I love this program and I used it with my students but not as a scripted program. While I used the program as stored on the NEW York city website. I have been told it is the same program. It was wonderful and the students really did progress. I used it for more than 5 years. I was always pleased with the results. I had to supplement the with books since I did not get the kit. I tried to get my school to purchase the original kit, but they would not. The organization of the program helped me to make sure that I covered everything and no I do not remember the website I got it from. Sorry. PatK On Feb 4, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Tami Westmoreland <westmoreland.tam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > Our District is in our first year of implementation of the Calkins Units of > Study- and I love them. For the first time- I feel like teachers have > tools to teach the craft of writing. It is dense to get through- but the > outcome is worth it. > By the way- Calkins never meant for the Units of Study to be a scripted > program. She always uses the terminology - you may want to ..... The goal > is for the assessments (which are fabulous by the way) to guide > instruction. > In one of her books- she writes- > *"As you read all these mini-lessons, remember that they are not meant to > be a script for your teaching, but rather, they are meant to convey the > story of my teaching, providing one example of how your teaching could > go." * > *3rd Grade Unit of Study, Unit 1 Page 5* > *Cheers,* > *Tami* > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Palmer, Jennifer > <jennifer.pal...@hcps.org>wrote: > >> I have a little different view. I don't think it's intended as a script, >> but rather a support for how the lesson might go. I'm finding, as I work >> with teachers who have not had a lot of writing PD...they need that >> support. The learning progressions as an assessment piece does a great job >> supporting meaningful conversations about writing development ... Perhaps >> it depends on how much background teachers have. We are loving it here in >> my group of 5 schools that are experimenting with it.... >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Feb 4, 2014, at 5:13 AM, "MaryJo Costello" <mcoste...@rhnet.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> 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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > PatK _______________________________________________ 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
