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A Quick Guide to Teaching Second-Grade Writers with Units of Study

Pub Date: 3/5/2009 1
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: Other - Other

In A Quick Guide to Teaching Second Grade Writers with Units of Study Lucy Calkins chronicles a curricular calendar that will help teachers increase the volume of student writing; encourage students to lift the level of their writing by reviwing, rethinking, and rewriting their work; and empower students to write with greater independence.... more

Up Close (DVD)

Lucy Calkins , Amanda Hartman

Pub Date: 12/1/2008
Product Type: DVD
Grade: K - 2nd

For a comprehensive overview of the Units of Study for Teaching Writing series, including sample minilessons, sample videos, curricular calendars, overview presentations, frequently asked questions, and information on the companion principal’s guide and the Workshop Help Desk series visit unitsofstudy.com. In our increasingly... more

A Quick Guide to Reaching Struggling Writers, K-5

Lucy Calkins , M. Colleen Cruz

Pub Date: 9/24/2008
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K - 5th

In A Quick Guide to Reaching Struggling Writers Colleen Cruz shows how to stop struggling with writers who struggle. You’ll find effective support for students who say: I’m not a good writer; My hand hurts; I don’t know how to spell; I don’t have anything to write about; I never get to write anything I want to write; I’m done. A... more

A Quick Guide to Making Your Teaching Stick, K-5

Lucy Calkins , Shanna Schwartz

Pub Date: 9/24/2008
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K - 5th

Recognizing that there is a vast difference between children getting it and children holding on to what they have learned, Shanna lays out the universal principles of “stickiness” and describes how they can be used to tweak your teaching for a more lasting impact on young writers. A Quick Guide to Making Your Teaching Stick is part... more

A Quick Guide to Teaching Persuasive Writing, K-2

Lucy Calkins , Sarah Picard Taylor

Pub Date: 9/24/2008
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K - 2nd

Children have voices that need to be heard and ideas that need to be understood. Building on this premise Sarah describes why you should try a persuasive writing unit of study, describes two units of study for the primary classroom, and lists tips and ideas for helping students get their persuasive writing out into the world. A... more

A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time, K-2

Lucy Calkins , Alison Porcelli , Cheryl Tyler

Pub Date: 9/24/2008
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K - 2nd

In A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time Alison and Cheryl explain how choice-time workshops can be structured to help English language learners imagine, create, and explore language through play. They outline two units of study for choice-time workshops, the first using open-ended materials, the other using... more

Big Lessons from Small Writers

Lucy Calkins

Pub Date: 3/21/2005
Product Type: DVD
Grade: K - 2nd

For a comprehensive overview of the Units of Study for Teaching Writing series, visit unitsofstudy.com. - Eavesdrop on Lucy Calkins as she confers with students. - Witness minilessons in action. - Observe whole class shares. Drawing on 22 instructional (and inspirational) video clips, this comprehensive, easy-to-navigate... more

Conferring with Primary Writers

Lucy Calkins , Amanda Hartman , Zoe Ryder White

Pub Date: 10/26/2004
Product Type: CD-ROM
Grade: K - 1st

For a comprehensive overview of the Units of Study for Teaching Writing series, visit unitsofstudy.com. Conferring with Primary Writers (CD-ROM) is a practical reference and a dynamic staff development tool for Units of Study for Primary Writing (CD-ROM) is a practical reference and a dynamic staff development tool for One-to-one... more

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