What's Taught

Developing the Craft of Writing  |  Skills and Conventions  |  Developing Socially

DSC joins you in wanting students to love writing, to be very good at it, and to grow through the grades as writers, thinkers, and principled people. We want to help students develop as whole people: academically, socially, and ethically. The Being a Writer program is a yearlong curriculum for grades K–6 that offers two goals for age-appropriate instruction at each grade level.

Goal 1: Developing the Creativity and Skills of a Writer

The first goal is to provide a clear scope and sequence that develops in students the intrinsic desire to write regularly, with passion and intent, while also building an understanding and appreciation of the skills and conventions of writing.

Goal 2: Developing the Social and Ethical Values of a
Responsible Person

The second goal is to integrate with the writing instruction regular community-building elements and guided partner work that develop in students a sense of belonging, autonomy, and competence, as well as a personal responsibility for their own learning.