofreading, Social Studies
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Writing a letter - 5 parts: heading, greeting, body, closing, signature. Can you provide an example of a writing activity: create a post office centre (there are envelopes) It gets them practicing the letter writing process. Kids write to each other, to family members, to the teachers -> to anyone. Throughout the school - different holidays; christmas, halloween: learning to write stories - break down into different parts. Characters, setting, problem, solution, etc - only just beginning to learn how to write a story: all about me theme. Franklin: graphic organizers -> who, what, when, why, non-fiction books, word walls, parking lot -> for questions, activities. January - no holidays: prime instructional weeks are the first weeks back from break, report on student progress - 2 reports, 1 progress, science units : 4, social studies units - 2, language strands - 4. Long range plan: organized based on weeks.
