Welcome! Please take a moment to fill out our brief survey. Be sure to leave it on the sign-in table before lunch.
Jan 18, 2016
Welcome!Please take a moment to fill out our brief
survey. Be sure to leave it on the sign-in table before
lunch.
K-5 Series Kick-OffOctober 24, 2014
The Purpose
To provide Wayne County teachers
• Access to some of the leading experts in the field of writing instruction
• Opportunities to dialogue about effective writing instruction
• Time to reflect on current practices and alignment to common core
Guiding Questions
• What is best practice in writing instruction?
• How will this learning impact my own professional practice and the learning of my students?
• How will I share this information with my district colleagues?
• What needs to be done to further align practice with Common Core Writing Standards?
Expert Presentations
During the presentations please
• Consider the guiding questions
• Take notes
• Pose questions
• Reflect on how the information may be used to enhance student learning in your classroom and across your district
Ann Marie Corgill
•Writing Workshop: Classroom Structures / Routines
October 24, 2014
Stephanie Harvey• Purposeful talk and collaboration for deeper thinking in the writing process
November 12, 2014
Carl Anderson
• Conferring and Assessing Writing
December 3-4, 2014
Linda Hoyt
• Strategies for teaching informational and opinion writing
February 12-13, 2015
Jeff Anderson
•Merging craft with grammar and editing
February 24, 2015
Lester Laminack
•Using mentor texts as models for effective writing
February 26, 2015
Building a Community of Independent Writers
• Writing workshop / Routines
• Conferring / Assessing writing
• Using mentor texts as models for effective writing
• Strategies for teaching informational and opinion writing
• Purposeful talk and collaboration for deeper thinking in the writing process
Study Sessions
• Come prepared to share your thoughts about the instructional implications from the expert presentations and the professional reading
Please bring:• Your binder• Writer’s notebook• Professional books
Homework• K-2: Of Primary Importance: What’s Essential in Teaching Young Writers Please read chapters 1,2,3,4,5
• 3-5: The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (And They’re All Hard Parts) Please read chapters 1,2,3,7,8,9