Kindergarten Writers Workshop Sample Lesson

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This narrative writing lesson is a sample lesson from my Kindergarten Narrative Writing Unit, which is unit 3 in my Kindergarten Writing Curriculum. The lesson included is “Stories Have a Beginning.” In this lesson, students will learn to identify the characters and setting when they write the beginning of their story.

This lesson has an introduction, mini-lesson, independent write time, and share time. I have included the story icons that are included in all of my writer’s workshop units for your reference.

Please note that this sample lesson is from unit 3. Units 1 and 2 (Oral Storytelling and Stories with Pictures) set the background for the parts of a story and this unit assumes that you have established that background with your students.

Find the year-long curriculum here: Kindergarten Writer’s Workshop for the Year

What’s included in the full Narrative Writing unit?

Lessons:

1. Writing Our Story
2. Narrative Stories Are True Stories
3. Stories Have a Beginning
4. Stories Have a Middle
5. Stories Stay On Topic
6. Stories Have an End
7. Stretching Out Words
8. Using an Alphabet Chart
9. Adding Details
10. Speech Bubbles
11. Adding Details
12. Finger Spaces
13. Using Sight Words
14. Stretching the Story Over Pages
15. Stretching the Story Over Pages
16. Adding a Cover
17. I Know When I’m Finished
18. Writing Our Stories
19. Editing Our Stories
20. Author Celebration

What’s Included:

• Lessons Plans for 20 Days
• Anchor Chart Pieces
• Story Icons
• Writing Paper
• Am I Done? Checklist
• Turn and Talk Procedures
• Conferring Notes
• Rubric
• Editable Rubric