Calkins Unit Studies: Grades K-2
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Join your Calkins Colleagues in grades K-2 for an in-depth look at three units of study and the conferencing handbook:
• Unit Two: Small Moments – Personal Narrative Writing (Oct. 22): What better way to learn about your students than by listening to their stories? The goals of this unit are to help children understand that they can create stories out of the details of their own lives and that their stories can be retold in a detailed sequence of events.
• The Conferencing Handbook (Dec. 10): Conferring is the heart of the writing workshop. This session will closely examine the conferencing handbook and explore how it is used in conjunction with the units of study.
• Unit Three: Writing for Readers (Jan. 14): Up to now, you’ve reveled in your students’ approximations and praised every step in the right direction. Well, it’s time to let the cat out of the bag. You just can’t read their writing. The goal of this unit is to “spotlight the importance of spelling and punctuation by designing a unit of study that makes word walls, blends, and capital letters into the talk of the town.”
• Unit Six – Nonfiction Writing: Procedures and Reports (March 11): The goal of this unit is to help students write with more clarity, sequence, explicit detail, and with the needs of an audience in mind. Students love this unit because they have the opportunity to become the “teacher” as they share their expertise through How-to, Informational, and Idea-Based writing.
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