Celebrating Young Writers in Babylon

The creativity and evolving writing skills of Babylon Elementary School students are being celebrated throughout the year as part if the district’s implementation of the Teachers College Lucy Calkins writing program.

Following each unit of writing - which focus on a different writing genre, skill or style - students select one of their favorite writings to fine tune and publish into a personal book. The students work through all stages of the editing process and add more detail to the writings and supporting drawings.

The completed pieces are celebrated in a variety of ways, included being displayed on classroom bulletin boards and during sharing events with peers and parents. Recently, the kindergarten students in Jennifer Brooks’ class shared their “word pattern” books with the first-graders in Bernadette Forthmuller, who in turn shared their “how to” books. The kindergarteners had worked to write like scientists, describing various objects they had examined. The first-grade books taught readers how to accomplish various tasks.

Photo provided by the Babylon School District: Babylon Elementary School students celebrated writing during a peer-to-peer event.