" "If the writing workshop is always changing, always haphazard, children remain pawns waiting for their teacher's agenda. For this reason and others, I think it is so important for each day's workshop to have a clear, simple structure. Children should know what to expect. This allows them to carry on; it frees the teacher from choreographing activities and allows time for listening. How we structure the workshop is less important than t ..."
""Workshops are deliberately kept simple and predictable, like an art studio or a researcher's laboratory, because it is the work itself that is ever changing and complex....Each day's teaching in a workshop does not set up a new hoop for the students to all jump through in sync. Instead, for the bulk of time during each day, students carry on with their work. As they do so, they draw upon a growing repertoire of skills, tools, strategie ..."
""If the writing workshop is always changing, always haphazard, children remain pawns waiting for their teacher's agenda. For this reason and others, I think it is so important for each day's workshop to have a clear, simple structure. Children should know what to expect. This allows them to carry on; it frees the teacher from choreographing activities and allows time for listening. How we structure the workshop is less important than th ..."
"Recognizing that there is a vast difference between children getting it and children holding on to what they have learned, Shanna lays out the universal principles of "stickiness" and describes how they can be used to tweak your teaching for a more lasting impact on young writers. A Quick Guide to Making Your Teaching Stick is part of the Workshop Help Desk series. About the Workshop Help Desk series The Workshop Help Desk series is des ..."
"Children have voices that need to be heard and ideas that need to be understood. Building on this premise Sarah describes why you should try a persuasive writing unit of study, describes two units of study for the primary classroom, and lists tips and ideas for helping students get their persuasive writing out into the world. "A Quick Guide to Teaching Persuasive Writing" is part of the "Workshop Help Desk" series. About the "Workshop H ..."
"The Overview/Introduction: The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Writing by Lucy Calkins 7 Units of Study: Launching a Writing Workshop by Lucy Calkins and Leah Mermelstein Small Moments: Personal Narrative Writing by Lucy Calkins and Abby Oxenhorn Writing for Readers: Teaching Skills and Strategies by Lucy Calkins and Natalie Louis The Craft of Revision by Lucy Calkins and Pat Bleichman Authors as Mentors by Lucy Calkins and Amanda Hartman No ..."
"Narrated by Lucy McCormick Calkins, this video presents a stunning inside look at New York City's writing workshops. Viewers will see K-8 children as they write and master teachers as they work with their newest methods. "The Writing Workshop" provides coverage of the latest ideas sweeping the field of writing. Major themes include: Writing with purpose and consequence The teaching power of literature Conferring The special challeng ..."
"In Lessons That Change Writers, Nancie has narrowed and deepened her conversation with teachers, to focus on the minilesson as a vehicle for helping students improve their writing. She shares over a hundred of these writing lessons which are described by her students as "the best of the best." The lessons fall into the following four categories that provide the structure for this book: Lessons about Topics: ways to develop ideas for p ..."