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Plan, fix up and publish: 3rd to 5th reading & writing

The writing process (plan, draft, revise, edit, publish), cursive and keyboarding. A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.

Lesson plan

Goal

  • Students work toward: the writing process (plan, draft, revise, edit, publish), cursive and keyboarding.

Hook (5 min)

  • Ask the class: what do you already know about plan, fix up and publish?
  • Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.

Teach (15 min)

  • Say the big idea in one plain sentence: plan, fix up and publish.
  • Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
  • Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.

Practise (20 min)

  • Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
  • Play: Writing words (https://peabody.kids/words/c4-writing)
  • Play: Learn to type (https://peabody.kids/typing)
  • Print: Writing process poster (https://teach.peabody.kids/printables/posters/writing-process-poster)
  • Print: Cursive letters (https://teach.peabody.kids/cursive-alphabet)

Exit ticket (5 min)

  • On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about plan, fix up and publish, and one question I still have.
  • Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.

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