Length of Study

Units of Study

Genre, Process or Craft

Type of Publication

Number of Publications

Six Trait Writing Focus

Habits of Mind & Key Ideas

Resources

2-3 weeks

Writing Workshop Structure (Rules, Routines, Materials)

Process

Personal Narrative

1-2 pieces

Ideas

Feeling Like A Writer

Feeling comfortable

*Beginning School books

*Ralph Fletcher

*Literacy Binder

2 weeks

How do writers tell stories using pictures?

Process

Personal Narrative

1

Ideas

Voice

Writers write what they know.

Pictures tell stories.

*Donald Crews, Lois Ehlert, Tomie DePaola

*Wordless Picture Books

3-4 weeks

Non-Fiction

Labels

Genre

Non-Fiction Label Book

2

Organization

Ideas

Writers write about what they are experts on.

Correlate pictures to words.

*Lois Ehlert

*Richard Scary
Enchanted Learning website
can research animals and places such as Owls,
www.enchantedlearning.com writing prompt pages because it uses pictures to give the children a topic.

Brainpop at www.brainpop.com

2 weeks

Directionality

Top to Bottom

Left to Right

Spacing

Process

Varies

1

Conventions

Writers use conventions to help the reader understand.

*When I Was Five by *Arthur Howard

Network Software- Jumpstart Kindergarten

4 weeks

Author Study

(Donald Crews)

Craft

Picture Book (with beginning, middle, end)

1

Word Choice

Organization

Sentence Fluency

Students will read like a writer.

*Author Books

*Flying

*Carrot Seed

2-3 weeks

Lists

Genre

List Book

1

Ideas

Organization

Presentation

Writers organize their ideas by classifying.

*List Books

*It Looked Like Spilt Milk

*The Important Book

Length of Study

Units of Study

Genre, Process or Craft

Type of Publication

Number of Publications

Six Trait Writing Focus

Habits of Mind & Key Ideas

Resources

2 weeks

Capitals and lowercase.

Punctuation end marks.

Process

Varies

1

Conventions

Writers use conventions to help the reader understand.

*Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver

Starfall at http://www.starfall.com/
review letters. sounds and words beginning with the "starred" letter.  The children also use it for listening to and interacting with stories for their level

3-4 weeks

How-To

Genre

How-To

1

Ideas

Organization

Voice

Writers write to teach and give a sequence.

Teach nonfiction features.

*How-To Books

*How a House is Built by Gail Gibbons

*Vegetable Soup

Network Software- Kidspix- ex. create a recipe book

3-4 weeks

Poetry

Genre

Poem

1-2

Sentence Fluency

Voice

Writers use sounds of words to create rhythm and flow.

*Pocketful of Poems by Grimms

*Sing A Song of Popcorn

*Touch The Poem by Arnold Adel

ReadingA-Z.com at
http://www.readinga-z.com/

3-4 weeks

Functional Writing

Craft

Letters

Invitations

1

Word Choice

Organization

Writers use greetings, closings and natural language.

*Dear Mr. Blueberry

*Dear Santa

Network software Bailey's Bookhouse