Teacher’s PD

1. Teacher’s PD Writing Professional Development July 2011

2. How to Teach w/Writing Workshop • Getting to know the process • Familiarizing your students with the process • Meeting learners’ needs

5. Getting Started Establishing a Reading/Writing Classroom Adapted by MaryAnn Nickel from a PPT developed by Kathryn Mitchell Pierce

6. Introduction • Challenges • Developing Routines and Procedures • Structuring our classrooms • Designing reading/writing/math centers **So our students know exactly what to do where to go independently

7. In the Beginning. . . • Need to be aware of two things • Establishing the “what” • Establishing the “how”

8. (Cont. ) • The first day or two is spent establishing the routines and procedures that will enable the students to work independently. **This is not in which students are working by themselves as individuals but for them to be able to make decisions about what they need to do, where to store and locate materials, how to spend their time, where to get help etc.

9. Highlights • Reading Work Time • Independent or Partner Reading • Literature Discussion Groups • Other Engagements with Literature 2. Writing Work Time

10. Reading Work Time • Reading • Select a book • Select a working spot • Read • Discuss/write during last 5 min.s

11. Components of Reader’s Workshop  • Components of Reading Workshop  • Read-Aloud? ---2 minutes! • Mini-lessons or Demonstrations • Independent Reading • Inquiry, or Reading to Learn • Reading Conferences • Literature Response

12. Literature Response & Discussion • Look for related concepts • Share a favorite part of the text • Find the clearest description • Write how your life is like or not alike • Read a particularly good description of the main character(s) • Write about how this book makes you feel • Talk about the big problem • Etc. (all those language arts standards!)

13. Other Engagements with Literature • Looking in on reading • Miscue and reading • shared reading experiences • Self-eval. of reading during independent time • Journal entries • Reading conferences with teacher

14. Other Engagements with Literature (Continued) • Create Literature Extension Projects as an outgrowth of their reading experience • Staging plays on books read • Informal skits/plays/reader’s theatre • Puppet shows • Bookmaking

15. Writing Work Time

16. During Writing Work Time • Written Conversations ( daily entries, stories, personal narratives, illustrations, charts etc.) • Pen Pal Letters • Writing Spirals/Notebooks • Working on newsletters, reports, interviews • Sharing times

17. Most Writings are… • Student choice writing or • Inquiry related writing

18. Components of Writers’ Workshop  • Components of Reading Workshop  • Writing Warm-Ups --NO prompts • Mini-lessons or Demonstrations • Independent Writing (can be inquiry based too!) • Drafting • Editing--peer, self, teacher • Writing Conferences • Author’s Chair

19. Looking Back to Look Ahead • Reflecting to better yourself

20. What’s a Mini-lesson

21. Outgrowing our schedule • Consider combining work times into larger blocks so that students can focus on reading and writing as it suits their needs and purpose • Students eventually make decisions about the work they want to engage in and how best to use their 1st work time of the day

22. THE END

23. New Work

24. New Work The technology learning curve

25. Who’s Who

26. Working Toward Mastery Achieve Mastery Get Experienced Projects Worked On Get Familiar Time Spent

27. Doing Your Best Work • Working from home • Working offsite • Technology requirements

28. Case Study • Jeremy • His first day • Mistakes made • Successes achieved • The moral of the story

29. Discussion • What we can learn from Jeremy • Best practices • Take-aways

30. Summary • Define your challenges • Technologicalas well as personal • Set realistic expectation • Mastery is not achieved overnight • Keep your eye on the goal • Mentorship programs

31. Resources • <Intranet site text here><hyperlink here> • <Additional reading material text here><hyperlink here> • This slide deck and related resources:<hyperlink here>

32. Questions?

33. Appendix