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a About Writers'
Workshop:
Mrs.
McGowan's Writers' Workshop
This gives a simple
description of my classroom workshop.
Inside Writing Communities Gr.
3-5
A video workshop for
grades 3–5 teachers; 8 half-hour workshop video programs, 8
half-hour classroom video programs, workshop guide, and Web site.
Lucy Calkins - Units of Study
Written by Lucy Calkins &
Colleagues from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project
Reading and Writing Workshop
This page will give you an in depth look at a morning in Jennifer
Meyers' classroom, including Readers Workshop, Writers Workshop,
Authors' Chair, and Word Study.
Setting Norms: Rituals and Routines to Support the Workshop Approach
Jennifer Meyers is a 2nd grade
teacher profiled in
Inside Teaching - a living archive of practice (a project of
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching).
Writers' Workshop
These pages (from teachersfirst.com) introduce Writer's
Workshop implementations for K-3 and upper elementary students.
Mrs. Meachem's Writing Mini
Lessons
This is a terrific site filled
with many helpful ideas.
Beth Newingham's 3rd Grade Writers' Workshop
What does Writers' Workshop look
like? Beth gives a detailed explanation of their workshop with many
pictures. Excellent!
Mandy Gregory's Writing Workshop
Mandy has been using a writers'
workshop approach for several years. Don't miss this site!
Touchstone
Touchstone
Books/Mentor Texts:
Touchstone Books
List of books and student work samples
from Marci McGowan
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6 + 1 Traits:
6 Trait Writing
Overview with
simple explanations and lesson plans
Official 6 + 1 Trait Writing
Site
Six Traits Writing
Be sure to check out the links.
Writing Samples - 6 + 1 Trait Writing
Student writing sample papers are organized by
trait, score, and grade level. Don't miss this one.
B Blogs
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Deb Renner Smith
Deb is a literacy
consultant and author. She posts reading and writing lessons
frequently. Check out all the other resources on her Blogroll.
Two Writing Teachers
Ruth Ayres and Stacey Shubitz are
experienced writing teachers. All about education, writing,
writers notebooks, etc. It's a big blog, so be patient while
it loads.
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Other Resources:
Developmental Stages of Writing
Descriptions, photo samples of
various writing stages
The Write Source Site
Student writing
examples and grade level writing topics; ways to publish your
students’ work online
Writing A-Z
Core writing
lessons grouped by genre and text type, mini-lessons targeting key
writing skills, writing tools for organizing and improving writing.
Four Square Writing Method for Grades 1-3
This step-by-step approach is
built around a simple graphic organizer that first shows students
how to collect ideas and then helps them use those ideas to create
clear and polished prose (Teaching
& Learning Company)
RhymeZone Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus
Grandpa Tucker's Writing Poetry Pages
This is a great source
for lists of rhyming words/word families
Stapleless Book
This neat site is from ReadWriteThink; make an 8-page mini-book
online. It really works!
Hamburger Idea
- scroll down to writing section to see a good
description of Hamburger Model
Story Frame Writing
Proteacher - The Writing Process
First Grade Personal Narrative
Rubric
d From Marci McGowan's
Class:
How to Write A Book Review
Writing Similes in 1st Grade
We Love
Fall: Introduction to the Writing Process
Write A
Story Using Writing Process Steps
How to Write Acrostic Poems
Student Showcase
A Writing Rubric for
First Grade
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