We recently completed our district writing benchmark. For third grade, they were assessed on expository writing. I am always curious to see how many narrative will be completed verses expository pieces. I was pleasantly surprised this year with how few … Continue reading →

Our writing focus for 2nd quarter was informational text. I used Lucy Calkins Units of Study in Information to guide my instruction, and help teach strategies for expository writing. I explained to my class that this quarter they would be writing an informational … Continue reading →

After reviewing the two on-demand writing pieces for narrative writing, I can honestly say that our supplemental writing curriculum has increased student success. As I read through their pieces, I observed stronger leads and improved spelling. In the first piece … Continue reading →