Writers Workshop: Unit 5 Writing Nonfiction Informational Texts

Looking for writers lessons to teach nonfiction writing 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 fifth unit in this comprehensive writing curriculum. In this unit, you will find a series of writing mini-lessons that will guide your teaching of informational text writing to your kindergarten or first grade students. These nonfiction 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:

• Informational text writing genre introduction
• Generate ideas list for informational texts
• Do you have enough to say in your nonfiction writing
• Studying the work of other informational mentor text authors
• What is important to include in your informational text.
• Looking at text features of informational texts
• Looking at text features of informational texts: Comparisons
• Looking at text features of informational texts: Categories
• Looking at text features of informational texts: Table of contents
• Looking at text features of informational texts: Adding labels to tell more
• Adding closure to your writing

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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