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Writing Workshop Writing Workshop

Goal:  To encourage children to become independent writers through teacher modeling, independent practice and conferring.

Writing Workshop consists of:

  • Mini-Lesson
  • Writing and Conferring
  • Sharing

We use The Units of Study for Primary Writing:  A Yearlong Curriculum.  This series is written by Lucy Calkins, a nationally acclaimed expert in writing instruction.  Below are pictures of the teacher resources that I use to guide our mini-lessons: