Most Popular Books by Lucy Calkins

"Grade 3 Unit 3 of the Writing Units of Study. Bend I: Writing Multiple Made-Up Trouble Stories Bend II: Embracing Revision Bend III: Learning from the Pros: Revising with Mentors"--

"Eighth grade is the year your writers will tackle writing for social activism and writing to illuminate complexity. In their first unit of study, Investigative Journalism, students learn to use sharp observations of life to write news and investigative articles about meaningful topics, crafting vivid narratives and elaborating multiple perspectives. They’ll write to shine a light on issues in their community and to actively stir their readers to take action. Then in Unit 2, The Literary Essay: Analyzing Craft and Theme, students return to literary essays, writing arguments and counterarguments about themes in texts, supporting their positions with details of plot, character, and author’s craft. Eighth graders conclude with Unit 3, Position Papers: Research and Argument. In this unit students learn to compose principled arguments by drawing on evidence, contextualizing their positions, and addressing multiple perspectives"--provided by publisher.

"The new Units of study in phonics provide a lean and concise instructional pathway in phonics that is realistic and doable, and that taps into kids'' skills and energy for tackling the fabulous challenge of learning to read and write, introduce high-leverage phonics concepts and strategies in a way that keeps pace with students'' reading and writing and helps them understand when, how, and why they can use phonics to read and write, offer delightfully fun and engaging storylines, classroom mascots, songs, chants, rhymes, and games to help students fall head over heels in love with phonics and to create a joyous community of learners, align with state-of-the-art reading and writing workshops for a coherent approach in which terminology, tools, rituals, and methods are shared in ways that benefit both teachers and kids."--provided by publisher.

This series of books is designed to help upper elementary teachers teach a rigorous yearlong writing curriculum.

"This book is Grade 5, Unit 1 of the Writing Units of Study series. Bend I: Personal Narratives-Starting a Fifth-Grade Notebook Bend II: Growing Independence in the Writing Process Bend III: Learning Narrative Craft from Mentor Texts"--

"This book is Grade 4, Unit 3 of the Writing Units of Study series. Bend I: Writing about Reading: Literary Essays Bend II: Raising the Quality of Literary Essays Bend III: Writing Compare-and-Contrast Essays"--

"There are five Units of Study in Reading for each grade level, and each unit represents four to six weeks of teaching. The units are the heart of the series. In each unit of study, you will learn a rich repertoire of ways to provide focused and explicit instruction on a specific set of skills and strategies. This is unit 2 of the series is intended for Grade K"--

"There are five Units of Study in Reading for each grade level, and each unit represents four to six weeks of teaching. The units are the heart of the series. In each unit of study, you will learn a rich repertoire of ways to provide focused and explicit instruction on a specific set of skills and strategies. This is unit 3 of the series is intended for Grade K"--