Writers Workshop: Unit 4 Writing for a Reason

Looking for writing lessons to teach writing for a reason in kindergarten and first grade? Writers Workshop is a wonderful way to incorporate all of the ELA standards while introducing your students to the love of writing. Writers Workshop Curriculum K-1 | Writing Through the Year™ was created by two kindergarten teachers with over 20 years of classroom experience. Each writing lesson has been classroom-tested and student-approved.

This is the fourth unit in this comprehensive writing curriculum. In this unit, you will find a series of writing mini-lessons that will guide your teaching of persuasive text writing to your kindergarten or first grade students. These persuasive writing mini-lessons will support your students right where they are. Students will be encouraged and guided as they learn to use illustrations and/or words to express themselves as writers. Every student can be successful, even those who do not know any letter sounds.

YES! This is Common Core State Standards and TEKS aligned. You will find standards correlation guide in the product preview.

SOME OF THE UNIT SPECIFIC MINI-LESSONS INCLUDE:

• Exploring persuasive writing in writers’ workshop
• Different types of persuasive writing
• Generate ideas list for persuasive writing
• Writing opinion and recommendations in writers’ workshop
• Keeping spaces together for words, but putting spaces between words
• Writing a letter in writers’ workshop
• Adding your writers voice in writers’ workshop
• Strategies for spelling longer words
• Concepts about print and writing conventions

WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN EACH WRITING UNIT:

• Writer's workshop framework guide
• Management ideas for writer’s workshop
• Monthly overview of writing instruction
• CC Standards for kindergarten
• CC Standards for first grade writing
• Writing rubrics: kindergarten writing rubric and first grade writing rubric
• Kindergarten writing goals chart and first grade writing goals chart
• Writing mentor text list for this writer's workshop unit of study
• Detailed daily writing lesson plans that cover 20 days of instruction
• Anchor charts that support your writers during your writing lessons
• Variety of student writing paper templates
• Additional writing forms
• Parent Communication Letter that is specific to the writing unit. This explains the unit focus.

View the Preview for a closer look at this writing unit! Everything that you see in the preview is included in this comprehensive writing curriculum.

These writing lessons will fit perfectly in your kindergarten or first grade classroom.

Thanks so much! Deanna Jump and Deedee Wills

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• Writing Through the Year™: K-1 Writers Workshop Curriculum

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