While I do like Lucy Caulkins...I feel the Units of Study is way to scripted and does not allow for teachers to use their own knowledge of their kids and writing. We are not using it at my school. As the literacy coach, I have been modeling lessons and planning with teachers to get back into conferencing with students and developing classroom rubrics. These are then used again and again to plan writing and rate their own writing. We have seen some fine growth with writing. Some teachers are still asking for a "program" to help them but our district is holding fast to not buying a solution from a box!! ________________________________________ From: Mosaic [mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] on behalf of Hillary Marchel [march...@hawthorn73.org] Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 10:16 AM To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group Subject: [MOSAIC] Lucy Calkins
Good Morning, I've been diving into Units of Study for Writing by Lucy. As you know Lucy is very verbose. Lots to go through. My first questions is, if you are using LC Units of Study, do you like it or not like it and why? Second question, can any one out there describe the Unit of Study workshop they have implemented in their school in 100 words or less? ( just kidding about the 100 words) Thank you all for your help, and have a fun Super Ball Week-end. Hillary M. Hillary Marchel Reading Specialist Reading Recovery Teacher Hawthorn Elementary North march...@hawthorn73.org _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
