Crafting True Stories Bend 1

Slides and materials for each session! Are you wondering how to teach personal narrative writing to 3rd graders? Are you looking for concrete lessons and materials to help students write systematically? This CRAFTING TRUE STORIES BEND 1 product pairs seamlessly with Lucy Calkins' narrative writing unit: "Crafting True Stories Grade 3 Unit 1" (Bend 1 - Writing Personal Narratives with Independence) and requires no prep for teachers teaching the Units of Study by Lucy Calkins.

It includes six ready-to-go Google Slides mini-lessons including teaching points, turn & talks, modeling, active engagement, independent practice, and shares, AND corresponding graphic organizers/materials for personal narrative writing. This product is part of my Lucy Calkins-inspired narrative writing unit plan but can be used with any narrative writing curriculum.

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This product includes:

• 6 ready-to-use mini-lessons (Session #1: Starting the Writing Workshop: Visualizing Possibilities; Session #2: Finding Ideas and Writing Up a Storm; Session #3: Drawing on a Repoirtoire of Strategies: Writing with Independence; Session #4: Writers Use a Storyteller's Voice. They Tell Stories, Not Summaries; Session #5: Taking Stock: Pausing to Ask, "How Am I Doing?; Session #6: Editing as We Go: Making Sure Others Can Read Our Writing) -GOOGLE SLIDES
• 5 ready-to-use graphic organizers/materials for narrative writing including NARRATIVE WRITING CHECKLISTS, "FINDING IDEAS FOR TRUE STORIES" GRAPHIC ORGANIZER, AND "MY PERSONAL WORD WALL GRAPHIC ORGANIZER"- PDF

Can be used for:

• Students engaging in the narrative writing process
• Students learning about writing workshop
• Students learning concrete writing crafts
• Students writing personal narratives
• Students writing small moment stories
• Students engaging in the "Crafting True Stories" unit by Lucy Calkins
• Teachers teaching narrative writing for 3rd graders

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