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This is an editable planning template modeled for the Lucy Calkins writing units of study. ...

Use boxes and bullets both in reading and writing! In writing, your students can find this useful to organize their informational and essay writing pieces. In reading, boxes and bullets assist your students in taking notes, specifically in finding the main idea and key supporting details. ...

* Update: After you read this, head here for Five Steps to Implementing Lucy Calkins! * When some of my colleagues and I attended Lucy Calkins' writing workshop in March and found out there was a NEW writing curriculum being published, we crossed our fingers and toes that we could get this curriculum for our writing instruction ... and we did! {WOO HOO!!} See, I don't know about you but I found the old K-2 set a little tough to use - by the time my students got to my classroom they either a) had heard it all before or b) the curriculum was too young for them. The new set has a different set of FOUR units for every grade level! The other reason we were hoping for the new units was that we felt, as a team, our writing instruction was suffering because we didn't have a {rigorous and Common Core-aligned} school-wide sytem of rubrics and exemplars on which to base our teaching {like we have in other subjects}. It was holding our kids back from writing at the highest level. It was a no-brainer. This was needed. So then we waited for what seemed like forever {until May}. The units finally, finally came in on the last day of school, and I've spent the last couple of days tucked up on the couch "digging in" to some professional development. {What, everyone doesn't anxiously await their summer break so they can ... read more about teaching?! LOL!} Here's a quick list of three things I love: Rubrics that span grades K-6 so I can push or remediate my kids based on what they need. Student exemplars so my kids have authentic examples of what their writing should look like. In-depth mini-lessons that really TEACH my kids to refer back to mentor texts as examples of what great writers do. A few visuals of the things I love: And finally ... my first-ever VIDEO overview of the curriculum. It's a little silly but I think it gets the point across. :) So ... do you implement a writing workshop or use Lucy Calkins? Thinking about purchasing or using this curriculum? Let me know what you think! * Update: After you read this, head here for Five Steps to Implementing Lucy Calkins! *

Use these reading and writing workshop conference forms to keep your observation notes organized! This resource includes an editable option so you can customize the table to suit your needs. Each form is labeled according to the 2nd grade Lucy Calkins Reading and Writing Units of Study.

