Writing Pathways by Lucy Calkins
"These assessment tools make progress in writing as transparent, concrete, and obtainable as possible and put ownership for this progress into the hands of learners, allowing students and teachers to work toward a very clear image of what good writing entails."--Lucy Calkins, Writing PathwaysLucy Calkins' groundbreaking performance assessments offer instructional tools to support continuous assessment, timely feedback, and clear goals tied to learning progressions that have been aligned with world-class standards. Originally published as part of the bestselling Units of Study in Opinion/Argument, Information, and Narrative Writing, grades K-8, Writing Pathwaysis ideal for writing workshop, but suitable for any writing instruction context or curriculum.
This practical guide includes:
- Learning progressionsfor opinion/argument, information, and narrative writing, which map the specific benchmarks students will master for every grade level
- On-demand writing promptsthat support schoolwide performance assessment
- Student checkliststo help students set goals and integrate crucial self-assessment into their work
- Rubricsto support individual teachers and professional learning communities as they evaluate mastery and plan instruction within and across grade levels
- Student writing samplesthat illustrate different ways students have exemplified standards and highlight essential features of each writing genre
- Annotated exemplar piecesof writing on the same topic for every grade level that highlight the traits you can expect to see at each level of the learning progressions.
Who needs Writing Pathways?
- Educators who are not yet ready to implement the full Units of Studycurriculum can use Writing Pathwaysto get started with Lucy Calkins' proven approach to writing assessment and instruction.
- Coaches and administrators who are supporting implementation of Lucy Calkins' Units of Studywill find Writing Pathways to be an ideal resource to guide their work.
Who doesn't need Writing Pathways?
- The content in this stand-alone edition is the same as in the previous editions found in Lucy Calkins' Units of Study (K-5 and 6-8 are combined in this new edition). Teachers who have the Units of Studydo not need this new edition.
Lucy Calkins is the founder and director of Columbia University's Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. She has headed the Project in its dual roles as a think tank creating cutting-edge teaching practices and a supplier of professional development, assisting hundreds of thousands of teachers, principals, superintendents, and policymakers across the country and around the world for more than three decades. Lucy is the author or coauthor - as well as the series editor - of the reading, writing, and phonics Units of Study series, which are used in tens of thousands of classrooms worldwide. She has also written a number of professional books and articles. Lucy is also a co-director of the Literacy Specialist Program at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she is the Robinson Professor of Children's Literature. Order Materials by Lucy Calkins at UnitsofStudy.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780325057309 |
| ISBN 10 | 0325057303 |
| Title | Writing Pathways |
| Author | Lucy Calkins |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Heinemann USA |
| Year published | 2014-10-14 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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