Weekly+Routines

=Sample - Word Study Lesson Plan / Weekly Routine (5 Days) =

Day 1 – Introduce the Sort
 * Students cut apart their sort and practise with a partner.
 * Homework – Write sort in their word study notebooks.

Day 2 – Sort and Check
 * Students practise sort individually and with a partner.
 * Timed speed sort w/ a partner. Record times in Word Study Notebooks.
 * Homework – Write sentences with 2 words from each contrast/column.

Day 3 – Reflect / Compare and Declare
 * Word Hunt / Record words in Word Study Notebooks
 * Teacher explains / models Game/Activity for the sort
 * Homework – Write sentences with 2 additional words from each contrast / column. Practice sort.

Day 4 – Extend
 * No Peeking Writing Sort (practice test w/ partner)
 * Students play Game / Activity for the sort.
 * Homework – Practise speed sort w/ an adult – 3 times and record times

Day 5 – Sort & Check / Reflect / Assess = = =Another Sample Weekly Routine (5 days) =
 * Beat the Teacher Sort
 * Write a summary for the sort in Word Study Notebooks.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spelling Test (Homework – Write sentences with any missed words.)
 * Monday**
 * Students receive words to cut out and write their initials (or scribble on the back of the sheet).
 * Students will complete an “open sort”
 * Teacher introduces words, demonstrates sort in a small group.
 * Students explain why words are being sorted that way.
 * Students take their own words back to their seats and independently replicate the sort.
 * They will then write the sort in their word study notebooks.


 * Tuesday**
 * Students re-sort words. They will pick 6 words to draw and label.


 * Wednesday**
 * Students will sort words with a partner. They will check each other’s work and discuss any difficulties.


 * Thursday**
 * Students sort words. They might have a speed sort against the teacher or with a classmate.
 * Students perform a word hunt using literature currently being read.


 * Friday**
 * Review game or activity using words of the week.
 * Spelling Test and Word Sort Assessment.

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=Weekly Planning=

Here are two excellent examples of weekly planning sheets that can be used to plan the sorts that each group will work on each week: