Writing pathways : performance assessments and learning progressions, Grades K-8 / Lucy Calkins ; with Kelly Boland Hohne, Audra Kirshbaum Robb, and colleagues from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project ; photography by Peter Cunningham.
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TextPublication details: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, ©2015.Description: vi, 457 pages : black and white illustrations ; 28 cmContent type: - text
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- 0325057303
- 9780325057309
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"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 Pathways
Lucy 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. For more information, visit UnitsofStudy.com .Includes reproducible pages.
Originally published as part of the bestselling series: Units of study in opinion/argument, information, and narrative writing [Grades K-8].
"Lucy 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 ... [It] is ideal for writing workshop, but suitable for any writing instruction context or curriculum. This practical guide includes: Learning progressions for opinion/argument, information, and narrative writing, which map the specific benchmarks students will master as they move through each stage of development, PreK-9 ; On-demand writing prompts that support schoolwide performance assessment ; Student checklists, based on a grade-specific portion of the learning progressions, to help students set goals and integrate crucial self-assessment into their work ; Rubrics to support professional learning communities as they evaluate mastery and plan instruction within and across grade levels ; Student writing samples that illustrate different ways students have exemplified standards and highlight essential features of each writing genre ; Exemplar pieces of writing provided for every grade on the same topic and annotated to highlight the grade-specific traits you can expect to see at each level of the learning progressions."--Publisher.
"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"--Author.