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Having this time to digest and work as a team outside of of school is essential especially considering we are losing our 2.0 planning days.

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Having this time to digest and work as a team outside of of school is essential especially considering we are losing our 2.0 planning days.

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Teaching writing in a way that builds on skills in a way that raises the students'writing.

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Teaching writing in a way that builds on skills in a way that raises the students'writing.

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Sharing should be meaningful as should feedback!

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Sharing should be meaningful as should feedback!

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I am excited to use the mentors texts again.

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I am excited to use the mentors texts again.

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It is important for me to have a journal to model my writing for the students.

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The Scope and Sequence is modeled after the Highly Gifted Center reading/writing plans.

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to provide opportunities for differentiation.

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Teachers need to live the writing process on their own.  Keep your own journal, share with students, let them see you write.

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Teachers need to live the writing process on their own.  Keep your own journal, share with students, let them see you write.

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Make sure to consider the needs of the students before deciding where to start with Calkins program. Going back and re-teaching how to choose that small moment. Using the bullets and revisiting the book for more details.

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Really value the time given for the school team to familiarize ourselves with the materials and plan for our students.

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Really value the time given for the school team to familiarize ourselves with the materials and plan for our students.

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It's the process not the product

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It is important to conduct the pre-assessment before jumping right into the book for teaching. The pre-assessment will guide your instruction and provide you with the information you need for mini-lessons and

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Learning Calkins as I go . . . It's important for team members to read the material ahead of time to make collaborative planning time more effective.

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Learning Calkins as I go . . . It's important for team members to read the material ahead of time to make collaborative planning time more effective.

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Use concrete examples that students can connect to when modeling things like small moments.

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Keep the lessons moving....keep up with the pace and that will keep the kids writing

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Continually using modeling, think alouds, and exemplar texts to highlight craft and skills

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My big takeaway is to give ourselves time to build our students' background knowledge with the Lucy Calkins' writing process. The time isn't necessarily built into the overview plans.

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I should carry my own journal around, possibly projecting under the Actiview, so students can see how I have developed my small ideas into story seeds. I also need to inform my students that all great authors don't just sit and write from stories made up out of thin air, but that stories and characters, struggles & motivations, are developed through true to life experiences.

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Plan intentionally for the overall needs of the class and then breakdown specific needs of individual students using the Bend Sessions and the Park Hill site as a resource.

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I like the graphic organizer/planning sheet to help be organized.

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Big idea-is how different the writing in Calkins is vs. 2.0...importance of focusing on small moments in their writing.

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Be sure to include time in planning to read all the materials as there are many.

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-Some weeks need more mapping out based on the needs of our students. Having the time to look a at the lessons with the ELC teacher was beneficial.