New York State has a year Long Units of Study that It sounds like
Lucy Cauklin wrote for them. It is on their website. I used it last
year and I was very please. Primary. I don't remember the website, I
have it at school. . I printed everything out for my grade level and
the grade level behind and after mine.
PatK
On Jul 16, 2010, at 6:26 PM, Sue and Paul Therrien wrote:
If you are goinng at this alone, I would really rethink buying it
because it is challenging to follow when you first read and try to
use it. Lucy tends to be a verbose writer, which can be positive and
negative. It will give you a lot of structure but it requires a
long daily time commitment, plus, on your own you will need to teach
grammar skills. It does not go into enough depth in this area, nor
with spelling. I am not convinced it is the only good program out
there. If I was by myself I would start with Aimee Buckner's book,
Notebook Know How: Strategies for the Writers' Notebook. I like her
style and examples. Aside from that, I really believe that there
needs to be daily time for kids to write what they want. To me that
is how they grow to like to write. Choice! The program limits that
opportunity because of the units. And of course, the school day is
not long enough! Just my thoughts.
--- On Fri, 7/16/10, [email protected] <[email protected]>
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Units of Study for Primary Writing
To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]
>
Date: Friday, July 16, 2010, 7:22 PM
There's where the "summer advantage" helps. If you read it very
carefully in the summer, take notes carefully in the margins,
highlight, etcetera- it isn't so hard to just review during the
school year. But it is so worth it!
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From: Barbara Hughes <[email protected]>
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:00:10
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Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Units of Study for Primary Writing
It is a huge program, and takes a lot of reading to get through it.
Each
lessons you teach has about 10 pages of reading to get all of the
thinking,
ideas, philosophy, research, etc. There so much stuff in each
lesson, I
found it impossible to cover in one writing period. After you get
the hang
of it, she does have good ideas, and sound overall philosphy....just
a very
long indepth program. If you are looking for quick lessons, with
basic
ideas to use...this isn't it...this is a very involved commitment.
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:05 PM, bigstuffs3 <[email protected]>
wrote:
Every K-5 teacher in our county has this. I love it. It really is
good.
Michele S.
N.C.
________________________________
From: Kaura Webb <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tue, June 29, 2010 9:36:39 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] Units of Study for Primary Writing
Has anyone ever used Units of Study for Primary Writing:A Yearlong
Curriculum by
Lucy Calkins as part of their writing program? Before I commit to
buying
it for
my class, I wanted to make sure it's worth it.
Thanks,
Kaura Webb
Houston, Texas
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