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Units of Study Writing Team Second Grade Persuasive. “Before we can teach a class of very young children to write, we need to envision the sort of work we hope they will do” (Calkins, p.3). Review the Process. Who are we? How did we get here? Where do we want to end up?.
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Units of Study Writing Team Second Grade Persuasive “Before we can teach a class of very young children to write, we need to envision the sort of work we hope they will do” (Calkins, p.3).
Review the Process • Who are we? • How did we get here? • Where do we want to end up?
Let’s establish a few norms . . . • Speak for yourself. • Put “it” on the table.
A Day of the Three D’s • Discussion • Decisions • Design
A Conversation about the Common Core Standards . . . • What are they? • Why are they meaningful to us? • What role do they play in the writing of this Persuasive unit?
The “Big Two” • Lucy Calkins • Strengths • Gail Tompkins • Strengths
The Persuasive Picture • First Grade • Persuasive (to be revised) • Second Grade • Persuasive (our task) • Third Grade • WEX • CCS
Calkins vs. Tompkins • How are they alike? • Discussion • How are they different? • Discussion • How do we find a middle? • What can we take from Calkins? • What can we take from Tompkins?
What should be in our second gradePersuasive unit? • Let’s make a list . . .