I was excited and delighted when our school purchased the Lucy Calkins Units of study for us - so excited I posted a review on the blog that's been pretty popular, so I know y'all are pretty excited too. :) When we purchased the set, I was lucky enough to go to a workshop with Lucy. {Spoiler alert: it was amazing, I highly recommend it.} As a way to share our knowledge, my principal asked those of us who were part of the workshop to share our thoughts on implementing the Lucy Calkins curriculum. We spent a long while digging into the curriculum ourselves and found sooooo much great stuff, I thought I'd share some thoughts here! I think it's really important to "root" yourself in WHY you're doing something. This chapter (the whole book is great, but we're going for biggest "bang" for your buck, here) does a really good job of explaining some of the shifts for writing in the Common Core standards, and uses those shifts to really drive home how important writing instruction is in the classroom and throughout the school. One of the things we discussed as a school team was the idea of protecting your time. Sometimes I feel like I don't "protect" my writing time in the same way that I protect math, reading and science/social studies time. What I mean by that is that when there are interruptions, I'm far more likely to bump writing and make sure I get to the other subjects. We talked about making our school rule something along the lines of - "I will commit to direct instruction in writing just as often as I have direct instruction in math and reading." Boom. Move writing on up that list. I'm telling you, this series is a wealth of knowledge. One of the things that I love are the rubrics, exemplars and continuums. Having a common "bar of excellence" is so important for norming across classrooms and even across grade levels. I recommend "tabbing" {I used post-its, but I'm sure you can come up with something cuter} each of these resources for each of the different types of writing {informational, opinion and narrative}, so you'll have it to refer to late. I've included a brief description of each below. The learning progression explains how kids should progress from K to sixth grade {imagine that} in each of the rubric areas {overall, lead, transitions, ending, organization, elaboration, craft, spelling and punctuation}. Super helpful for identifying where kids are and what they need to learn next. Each type of writing has an on-demand prompt that you can use for pre- or post- assessment. They are general enough to be used as many times as needed - and you don't have to think them up! {HALLELUJAH} There's also a student checklist for each type, with the standards for that grade level. I love that ALL grade levels are included in this book, because I know I'll have kids above and below grade level. I plan on laminating these for my kids to keep as a reference. That way when it's time to conference with me for the final time, I'll have them self-check and tell me if their checklist lines up with what I think about that writing piece, and I'll know if they're understanding how to develop each row on their rubric. PERFECT for using as an exemplar as we write. I know I'll be storing these either on my computer to project, or possible in hard copy to refer to as we write. Teacher-created exemplars are a really neat idea. Basically they took the same topic/prompt for each of the three type of writing, and wrote exemplars for every grade level and annotated how each section of the rubric was shown in that piece of writing. So, there's a persuasive piece about football at recess written as the "perfect" K, 1, 2 ... through 6th grade sample. That way we know what to look for in every piece. LOVE IT. The CD is awesome. It has so many resources - they're all in the book, but they're conveniently in one place where I can print from my computer and/or project without having to lug the book around and scan it. You also HAVE to have the CD to access the online resource, which I think is interesting. Resources are organized by type OR by unit of study. Now it's time to dig in to the real "meat" - the units of study. It'd be crazy to think you could read each one, but a quick perusal will be helpful. I think one of the most important sections is located right inside the front cover of each book. It's a description of each of the three "bends" for each unit as well as a list of what each part of the lesson will focus on. Okay, okay. I know. It will feel silly. But seriously - if you don't actually TEACH it, how will you know what works and what doesn't? It's also important to know that the Lucy Calkins books aren't necessarily in a scripted format. They're more narrative, so if you don't try it out, you won't know what feels right and what feels forced. So I straight up sat down in my living room and "taught" my puppy a lesson, just to see how well prepared I was, based on my initial read. It went ... okay. :) I'll get better! *** SO! There you have it - five steps to implementing the Units of Study in your class. Leave me a note about how you're using this awesome resource!

I use these revision lessons with the Narrative Unit of Study for the 4th grade Lucy Calkins curriculum. I have the students go over their draft with each "lens". I usually cut out the lenses and give them to students one at a time. ...

We all know that Lucy Calkins' Units of Study can be a bit overwhelming to work from. These lesson plans condense each Lucy Calkins lesson into a one page snapshot that gives you all the information that you need to get to your teaching. ...

Teaching points and activities to introduce nonfiction writing to our littlest writers. Based on Lucy Calkins' alternate unit of study, Looking Closely. ...

This checklist goes along great with the Lucy Calkins Writing Units of Study for Grade 4! It helps students to include all of the essential elements of a literary essay! Some great uses for this product are: - Print for the students to keep in their writing notebook - Use in small group or individual conferences - Print and blow up into a poster - Use for whole group instruction Please rate and review this product! :)

This is a short comprehension quiz that assesses the skills taught in unit 2, bend 1 of the Lucy Calkins units of study for first grade. ...

