Lucy Calkin's Writing

UNIT 1:

​Launching the Writing Workshop

The 1st unit, Launching the Writing Workshop, acknowledges that most children will be labeling their drawings—and the letters in those labels will include squiggles and diamonds. 

UNIT 2:

​Writing for Readers 

The 2nd unit, Writing for Readers, helps children write true stories—but does so fully aware that the hard part will be writing read-able words. Growth in kindergarten is spectacular, and by the later kindergarten units, children are invited to use their new-found powers to live writerly lives. 

UNIT 3:

​How-To Books: Writing to Teach Others

The 3rd unit, How-To Books: Writing to Teach Others, students write informational how-to texts on a procedure familiar to them.

UNIT 4:

Persuasive Writing of All Kinds: Using Words to Make a Change

In the 4th and final unit of the kindergarten writing units, Persuasive Writing of All Kinds: Using Words to Make a Change, students craft petitions, persuasive letters, and signs that rally people to address problems in the classroom, the school, and the world. 

Here is a sample Kindergarten narrative.