Take a Closer Look At
Writing Through The Year
This comprehensive writing program, crafted by experienced teachers, is tailored for kindergarten, first-grade, and second-grade classrooms.
It offers easy-to-follow lesson plans that help foster writing proficiency and your students' love of writing.
YES! We are research based!
Done For YOU! Daily Lesson Plans
Each thoughtfully crafted lesson plan is designed for ease of use and includes recommended mentor texts, a guided mini-lesson, practical application exercises, and a structured segment for students to share and reflect on their learning journey.
- Save countless planning hours
- Take the guesswork out of your daily lessons!
- Feel confident you are providing instruction that is developmentally appropriate
- Know your lessons are grounded in the latest research
- Watch your students fall in love with writing!
Anchor Charts
Each unit comes with user-friendly, printable charts that are simple to compile. These are designed to help students set clear goals, enrich the lessons, and solidify their learning experiences.
- Simply print and teach
- Skills that build upon each other
- Watch as your students carry these lessons into other content areas
Teacher Models
Don't just TELL your students how to write, SHOW them!
The lesson plans include carefully curated descriptions of exemplary writing samples, offering teachers a selection of concrete models they can adapt in their own classroom.
Your students will delight as you share stories from your own life! Meanwhile, your modeled writing will create clarity for your classroom!
Rubrics
Every writing unit has goal-setting charts, comprehensive student-friendly rubrics, and letters to connect with home, all designed to cultivate student independence and monitor their developmental progress.
- Guides your conferring focus
- Supports student goal-setting and independence
- Developmentally appropriate
- Genre specific
- Grows over time
The Research
Direct and Explicit Instruction
Writing is taught through the gradual release of responsibility model. This framework, sometimes referred to as “I do it, we do it, you do it” model of instruction employs explicit instruction.
Students then engage in applying these new skills to their own writing which the teacher provides reflective feedback.
Lesson Simplicity
Writing Through the Years provides clear and understandable lesson materials that are essential for effective teaching and learning outcomes. Each lesson supports both the teacher and the students as they engage in the writing instructional time.
Student Feedback and Reflection
The act of providing feedback is essential to the revision phase of the writing process. "Writing Through the Year" outlines a variety of approaches to include feedback from both peers and educators. It is through writing conferences that teachers incorporate these approaches, ensuring that their feedback adheres to the fundamental aim of refining the individual’s writing skills and ensuring their ongoing development as writers.
"These units have everything I needed"
“Writing was one area that I never felt comfortable teaching. Writing Through The Year changed that! These units have everything I needed to get my kids to write and love writing!“
-Greg S., Kindergarten Teacher & Founder of The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
"Teaching Writing has never been easier!"
“My students became strong writers using Writing Through the Years. It is no longer my least favorite time of the day, and my students are engaged and invested in their writing.
They love that they can write about topics that interest them and now have the confidence and tools needed to assist them. I love that students can write independently and that I am able to have one-on-one student conferences to meet with students about individual goals."
-Angela G., Kindergarten Teacher and founder of The Daily Alphabet
"It was so simple to teach!"
I struggled to find an effective way to teach my students how to write. My previous curriculum did not resonate with my students and was overwhelming to teach. Writing Through the Year was incredibly effective because it provided age-appropriate activities and encouraged student collaboration. It was also simple to teach! Everything I needed for success was right at my fingertips without needing a lot of prep time. I knew this program was actually working when my students begged for writing time! My kindergarten students are now engaged, confident, and successful writers!
-Elizabeth H., Kindergarten Teacher
