Grade 1 | Volume 1
Workshop Overview
Introducing Benchmark Workshop
Introducing Benchmark Workshop
Pacing Chart
Components
Welcome to Writer's Workshop
Introducing Benchmark Workshop
Letter from Program Authors
Elements of Effective Writer's Workshop Instruction
The Writer's Workshop and Grammar Study Block
Unit and Session Design
Instructional Design of a Unit and Session
Goals and Strategies
Flexible Pacing Guides
Immersion Sessions
Process Writing Sessions
Experiences for Transfer
Teacher Resources System
Preparing for Writer's Workshop
Setting Up the Writer’s Workshop
Whole-Group Area
Small-Group Area
Independent Writing Area
Word Wall
Anchor Charts
Paper Choices and Writer’s Notebooks
Partnerships
Unit Resources
Overview
Strategies to Meet Unit Goal
Unit Pacing Guide
Week 1
WRITER’S WORKSHOP KICKOFF
Session 1
Creating an Inspiration Board
Session 2
Developing an Inspiration Board
Session 3
Researching Nonfiction
Session 4
Looking at What Writers Put in Their Writing
Session 5
Writing to Help Us Remember
Week 2
WRITER’S WORKSHOP KICKOFF
Session 6
Looking to the Inspiration Board for Ideas
Session 7
Using Booklets to Think/Say/Sketch/Write
Session 8
Using a Folder to Keep Work Organized
Session 9
Rehearsing Writing with a Partner
Session 10
Continuing to Write and Write
ELD Routine
Monitor Language Production
Use Self-Corrective Techniques
Request Assistance
Use Nonverbal Cues
Use Synonyms
Use Antonyms
Use Circumlocution
Ask for Clarification
Alphabox
Generating Ideas
Developing Ideas
Sentence Frames
Week 3
WRITER’S WORKSHOP KICKOFF
Session 11
Getting Started Right Away
Session 12
Stretching and Writing Words
Session 13
Adding to Sketches and Words
Session 14
Adding Another Page
Session 15
Using a Word Wall
Week 4
WRITER’S WORKSHOP KICKOFF
Session 16
Choosing a Piece to Publish
Session 17
Creating a Title and Cover
Session 18
Sharing Writing
Session 19
Reflecting and Celebrating
Session 20
Stacking Writing in Order
Week 5
PERSONAL NARRATIVES
Session 21
Shared Reading of a Mentor Text
Session 22
Generating Ideas and Sketching Across Pages
Session 23
Matching Words to Sketches
Session 24
Adding Description to Stories
Session 25
Using Resources to Spell
Week 6
PERSONAL NARRATIVES
Session 26
Adding Thoughts and Speech to Sketches
Session 27
Using Transitions
Session 28
Using a Word Wall
Session 29
Creating a Title and Cover
Session 30
Sharing and Celebrating
Additional Resources
Alignment to Reader’s Workshop
Assessing Student Writing
Phases of an Emerging Writer’s Growth
Assessment Unit Rubric
Final Draft of Model Piece
Reproducible Resources
Strategy Bank
Grade 1 Volume 1 - Introducing Benchmark Workshop
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