This bend helps students to think of a topic, draw, and do their best approximation of writing. It is an overview of the Writing Workshop, teaching students to add more detail and how to begin a new piece. At the end of this bend, students are introduced to revising.
4 units of Study (7 volumes) "Each of the seven unit books presents a comprehensive roadmap for teaching a rigorous and responsive reading workshop, helping you plan goals, minilessons, independent reading time, share sessions, and assessment for that unit. The books are sequentially organized with each unit building on the learning from the preceding unit."
As the school year comes to a close, many of the schools I work with are launching into a week or so of in-service, summer institutes, and other professional development. It's "curriculum season" in many places around the country. For many writing teachers, that means diving into the Units of Study for Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing by Lucy...
Resources, Assessments and Instructional Strategies that utilize the Readers Workshop Approach
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