Grades K-4 Special Education Narrative Writing Curriculum

This is your ULTIMATE writing resource for launching writing workshop and personal narrative writing for students with special needs/504/ELL. The name of the unit is “We are Story Tellers” with students writing stories from their lives. It is inspired by Lucy Calkin's small moments writing and Authors as Mentor/Scenes to Stories writing. This unit will help establish writing behaviors, routines and expectations. Students will learn a variety of strategies that will help them be prolific writers such as how to plan their stories, spell and write for longer and longer. In addition, students will learn new crafts to make their writing interesting.

This is the first unit in a series of 4 nine weeks units that will introduce writers’ workshop to your students. This unit is aligned to the National Common Core Standards and Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. Choose from 40 lessons for your class. Each lesson is paired with a premade student friendly chart. The charts are differentiated for English-language learners, at-risk students and students with special needs/504.

Full Content:

Unit Calendar Overview
40 Lessons (9 weeks)
24 Teaching Anchor Charts (Color)
Suggested Mentor Texts
Differentiated Materials/Tips
3 level Teacher Written Exemplars (Includes a diagram of elements and crafts label)
3 Student Writing Samples
20 Paper Choices (Covers, lines, dashes lines, and revision strips)

Paper Choices Labels

Frequently Used Words List

Individual Word Wall Sheet

Unit Assessment

2 level Student Writing Transcription Sheet

Progress Recording Sheet

Publishing Party Comment Sheet

Tip: Print with color and one sided.

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