Starting the year can be an awkward and anxious experience. Many teachers have confessed that they struggle to get their writing workshops off the ground. What should I do the first weeks of school? What are key lessons to jumpstart my writing curriculum? How fast or slow should I move? These are valid questions. And, it’s easy to see why so many teachers are eager for some beginning-of-the-year lesson suggestions.
Training topics
Whether teachers currently utilize the 6-Traits, Four Blocks, Writer’s Workshop, Literacy Collaborative, Balanced Literacy or some other writing model, this workshop targets the heart of what every teacher wants for the initial weeks of school. It provides participants with a powerful framework of lessons that can help launch their writing year, including:
• Strategies to establish the writing environment through routines and procedures
• Lessons for the first day of school that set the tone for daily writing
• Organization ideas for using writing folders and writers’ notebooks
• Day-by-day strategies to introduce the 6-Traits of writing so teachers and students are using a common language
• Mini-lesson ideas to target early-in-the-year writing skills
When you leave, you will be able to:
Kick off your writing year with a 20-day “game plan”
Implement a writer’s notebook in the classroom
Establish procedures and manage a writer’s environment
Target common writer dependencies with mini-lessons
Take home a complimentary copy of the book “Launching The Writer’s Workshop” by Kristina Smekens
Call Smekens Education toll free to learn more. 888-376-0448
Participants in this workshop are eligible to earn one hour of graduate credit
from Purdue University-Calumet.
