Units Of Study For Primary Writing: A Yearlong Curriculum

by Lucy McCormick Calkins · 2003

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Lucy Calkins and her colleagues have helped hundreds of thousands of teachers take their first forays into the teaching of writing. Now they have written an unprecedented series of books on Units of Study for a yearlong writing curriculum. Get easy access to the magic of their transformative teaching. Enjoy minute-by-minute, live-from-the-classroom coaching as Lucy and colleagues show you how to refine your lessons to do justice to the curious minds that you teach. In each Unit of Study, these teacher/authors detail their goals, share the assessment rubric that guides their practice, and even provide the exact words of their teaching. Learn more about Units of Study for Primary Writing by visiting www.unitsofstudy.comwhere you can review the tables of contents, download a sample session, rubric and conference! Learn more about firsthand.

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