Regardless of the curriculum model you’re currently using, this full-day virtual workshop provides you with a powerful framework of lessons that will help launch your writing year. Throughout the workshop, plot and plan your own instructional calendar as you learn about the priorities for teaching writing during the first six weeks of school. Then, by the end of the day, you will be ready to go with a personalized blueprint in hand!

Workshop Topics

• Understand the four phases of the workshop launch.
• Learn classroom-tested routines and procedures to establish the writing environment.
• Set the tone that writing occurs daily.
• Receive organizational ideas for writers’ notebooks.
• Learn day-by-day strategies to introduce the 6 Traits of Writing so teachers and students are using a common language.
• Balance free-choice writing topics with teacher-assigned topics.
• Receive ready-to-go lessons with supporting resources, activity pages, and authentic student writing samples.

After participating in the workshop, you will be able to:

• Kick off the school year with a 20-day “game plan” for teaching writing.
• Establish routines to effectively manage a writer’s workshop.
• Implement a writer’s notebook in the classroom.
• Lead efficient and effective writing conferences with students.
• Develop a classroom writing rubric that students can use and understand.
• Transition from procedural lessons into the first writing unit.

Book & online resources are free!
We will mail a FREE copy of Launching the Writer’s Workshop: Grades K-2 to all registrants within the United States. (International customers will receive a complimentary copy of the digital Launch book.) This popular resource is loaded with lesson plans, anchor papers, and classroom photos and includes online access to downloadable forms and handouts. (A $27.99 value!)

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Lifetime Access to Workshop "Secret Site"

✔ Downloadable Lessons
✔ Interactive Whiteboard Documents
✔ Blackline Masters
✔ PowerPoint Templates
✔ Related Video Content
✔ Links to Helpful Websites

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Target Audience

K-2 Classroom Teachers
Literacy Coaches
Literacy Coordinators
Title I Teachers / Directors
K-2 High-Ability Teachers
K-2 Administrators

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Teacher Feedback

"I finally feel like I have a handle on how to approach writing. As a middle school history teacher who has to also do a period of writing, this has been invaluable. Loved it!" Huston Mathias, Grade 8 US History & Writing Teacher, Ingersoll Middle School, Canton, IL

"My entire 4th grade team started on the first day of school with Kristina's personal post-it notes to plan 'launching the writing workshop,' and it was phenomenal! Thank you for fun, engaging lessons and mentor texts that are easy to implement and use!" Megan McAdams, Grade 4 Teacher, Frances Slocum Elementary, Marion, IN
 

“Kristina presents information without promoting a program and makes it valuable for every grade level.” Lisa Savage, Grade 2 Teacher, Hicksville Exempted Village School District, Hicksville, OH

"I am never let down when I come to a Smekens workshop. I leave every time with realistic teaching strategies, fantastic resources, and a clear plan on how to go back to school and use what I have learned." Christa Benedict, Grades 6-8 Teacher, Immaculate Heart of Mary School, Cincinnati, OH
 

“I am finally not overwhelmed thinking about my year of writing units. I know what I need to do to set up a successful year of writing for my kids!” Rachel Gish, Grade 3 Teacher, Holy Family School, New Albany, IN

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