LESSONS & ASSESSMENTS
Writing
Lucy Calkins Writing Instruction
Kindergarten
As a kindergarten teacher at OLMCA, I was proficient in and implemented the Lucy Calkins writing curriculum. I tried to create the best lessons for my students by finding Lucy Calkin’s “teaching point” and then adapting the lesson to best fit my students needs. I also tried to make sure my writing units coincided with what we learned in reading, phonics, social students, SEL, science, and/or what was happening at our school/in the world.
Lucy Calkin's Editing Checklist anchor chart.
One page of a student's "How To" book.
A section of an anchor chart I created for story language words - storybook unit.
Practicing labeling pictures before doing it in our own books.
My supplemental writing anchor charts for opinion writing.
Planning out our "How To" books on a page I created before writing our final draft.
Practicing writing with pre-dawn pictures from Lucy Calkins.
We always shared our writing work in a special publishing celebration.
Using speech bubbles!
The planning page I created for our storybooks.