Writing
Our writing time will focus on both the process of writing (what it means to be a writer living through the actual work of writing) and the products of writing (genres).
| Units of Study | Time Frame of Study |
| Getting Started | 1 week |
| Who Is a Writer? | 1 week |
| Kinds of Things Writers Make | 2 weeks |
| Choosing a Topic |
1 week |
| Author Study: Eric Carle | 2 weeks |
| How to Add Words Like a Writer |
2 weeks |
| Where Writers Get Ideas |
2 weeks |
| How Illustrations Work in Text | 2 weeks |
| How to Use Punctuation | 2 weeks |
| How to Read Like a Writer | 2 weeks |
| Author Study: Kevin Henkes | 2 weeks |
| How Illustrations Work in Text | 1 week |
| Crafting Obvious Text Structures | 4 weeks |
| What Writers Do |
1 week |
| Author Study: James Dean | 2 weeks |
| Author Study: Rosemary Wells | 2 weeks |
| Nonfiction | 3 weeks |
| Poetry | 3 weeks |
| Revision | 2 weeks |