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Reading Unit 1: We Are Readers Readers will learn the structures and procedures of reader’s workshop. Students will begin reading from table book tubs and learn how to share, reread, and discuss books that they have read independently and with a partner. | Writing Unit 1: Launching the Writing Workshop This unit introduces the students to world of writing. Routines and procedures for Writers Workshop are introduced and student quickly identify themselves as authors and illustrators. Students are exposed to both narrative and informational writing in this unit. | Kindergarten Writing in Unit 1 Children will plan across the pages of their booklets and will elaborate more. You’ll channel children’s eagerness to fill up all the pages in their books into a willingness to label more of their pictures, to represent more sounds in a word, and to make two-word labels. |
Reading Unit 1: We Are Readers
Readers will learn the structures and procedures of reader’s workshop. Students will begin reading from table book tubs and learn how to share, reread, and discuss books that they have read independently and with a partner.
Writing Unit 1: Launching the Writing Workshop
This unit introduces the students to world of writing. Routines and procedures for Writers Workshop are introduced and student quickly identify themselves as authors and illustrators. Students are exposed to both narrative and informational writing in this unit.
Kindergarten Writing in Unit 1
Children will plan across the pages of their booklets and will elaborate more. You’ll channel children’s eagerness to fill up all the pages in their books into a willingness to label more of their pictures, to represent more sounds in a word, and to make two-word labels.
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Reading Unit 1:Readers Build Good Habits This unit will prepare students for Reader’s Workshop by teaching behaviors and strategies they will need to read independently, as part as a class, and with a partner. They will learn to set goals and build stamina. | Writing Unit 1: Small Moments- How to Write a StoryStudents are asked to jump into the writing of narrative stories in booklets. Children produce lots and lots of Small Moments stories and move with independence through the writing process. | Writing Unit 1: Small Moments-Ways to Bring Stories to LifeWriters learn the strategies they need to bring many stories that they write to life. Children will learn to slow down their story narratives to develop each part bit by bit. Since this unit involves a lot of retelling and storytelling, drama plays an important part in this portion of the unit. |
Reading Unit 1:Readers Build Good Habits
This unit will prepare students for Reader’s Workshop by teaching behaviors and strategies they will need to read independently, as part as a class, and with a partner. They will learn to set goals and build stamina.
Writing Unit 1: Small Moments- How to Write a Story
Students are asked to jump into the writing of narrative
stories in booklets. Children produce lots and lots of Small Moments stories and move with independence through the writing process.
Writing Unit 1: Small Moments-Ways to Bring Stories to Life
Writers learn the strategies they need to bring
many stories that they write to life. Children will learn to slow down their story narratives to develop each part bit by bit. Since this unit involves a lot of retelling and storytelling, drama
plays an important part in this portion of the unit.
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Reading Unit 1:Taking Charge of Reading The main focus of this unit is students becoming strong, independent readers and paying attention to volume, stamina, and fluency. Along with the focus, you are building reading routines, habits, and workflow of the classroom workshop. | Writing Unit 1:Taking Charge of Writing Second grade writers will be exposed to the many routines and procedures necessary to be efficient and effective writers in the writer’s workshop model. Writers will sketch ideas of different genres of writing as well as learn revising and editing strategies to strengthen their writing. | Writing Unit 1: Bend 3 Revising and Editing Writers will learn strategies that entail the language standards embedded in revising and editing techniques. (collective nouns, irregular plural nouns, reflexive pronouns, past tense verbs, irregular verbs, adjectives, adverbs, simple sentences, compound sentences). |
Reading Unit 1:Taking Charge of Reading
The main focus of this unit is students becoming strong, independent readers and paying attention to volume, stamina, and fluency. Along with the focus, you are building reading routines, habits, and workflow of the classroom workshop.
Writing Unit 1:Taking Charge of Writing
Second grade writers will be exposed to the many routines and procedures necessary to be efficient and effective writers in the writer’s workshop model. Writers will sketch ideas of different genres of writing as well as learn revising and editing strategies to strengthen their writing.
Writing Unit 1: Bend 3 Revising and Editing
Writers will learn strategies that entail the language standards embedded in revising and editing techniques. (collective nouns, irregular plural nouns, reflexive pronouns, past tense verbs, irregular verbs, adjectives, adverbs, simple sentences, compound sentences).
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Reading Unit 1: Building a Reading Life (September-mid October)In this unit, students will learn how to author their reading lives by becoming a classroom community of readers. Students will also obtain the identity of being a reader by determining when reading has been great in their lives and thinking about how to continually make that a reality for them. To do this they will learn common strategies of strong readers and work in partnerships to discuss and share ideas as readers. Note: Indian Shoes is now being used instead of Stone Fox as an anchor text. | Digital Notebook Sarah Mustoe created this amazing Digital Notebook to share. A link is also added to the Distance Learning Schoology Course. | Writing Unit 1: Crafting True Stories (September-October) This unit moves students from writing a book a day (primary workshop) to work on longer projects (intermediate workshop). Students invest time in rehearsal for writing, collecting quick drafts of possible stories in notebook entries, and later select one to take through the writing process. Students will develop stories that are driven by characters’ experiences and their responses to those experiences. Emphasis will be placed on volume of writing as third graders should be able to write a page-long entry in one sitting. |
Reading Unit 1: Building a Reading Life (September-mid October)
In this unit, students will learn how to author their reading lives by becoming a classroom community of readers. Students will also obtain the identity of being a reader by determining when reading has been great in their lives and thinking about how to continually make that a reality for them. To do this they will learn common strategies of strong readers and work in partnerships to discuss and share ideas as readers. Note: Indian Shoes is now being used instead of Stone Fox as an anchor text.
