First Grade Writing Workshop (Lucy Calkins & Marjorie Martinelli)
This year first graders will be focusing on informational, narrative, opinion, and realistic fiction writing. First graders will tap into their powers as readers and writers!
*First quarter first graders will explore narrative writing, turning everyday events into well-structured stories.
*Second quarter, students will do informational writing as they combine pictures and charts with vocabulary and craft moves to create engaging teaching texts.
*Third quarter, students will write persuasive reviews of all sorts— restaurant reviews, TV show reviews, ice cream flavor reviews, and finally book reviews that hook the reader, clearly express the writer’s opinion in convincing ways.
*Fourth quarter, students will learn to “show, not tell” and use action, dialogue, and feelings to create a whole series of fiction books modeled after Henry and Mudge.
This year first graders will be focusing on informational, narrative, opinion, and realistic fiction writing. First graders will tap into their powers as readers and writers!
*First quarter first graders will explore narrative writing, turning everyday events into well-structured stories.
*Second quarter, students will do informational writing as they combine pictures and charts with vocabulary and craft moves to create engaging teaching texts.
*Third quarter, students will write persuasive reviews of all sorts— restaurant reviews, TV show reviews, ice cream flavor reviews, and finally book reviews that hook the reader, clearly express the writer’s opinion in convincing ways.
*Fourth quarter, students will learn to “show, not tell” and use action, dialogue, and feelings to create a whole series of fiction books modeled after Henry and Mudge.