Walking Through a Unit of Study:

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Walking Through a Unit of Study

• Writing for Many Purposes

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Unit of Study Outline Unit Writing for Many
Purposes Grade level Kindergarten Grade
2 Goals for the unit ? Exposure to many
different kinds of writing ? We write to help our
community by making signs and writing
letters ? Writers make writing for different
people ourselves, family, friends ? Writers
prepare their writing to go out into the
world Touchstone texts for unit The Everything
Book by Denise Flemming Why Write? by Daniel
Moreton and Samantha Berger We Are Best Friends
by Aliki The Jolly Postman and Other Peoples
Letters by Janet and Allan Ahlberg Bunny Cakes by
Rosemary Wells I Read Signs by Tana Hoban Final
publication for this unit will look like ? Signs
for classroom environment ? List on chosen topic
with pictures ? Informal letter
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Minilesson planning sheet for cycle on Writing
for Many Purposes Goals for unit Exposure to
many different kinds of writing, We write to
help our community by making signs and writing
letters, Writers make writing for different
people ourselves, family, friends, Writers
prepare their writing to go out into the world
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Mini-lesson Unit of Study Writing for Many
Purposes Teaching Point Writers make signs to
tell our community something important
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Mini-lesson Unit of Study Writing for Many
Purposes Teaching Point Writers can write about
a topic they love in different ways
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Mini-lesson Unit of Study Writing for Many
Purposes Teaching Point When making a sign you
can make your message more important by using all
CAPITAL letters so that people will see it right
away.
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Name_________________________________
Date_______________________ Revising Checklist I
said something important I stuck to 1
topic I started my letter with Dear
and ended with Love Name________________
_________________ Date_______________________ Rev
ising Checklist I said something
important I stuck to 1 topic I
started my letter with Dear and ended with
Love
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Writing For Many Purposes Unit Class Writing
Instruction Tool goal for this student
goal achieved
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Planning How does this unit fit in Balanced
Literacy Unit of Study Writing for Many Purposes
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Conference Sheet Writing For Many Purposes
Unit Teaching points I used in this unit that I
want to confer with students about
sticking to one topic
choosing something important using openings
to letters ? using closings
to letters writing for different audiences
spacing, handwriting? letter/sound recordings
?exclamation point
C Compliment
T Taught
N Next Steps
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