Kinder Writing Unit Planning
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Agenda
Responsive Teaching in Writing Workshop
Units of Study
Projecting a Unit of Study: A Process Overview
Studying Mentor and Projecting Teaching Possibilities
Determining Primary and Secondary Goals
- Projecting Minilessons and Anticipating Issues
The Process of Projecting
Gather and study a stack of mentor texts
Pull out teaching possibilities
Determine Primary and Secondary Goals
Project possible mini lesson topics.
Anticipate and prepare for issues
- Respond during the unit and Reflect at the end
Books that help:
Mo Willems
Nicola Smee
Donald Crews
Mentor Text
Read them like a teacher of writers
Use what you know about writing and your students
Notice what the author does in text write it down
Make a list of teaching possibilities for mini lessons
- (Read as a team or with a colleague)
Let’s Read Like Writers.
Primary Goals
Broad goals that describe the big things you want to students to learn.
One to Three primary goals
Looking at your standards create Action-oriented goals like…”students will notice nonfiction text features and use them in their writing”
“Students will write text that reach the reader facts about a topic.”
- Consider your students’ experience with the type of writing you are teaching
Secondary Goals
Specific goals that focus on specific skills, techniques and outcomes
Qualities of good writing
Writing Habits
Building a community of Writers
Taking Risks in Illustrations
Revision
- Editing and Conventions