The first week of school is in the books! This year I am teaching English/Language Arts to two 5th grade classes of 20 students each (for now - we always end up adding several kids during the first few weeks of school). This summer I decided to "take the summer off" for the first time in my life and I learned something new and interesting about myself - I do not like being on vacation for that long. I enjoyed relaxing and sleeping in for about one week and then I felt restless and started planning as many things as I could to fill my days. I traveled to Florida, California, Washington and Ocean Pines and when I wasn't traveling I was subbing for summer school, babysitting, or shopping for a condo. SO the summer truly did fly by and now we're back in school and, call me crazy, but I am very happy to be back! Since I am so excited to be back and I'm already loving my two new groups of kids, I thought I'd share with you how I decided to decorate the room this year and a few of the activities that we did to get to know each other during these first few days of school. The Classroom This year we are implementing the Lucy Calkins Units of Study for writing and one of the things that Lucy recommends is to set up a writing center in the classroom. Since we have limited space, I decided to use on of my bookshelves as my writing center and bought two thick, black poster boards to create my own bulletin board. I created the writing process posters based on Lucy's Guide to the Common Core Writing Workshop. I've got pencils, a sharpener, a stapler, a 3 hole punch, lots of loose leaf paper, Dictionaries and Thesauruses, a basket full of sticky notes, and another basket full of erasers. Check out my Writing Process Posters & the free WRITE Pencil Banner! On this board in the back of the room I will be sharing the agenda and reminders for each day. I kept a lot of space around this board clear so we can have meetings at the beginning of each class in order to discuss our plans/goals for the day. The Friends & Family board was inspired by Conscious Discipline, our new, school-wide discipline program. I'm having the kids bring in pictures to put up on the board as a way of getting to know each other better and to remind students of the school-family connection that we are working to foster. I am so embarrassed by the mess in this picture, but I wanted you to see the spot that I have set up to work with small groups. The pictures on the cabinet doors are book covers that my students drew at the end of last school year. Another mess! I promise it will not look like this for long. (Seriously, I am such a neat freak that at the end of the first week of school one of my boys asked if I had OCD). Here, on my other cabinets, I have my Text Features Posters that Primary Punch has in her store for free! This summer I saw so many upper elementary teachers posting pictures of their "Famous First Lines" boards and I thought that was such an awesome way to get kids excited about new books, so I decided to make one of my own. (Please excuse the bent shelf on the bookshelf - that drives me crazy!) Last, but not least (especially because this took the longest to set up) is my classroom library! This year we got lots of new books from Booksource and Donorschoose and I am so excited about all of the awesome titles I have to share with the kids! I decided to level my books, organize them by genre, and create a checkout system that would be easy to maintain. I typed up some quick and easy labels for each of the shelves based on the genre of books located there. Then, I took some Avery labels and just printed color onto them Like so: As I was putting books onto the shelves, I scanned them in to my Booksource Classroom Library (which is totally free by the way!) and labeled them with the colored stickers by reading level using a key that I made up. For the books that weren't already leveled on Booksource, I just used my Scholastic Bookwizard app to scan the barcodes and get the information that I needed. Here is an example of the information you can find on Scholastic's Bookwizard: During the first week of school I taught my classes how to check out books and they've been loving our new library system! I am loving the fact that I can finally keep track of where my books are disappearing to AND I can monitor each student's independent reading :) I'm saving our first week activities for another post so stay tuned!

* Update: After you read this, head here for Five Steps to Implementing Lucy Calkins! * When some of my colleagues and I attended Lucy Calkins' writing workshop in March and found out there was a NEW writing curriculum being published, we crossed our fingers and toes that we could get this curriculum for our writing instruction ... and we did! {WOO HOO!!} See, I don't know about you but I found the old K-2 set a little tough to use - by the time my students got to my classroom they either a) had heard it all before or b) the curriculum was too young for them. The new set has a different set of FOUR units for every grade level! The other reason we were hoping for the new units was that we felt, as a team, our writing instruction was suffering because we didn't have a {rigorous and Common Core-aligned} school-wide sytem of rubrics and exemplars on which to base our teaching {like we have in other subjects}. It was holding our kids back from writing at the highest level. It was a no-brainer. This was needed. So then we waited for what seemed like forever {until May}. The units finally, finally came in on the last day of school, and I've spent the last couple of days tucked up on the couch "digging in" to some professional development. {What, everyone doesn't anxiously await their summer break so they can ... read more about teaching?! LOL!} Here's a quick list of three things I love: Rubrics that span grades K-6 so I can push or remediate my kids based on what they need. Student exemplars so my kids have authentic examples of what their writing should look like. In-depth mini-lessons that really TEACH my kids to refer back to mentor texts as examples of what great writers do. A few visuals of the things I love: And finally ... my first-ever VIDEO overview of the curriculum. It's a little silly but I think it gets the point across. :) So ... do you implement a writing workshop or use Lucy Calkins? Thinking about purchasing or using this curriculum? Let me know what you think! * Update: After you read this, head here for Five Steps to Implementing Lucy Calkins! *

