Teacher/Student Conferences are cross-referenced by session during the writing workshop format

1. Grade Three
Unit of Study Three – Explanatory Writing
Session Notebook Folder Conferring
1. Immersion List your noticings
 Minilesson
Encourage
2. Immersion cont. Continue to list your
noticings
 Minilesson
Encourage
Check-in
3. What Do I Notice?
(Create an anchor chart)
Additional anchor
chart: How to be
Successful at Writing
Explanatory Writing
List goes in the
notebook; Can create as
a class, however,
teacher can copy, print,
and distribute.
Encourage
Check-in
Writerly life
4. Generating
Writing Ideas
Silhouette template
 What Should I
Write
 Writing
Encourage
Writerly life
5. Text Features
(Start to create a two-
column anchor chart)
Two-column anchor
chart
 Minilesson
 Writing
Encourage
Check-in
6. Close and Critical
Reading
Critical Reading –
Student Copy
Encourage
Check-in
7. Close and Critical
Reading
Free Write
 Writing
Critical Reading –
Student Copy
Encourage
Check-in
8. Generating Ideas Formulating the Focused
Research Area
Check-in
9. Finding Quality
Websites
Research Topic –
Dolphins
Check-in
10. Gather Resources
(CSI)
11. Gather Resources
(CSI)
Note-Taking Chart (CSI) 4-5 Students
12. Category Notes Either Notebook or Folder can be used here to
record: What Does the Text Say? How Does the Text
Say It? What Does the Text Mean? How Does the
Text Affect Me?
4-5 Students
13. Paraphrasing P.A.P. 4-5 Students
14. Citing Quotations Practice with Citations 4-5 Students
15. Drafting Begin to Draft 4-5 Students
(Optional Session 15 on “How To”; This is the Teacher’s Discretion)
16. Revise for Text
Features
Student Drafts 4-5 Students

2. 17. Revise for Facts
and Quotes
Student Drafts 4-5 Students
18. Revise for Leads Who-What-When-
Where Lead
 Minilesson
Student Drafts 4-5 Students
19. Edit Revised Drafts/Copies 4-5 Students
20. Editing Checklist CUPS & STAR
 Minilesson
Revised Student Essays 4-5 Students
21. Celebrate! Student Essays NA