Grade One- Writing Units of |
Month of Study |
Length of Study |
Units of Study |
Genre, Process or Craft |
Type of Publication |
Number of Publications |
Six Trait Writing Process |
Habits Of Mind and Key Ideas |
Resources |
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Sept. |
3-4 weeks |
Rules, Routines, Materials |
Process |
Writing Sample from folder, quick drafts |
1 (Writing Sample) |
Expectations, Teacher’s Role and student’s role |
Launching the Writer’s Workshop – L.Calkins |
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October |
1-2 weeks |
Pre-Writing |
Process (Draft, Revise,Edit, Publish) |
Heart Map, Pre-Writing book of ideas (lists, bubble map, memories, people |
____ |
*Ideas *Organization |
*Where do writers’ ideas Come from? *Meaningful ideas *Revised,edit |
Various books Including: *My Map Book By Sara Fernelli *Insects Are My Life –Megan MacDonald *The Listening Walk by Paul Showers |
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Oct/Nov |
4 weeks |
Personal Narrative |
Genre |
List Book or Story (B,M,E) |
1-2 |
*Ideas *Word Choice |
*Staying on topic *Revising by adding on |
*The Important Book *Mama Has a Dancing Heart *Write Traits Kit (Word Choice) |
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November |
2 weeks |
Conventions (Spacing,Capitals, Periods) |
Craft |
*New Draft *Revisit quick drafts *Publish Narrative |
_____ |
*Conventions *Presentation |
*Writing for readers *Rereading for correctness |
*Daily Language Review *Overheads of children’s writing |
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December |
2 weeks |
Functional Writing |
Genre |
*Cards *Letters *Lists *Invitations |
1 |
*Ideas *Organization *Presentation |
*Life skill- Purpose for writing *writing can be useful |
*Jolly Postman *Click, Clack, Moo *Dear Mr. Blueberry *Dear Annie *Diary of a Worm |
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January |
4 weeks |
Author Study |
Craft |
New Draft |
1 |
*Varied-depends on author: *word choice *voice *sentence fluency (Rory’s T-chart) |
Incorporate Author’s techniques into your own writing |
*Robert Munsch *Kevin Henkes *Ezra J. Keates *Angela Johnson *Mem Fox *Tomie DePaola |
February |
4 weeks |
Non-fiction |
Genre |
Varied: *All- About *Buddy-Biography *Poster |
1 |
*Organization *Word Choice *Ideas *Presentation |
*Synthesize Non-fiction information *Focus on clarity and organization of information |
*Animal non-fiction Books *videos on animals |
March |
4 weeks |
Revisit Narrative Writing |
Craft/Genre |
*Revisit heart map (show not tell paragraph-what are you passionate about?) |
(Draft) _______ |
*Voice |
*Bringing a story to life *Writing from the heart *Show not tell |
*Alexander and the Terrible,Horrible… *Excerpts from books with voice *.Two Mrs. Gibsons *Revisit author Study books |
April |
4 weeks |
Poetry |
Genre |
Poem: observation, personification & experience poems |
Varied (2-3) |
*Word Choice *Sentence Fluency *Presentation |
Looking at the world with new eyes |
*For the Good of the Earth and Sun (G. Heard) *Awakening the Heart (G.Heard) *The Place My Words Are Looking For by Paul Janeczko *All the Small Poems & 14 more by V.Worth |
May/June |
3-4 weeks |
Celebrate how we’ve grown as writers |
Process |
*Sharing writing: picking out writing piece they are proud of and the reason using the six traits |
1 |
*All traits reviewed through sharing and reading each other’s pieces |
Reflection on what they’ve learned as Writers |
Pieces the children have written during the year |