This is going to be a super quick post! I use Lucy Calkins Units of Study to teach writing, and I love it! (In fact, I’ll have to write a separate post at another time outlining why I love it so much.) To make a long story short, I purchased both sets a few years …

I was excited and delighted when our school purchased the Lucy Calkins Units of study for us - so excited I posted a review on the blog that's been pretty popular, so I know y'all are pretty excited too. :) When we purchased the set, I was lucky enough to go to a workshop with Lucy. {Spoiler alert: it was amazing, I highly recommend it.} As a way to share our knowledge, my principal asked those of us who were part of the workshop to share our thoughts on implementing the Lucy Calkins curriculum. We spent a long while digging into the curriculum ourselves and found sooooo much great stuff, I thought I'd share some thoughts here! I think it's really important to "root" yourself in WHY you're doing something. This chapter (the whole book is great, but we're going for biggest "bang" for your buck, here) does a really good job of explaining some of the shifts for writing in the Common Core standards, and uses those shifts to really drive home how important writing instruction is in the classroom and throughout the school. One of the things we discussed as a school team was the idea of protecting your time. Sometimes I feel like I don't "protect" my writing time in the same way that I protect math, reading and science/social studies time. What I mean by that is that when there are interruptions, I'm far more likely to bump writing and make sure I get to the other subjects. We talked about making our school rule something along the lines of - "I will commit to direct instruction in writing just as often as I have direct instruction in math and reading." Boom. Move writing on up that list. I'm telling you, this series is a wealth of knowledge. One of the things that I love are the rubrics, exemplars and continuums. Having a common "bar of excellence" is so important for norming across classrooms and even across grade levels. I recommend "tabbing" {I used post-its, but I'm sure you can come up with something cuter} each of these resources for each of the different types of writing {informational, opinion and narrative}, so you'll have it to refer to late. I've included a brief description of each below. The learning progression explains how kids should progress from K to sixth grade {imagine that} in each of the rubric areas {overall, lead, transitions, ending, organization, elaboration, craft, spelling and punctuation}. Super helpful for identifying where kids are and what they need to learn next. Each type of writing has an on-demand prompt that you can use for pre- or post- assessment. They are general enough to be used as many times as needed - and you don't have to think them up! {HALLELUJAH} There's also a student checklist for each type, with the standards for that grade level. I love that ALL grade levels are included in this book, because I know I'll have kids above and below grade level. I plan on laminating these for my kids to keep as a reference. That way when it's time to conference with me for the final time, I'll have them self-check and tell me if their checklist lines up with what I think about that writing piece, and I'll know if they're understanding how to develop each row on their rubric. PERFECT for using as an exemplar as we write. I know I'll be storing these either on my computer to project, or possible in hard copy to refer to as we write. Teacher-created exemplars are a really neat idea. Basically they took the same topic/prompt for each of the three type of writing, and wrote exemplars for every grade level and annotated how each section of the rubric was shown in that piece of writing. So, there's a persuasive piece about football at recess written as the "perfect" K, 1, 2 ... through 6th grade sample. That way we know what to look for in every piece. LOVE IT. The CD is awesome. It has so many resources - they're all in the book, but they're conveniently in one place where I can print from my computer and/or project without having to lug the book around and scan it. You also HAVE to have the CD to access the online resource, which I think is interesting. Resources are organized by type OR by unit of study. Now it's time to dig in to the real "meat" - the units of study. It'd be crazy to think you could read each one, but a quick perusal will be helpful. I think one of the most important sections is located right inside the front cover of each book. It's a description of each of the three "bends" for each unit as well as a list of what each part of the lesson will focus on. Okay, okay. I know. It will feel silly. But seriously - if you don't actually TEACH it, how will you know what works and what doesn't? It's also important to know that the Lucy Calkins books aren't necessarily in a scripted format. They're more narrative, so if you don't try it out, you won't know what feels right and what feels forced. So I straight up sat down in my living room and "taught" my puppy a lesson, just to see how well prepared I was, based on my initial read. It went ... okay. :) I'll get better! *** SO! There you have it - five steps to implementing the Units of Study in your class. Leave me a note about how you're using this awesome resource!