Digital Notebook
Sarah Mustoe created this amazing Digital Notebook to share. A link is also added to the Distance Learning Schoology Course.
Writing Unit 1: Crafting True Stories (September-October)
This unit moves students from writing a book a day (primary workshop) to work on longer projects (intermediate workshop). Students invest time in rehearsal for writing, collecting quick drafts of possible stories in notebook entries, and later select one to take through the writing process. Students will develop stories that are driven by characters’ experiences and their responses to those experiences. Emphasis will be placed on volume of writing as third graders should be able to write a page-long entry in one sitting.
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Reading Unit 1: Growing Yourself as a Reader (September- mid October) Reading: In this unit, students will learn how to author their reading lives by becoming a classroom community of readers. Students will also obtain a reading identity by setting goals, creating a life that revolves around shared books, and developing a sense of personal agency in their reading lives. | Digital Notebook Sarah Mustoe created this amazing Digital Notebook to share. A link is also added to the Distance Learning Schoology Course. | Writing Unit 1: Getting to Know Yourself as a Writer (September-mid October) Writing: In this unit, students will learn how to author their writing lives by becoming a classroom community of writers. Students will generate many seed ideas and draft a short, narrative piece to start the year and build stamina around writing. They will also be understanding the process of quick writes. Additionally grammar, language and conventions standards will be taught to set up this expectation in all writing across the year. |
Reading Unit 1: Growing Yourself as a Reader (September- mid October)
Reading: In this unit, students will learn how to author their reading lives by becoming a classroom community of readers. Students will also obtain a reading identity by setting goals, creating a life that revolves around shared books, and developing a sense of personal agency in their reading lives.
Digital Notebook
Sarah Mustoe created this amazing Digital Notebook to share. A link is also added to the Distance Learning Schoology Course.
Writing Unit 1: Getting to Know Yourself as a Writer (September-mid October)
Writing: In this unit, students will learn how to author their writing lives by becoming a classroom community of writers. Students will generate many seed ideas and draft a short, narrative piece to start the year and build stamina around writing. They will also be understanding the process of quick writes. Additionally grammar, language and conventions standards will be taught to set up this expectation in all writing across the year.
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Reading Unit 1: Strengthening Your Reading Life (September) Overview of Unit: During Bend 1 of the unit, you will invite readers to author their own reading lives and you will pull out all the stops in an effort to lay a foundation for a year that helps all of your students become avid readers. Your students will share techniques that they have used in the past to get stronger at working toward a goal, such as practicing or having a mentor text. They will also spend some time analyzing their own reading lives, really evaluating and weighing where they are as readers, and setting ambitious goals for themselves. Note that several of the engaging experiences outlined in this unit focus on behaviors of readers, and encouraging readers. Because of this, you will see “N/A” listed as the priority standards for experiences that focus on these behaviors. | Digital Notebook Sarah Mustoe created this amazing Digital Notebook to share. A link is also added to the Distance Learning Schoology Course. | Writing Unit 1: Agency and Independence (September) In this unit, students will learn how to author their writing lives by becoming a classroom community of writers. Students will generate many seed ideas and draft a short, narrative piece to start the year and build stamina around writing. Additionally grammar, language and conventions standards will be taught to set up this expectation in all writing across the year. |
Reading Unit 1: Strengthening Your Reading Life (September)
Overview of Unit: During Bend 1 of the unit, you will invite readers to author their own reading lives and you will pull out all the stops in an effort to lay a foundation for a year that helps all of your students become avid readers. Your students will share techniques that they have used in the past to get stronger at working toward a goal, such as practicing or having a mentor text. They will also spend some time analyzing their own reading lives, really evaluating and weighing where they are as readers, and setting ambitious goals for themselves. Note that several of the engaging experiences outlined in this unit focus on behaviors of readers, and encouraging readers. Because of this, you will see “N/A” listed as the priority standards for experiences that focus on these behaviors.
Digital Notebook
Sarah Mustoe created this amazing Digital Notebook to share. A link is also added to the Distance Learning Schoology Course.
Writing Unit 1: Agency and Independence (September)
In this unit, students will learn how to author their writing lives by becoming a classroom community of writers. Students will generate many seed ideas and draft a short, narrative piece to start the year and build stamina around writing. Additionally grammar, language and conventions standards will be taught to set up this expectation in all writing across the year.
