Lucy Calkins - Writing Program
During writing, teachers use the Lucy Calkins' Units of Study program as a resource for instruction. During their writing block, teachers use lessons from the program that follow the format below.
For more information on the Units of Study: http://www.heinemann.com/unitsofstudy/writing/default.aspx.
"Built on the best practices and proven frameworks developed over decades of work in thousands of classrooms across the country and around the world, the Units of Study for Teaching Writing, K–8, offer grade-by-grade plans for teaching state-of-the-art writing workshops that help students meet and exceed rigorous global standards. The Units of Study in Opinion/Argument, Information, and Narrative Writing, K–8 will:
- mini-lesson
- independent writing
- While students are writing independently, teachers are conferencing with students about their writing (individually and in small groups).
- share
For more information on the Units of Study: http://www.heinemann.com/unitsofstudy/writing/default.aspx.
"Built on the best practices and proven frameworks developed over decades of work in thousands of classrooms across the country and around the world, the Units of Study for Teaching Writing, K–8, offer grade-by-grade plans for teaching state-of-the-art writing workshops that help students meet and exceed rigorous global standards. The Units of Study in Opinion/Argument, Information, and Narrative Writing, K–8 will:
- help you teach opinion/argument, information, and narrative writing with increasing complexity and sophistication
- unpack standards as you guide students to attain and exceed those expectations
- foster high-level thinking, including regular chances to synthesize, analyze, and critique
- develop and refine strategies for writing across the curriculum
- support greater independence and fluency through intensive writing opportunities
- include strategic performance assessments to help monitor mastery and differentiate instruction
- provide a ladder of exemplar texts that model writing progressions across grade levels, K–8
- give teachers opportunities to teach and to learn teaching while receiving strong scaffolding and on-the-job guidance."
Informational Writing Resources
The link below takes you to the series of eight videos about the informational writing process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN4d76QP_MA&list=PLTCzXKdxBpDDcTXBNyvPmR1r_nOg-26sX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN4d76QP_MA&list=PLTCzXKdxBpDDcTXBNyvPmR1r_nOg-26sX