Today, I want to share my lessons and goals for the first few days in reading workshop with you. It is going to be the first day of school real soon {maybe some of you are already back in the swing of things!} and you are going to be busy! You will surely have a list a mile long of the thi

Boxes and Bullets - Opinion and Persuasive Writing Pack for upper elementary! → Need a product that shows your students that the content and structure of an essay are important? Looking for a way to guide your students through the process of writing an opinion or persuasive essay? → If so, you have come to the right place! This product includes = anchor charts for your classroom, quick reference guides your students can paste in their writers notebooks, planning sheets, graphic organizers, and a revising/editing checklist! Please check out the product preview for a better look at these items! ** This product works well with Lucy Calkin's opinion Units of Study and other writing curriculum's that use Writer's Workshop!** → I hope you and your students enjoy this writing pack. Please message me if you have any questions! Happy Teaching :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Looking for other ELA/writing products? Check these out: - Units of Study Reader's and Writer's Workshop Post It Notes - Narrative and Expository Transitions - Workshop Conferences Toolkit - Writing Process Clip Chart - Realistic Fiction Writing - Lucy Calkins

This is a collection of Daily 2nd grade Writing Workshop lesson plans based on the Lucy Calkins Writing Workshop Curriculum for Unit 2: "Lab Reports and Science Books." I created this in an effort to summarize/outline the 19 sessions in Unit 2 into quick, easy to follow lesson plans that can be easily accessed day to day. I have included each component of every session. My goal was to save teachers time because reading through the narrative from Lucy Calkins in each session can be time-consuming. These plans should NOT replace the resource itself, but rather complement it and perhaps act as a refresher from year to year. It can also be helpful for teachers who have to turn in lesson plans. I hope you find it useful and it saves you a ton of time so you can focus on your wonderful teaching!! :-) My preview is the complete version of Session 1 (consider it a freebie ;-) ). If you enjoy Session 1, the rest of the sessions in this product follow that exact format. *Lucy Calkins Reading Workshop Units available as well!* Unit 1 = https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2nd-Grade-Daily-Lesson-Plans-Aligned-to-Lucy-Calkins-Reading-Workshop-Unit-1-3293194 Unit 2 = https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2nd-Grade-Daily-Lesson-Plans-Aligned-to-Lucy-Calkins-Reading-Workshop-Unit-2-3374273 Unit 3 = https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2nd-Grade-Daily-Lesson-Plans-Aligned-to-Lucy-Calkins-Reading-Workshop-Unit-3-3322232 Unit 4 = https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2nd-Grade-Daily-Lesson-Plans-Aligned-to-Lucy-Calkins-Reading-Workshop-Unit-4-3427182 BUNDLE = https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2nd-Grade-Lesson-Plan-BUNDLE-Aligned-to-Lucy-Calkins-Reading-Workshop-4-Units-4763269 *Lucy Calkins Writing Workshop Units 1, 3, and 4 available as well! Unit 1 = https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2nd-Grade-Daily-Lesson-Plans-Aligned-to-Lucy-Calkins-Writing-Workshop-Unit-1-3716583 Unit 3 = https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2nd-Grade-Daily-Lesson-Plans-Aligned-to-Lucy-Calkins-Writing-Workshop-Unit-3-4203929 Unit 4 = https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2nd-Grade-Daily-Lesson-Plans-Aligned-to-Lucy-Calkins-Writing-Workshop-Unit-4-4548399 BUNDLE = https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2nd-Grade-Lesson-Plan-BUNDLE-Aligned-to-Lucy-Calkins-Writing-Workshop-4-Units-4761845

These transition words are helpful in linking ideas together in opinion writing. The vocabulary (opinion/thesis, reasons, examples, conclusion) and color coding are consistent with Lucy Calkins Units of Study for 3rd and 4th grade. ...

