Here are some videos and teaching ideas about writing.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3749217
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This is a link to a great write up about one of Lucy’s units of study: fiction. I am always searching for references to Lucy’s units since many of the teachers I work with use the units as a resource.
http://bestbookihavenotread.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/unit-of-study-fiction-writing-grades-3-5/
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This was one of my FAVORITE VIDEOS when I was a little girl! This is an awesome procedure lesson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMU-wXsgyR8
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Many schools are using Lucy Calkins’ materials and Units of Study. One of her units includes an essay unit. Jim Trelease has a site that includes a weekly essay. It is awesome! http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/essay-of-week.html
I am always looking for resources. This is another site of wonderful resources for us.
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http://literacybytes.com/ A wonderful site as a Grade 3-5 staff implements Lucy Calkins kits in their building.
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Site that supports teachers searching for essays for Lucy’s Essay’s Unit
http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/newmainlinks/writ.jsp
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Professional Resources
Live Writing: Breathing Life into your Words by Ralph Fletcher
First Grade Writers Units of Study to Help Children Plan, Organize, and Structure Their Ideas by Stephanie Parsons (Ch 5)
Workshop Help Desk Grade 2 A Quick Guide to Teaching Second-Grade Writers with Units of Study (see what Lucy Calkins wrote for November). She writes about [...]
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Workshop Help Desk Grade 2 A Quick Guide to Teaching Second-Grade Writers with Units of Study by Lucy Calkins Author and Series Editor (First Hand Heinemann)
Lucy briefly explains how to use the units over the course of the year in second grade.
http://bestbookihavenotread.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/teaching-second-grade-writers-by-lucy-calkins/
Stephanie Parsons gives a few more ideas for Units of Study.
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Some students do well writing a narrative text in the structure of a small moment. Some students write better following the structure of writing more list like. How do your students write? How do you? Do you like to write in a story structure with a problem that gets solved structure or do you prefer [...]
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