This journal is used as a student DIGITAL journal with Google Slides. This interactive journal is based on Lucy Calkin's Writing Units of Study. Each session is laid out with a teaching point, a guided activity, and what students should do while they continue on to practice writing. This journal was created for the launch of the Writers Workshop. It gets the students ready to dive in and get used to the structure of the workshop. The Launch includes: Sessions 1-9 Practice Pages A-D

-Binder Cover -Class-At-A-Glance Progress Monitoring Form -Scoring Rubric -Posters for each feature of the scoring rubric...

This product was designed to assist teachers with teacher Lucy Calkins' Second Grade improving narrative writing unit of study. Calkins is a fantastic writer, but lengthy! These mini-lessons were designed to make teaching your Improving Narrative Writing Unit of Study much easier! The lessons are simplified to one page plans for each lesson that work best when used with the book! I am not an expert in using the Lucy Calkins writing units by any means, but these did make my life teaching with this writing series much easier. In this product you will find: 19 lesson plans Graphic Organizers Mentor Text Suggestions Writing Samples and Posters! This product requires no prep! Please do not forget to leave feedback and earn TPT Credits towards your next purchase. All Common Core Aligned! Enjoy!

This product was designed to assist teachers with teacher Lucy Calkins' writing units of study. Calkins is a fantastic writer, but lengthy! These mini-lessons were designed to make teaching your Narrative, Informative, Opinion and Fairy Tale Units of Study much easier! The lessons are simplified to one page plans for each lesson that work best when used with the book! I am not an expert in using the Lucy Calkins writing units by any means, but these did make my life teaching with this writing series much easier. In this product you will find: 20 lesson plans (for each unit) Graphic Organizers Mentor Text Suggestions Student Writing Samples and Posters! Please do not forget to leave feedback and earn TPT Credits towards your next purchase. Don't forget these are All Common Core Aligned! Enjoy!

This product was designed to assist teachers with teacher Lucy Calkins' writing units of study. Calkins is a fantastic writer, but lengthy! These mini-lessons were designed to make teaching your Narrative, Informative, Opinion and Poetry Units of Study much easier! The lessons are simplified to one page plans for each lesson that work best when used with the book! I am not an expert in using the Lucy Calkins writing units by any means, but these did make my life teaching with this writing series much easier. In this product you will find: About 20 lesson plans (for each unit) Graphic Organizers Mentor Text Suggestions Student Writing Samples and Posters! This product requires no prep! Please do not forget to leave feedback and earn TPT Credits towards your next purchase. Don't forget these are All Common Core Aligned! Enjoy!

This COMPLETELY EDITABLE Bundle includes four Digital Reader’s Notebooks (DRN) and three Digital Writer's Notebooks (DWN) created to be used with Lucy Calkin’s middle school Units of Study. I created an additional notebook for Poetry to complement the work students have been asked to do all year. However, the assignments in this resource can be utilized in any classroom with any piece of literature and genre of writing. Due to COVID-19, I thought having a Digital Notebooks would help provide students with an opportunity to think at higher levels despite being away from school. I will use this resource in conjunction with videotaped mini-lessons in an effort to maintain the efficacy of Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop. The notebooks are broken into Bends which serve as chapters within the unit.  At the end of every Bend, there is any opportunity for reflection before moving forward. Bends are further broken down into Sessions.  Each Session is equivalent to a day and the assignment should be completed only after the mini lesson and individual practice time has concluded. Included in the bundle are some of the following topics: · Authorial Control · Character Analysis · Conflict Analysis · Narrative Techniques · Reader Sympathy · Realism · Voice · Dialogue · Claim · Counterargument · Rebuttal · Form · Structure · Poetic Devices It is my sincere hope that this resource is useful to you and saves you a lot of prep work.

Last school year was my first attempt to use the Units of Study in Writing developed by Lucy Calkins. While I liked the units and was pleased with the progress my students made, I struggled to follow the lesson plans. When planning I could read the lesson and all of the dialogue and it would make ...

Students can use this packet to practice writing introductions to opinion essays. Students are required to write a thesis statement for a few given topics as well as 3 reasons to support each thesis statement. Great for Lucy Calkins Units of Study!

This product was designed to assist teachers with teacher Lucy Calkins' writing narrative unit of study. Calkins is a fantastic writer, but lengthy! These mini-lessons were designed to make teaching your Narrative Unit of Study much easier! The lessons are simplified to one page plans for each lesson that work best when used with the book! I am not an expert in using the Lucy Calkins writing units by any means, but these did make my life teaching with this writing series much easier. In this product you will find: 20 lesson plans Graphic Organizers Mentor Text Suggestions Student Writing Samples and Posters! This product requires no prep! Please do not forget to leave feedback and earn TPT Credits towards your next purchase. Also, if you like this product, check out some of my other writing lesson plans that follow this format. All Common Core Aligned! Enjoy! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Third-Grade-Opinion-Unit-Writing-2465872 https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fairy-Tale-Unit-Of-Writing-2573212

This 3rd grade WRITING UNIT OF STUDY has many supplemental instructional resources for writing workshop classrooms. It contains slides for each mini lesson with speaker notes included. Each session's slides correspond to the Lucy Calkin's Units of Study (3rd Grade Unit 1: Crafting True Stories). ALL MINILESSON SESSION SLIDES INCLUDE: - Connection - Objective/Teaching Point - Teaching - Active Engagement - Link THIS SET ALSO INCLUDES... - Teaching post-its & anchor charts - List of recommended unit mentor texts *Once you download & have access to the google link, click "file" & "make a copy". This allows you to fully edit and customize each slide deck and document to suit your needs.

This resource was designed specifically for use with Lucy Calkins Units of Study to create strong and consistent expectations while working with writing partners. If you don’t use Units of Study as your curriculum, this is still a great resource to teach our young writers how to work together as writing partners in order to make their writing shine. We love using read alouds to introduce a topic to our students, so we thought, why not do the same with learning about writing partners!?! This resource has two parts: expectations for authors and author’s helpers. Each part consists of a large teacher display of what is expected of the roles of author and author’s helper. The display could be printed out and laminated to use as a book or posters. It also could be displayed on an interactive whiteboard. Each part also contains printable booklets for student use. These booklets are printer-friendly duplicates of the teacher display version. Teacher tip: We store student booklets in our book boxes (or their writing folders could be a good place too) and review as needed.

These writing process posters are clear and student friendly. The process featured is consistent with Lucy Calkins Units of Study. The process includes: Immersion, Collecting, Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing, and Publishing.

Find me on Pinterest! Cez~Anne Designs Free! Quick Prep Signs to anchor your anchor charts!! Over 30 signs for flexible use! ~ Use signs as headings to your anchor charts, keep at easel during specific units. ~ Post signs at your writing center for reference. The anchor chart signs/ headings align with Lucy Calkins Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing* Grade One. The highlight points/ phrases can be used to introduce and manage ideas over various bends in the units. NOTE: Although the signs/ headings focus primarily on Grade One, some can be useful in the other grades, as they support the program's main ideas. NOTE: These signs/ headings support most writers workshop models as they celebrate good writing practice! For long-lasting use, print on cardstock and laminate! After downloading, please return to my store and leave feedback! ***REMEMBER*** Leaving feedback affords you points to earn discounts on future purchases! :)

As you can see from the preview file, all lessons will be formatted following the teacher guides specifically. These lessons are in a format so that you can edit them based on the needs of the students in your classroom. These lessons are to be used along with the resources and guides from readers workshop. These summarize the series published in 2015. Bulleted summaries for Lucy Calkins Reading Units -Teaching points -Each lesson in an editable format -Incorporates Common Core Writing Standards. The Lucy Calkins program states: “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 Reading and Writing, K–8, offer grade-by-grade plans for teaching state-of-the-art reading workshops that help students meet and exceed rigorous global standards.”