The Teacher’s Role

Presented By:

Cynthia Bailey

Helen Lykke-Wisler

Objective

Participants will understand the

4 roles of a teacher during

writer’s workshop.

Understanding will support

structure and planning for the

writer’s workshop.

Today’s AgendaTeacher as Planner

Teacher as Model

Teacher as Coach

Teacher as Assessor

Teacher as PlannerRoom Set Up:

• Materials

• Schedules

• Designated Work Areas

One way to track Status of the Class…

On your clipboard…Student Name Prewritin

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Writing Editing Revisin

g

Editin

g

Revisin

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Publishin

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SharingStatus of the Class

Long-Term Planning

What genres will you teach?

When will you teach these genres?

How will you teach these genres?

How will you incorporate the six traits?

Show year long plan

Helen’s Year-Long Plan August •Launching Writer's Workshop •writing process •review of 6 traits

September •Memoir •Mentor Author: Patricia Polocco •Trait Focus: Ideas and

Content/Organization/Voice/Conventions

Getting to Know Your StudentsInterest inventories (pages 5-6)

Baseline assessments

assessment for learning/teaching

using a rubric

Student/teacher correspondence

Getting Started…

Introduce the writing process

• Writing cycle

• Building stamina

• Songs and chants

Teacher as ModelTeacher models his/her own writing and

thinking process

Non-models

Writing buddies

Sharing writing (author’s chair, peer

conferences, read-arounds)

How to Use Your Resources

Posters

Graphic organizers

Children’s literature

Teachers As Coaches How children internalize the qualities of writing:

I hear about it

I see it when you point it out

I can recognize it myself in someone else’s work and appreciate it

I can try it on my own

I can use it successfully

Teacher as Coach: Small Group

ConferencingWhat do we want each student to

learn?

How will we know when each student has learned it?

How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty in learning?

How will we respond when the students experience success?

Teacher as Coach: Techniques for Small Group ConferencingCompliment and connect

Introduce a teaching point

Coach while the students are with you

Link the work to the writing process

Peer as Coach

Peer conferencing

procedure

checklist(s)

Teachers As Assessors Think through and identify important target

skills and strategies to assess

Make expectations and criteria for assessment clear to student

Enhance students’ understanding of the elements of good writing

Nudge children to grow as writers

Teacher as AssessorRubrics and checklists for students to

use

peer assessment

self assessment

Using Assessments to Form

Needs-Based GroupsUse observational checklists to focus

on a particular skill

Use feedback from student self-

assessment to focus on a particular

skill

Use scores on rubrics to form needs-

based groups

3, 2, 1+1On your graphic organizer, please list:

3 things you learned today

2 things you’d like to try

1 question you still have

+1 thing you might need in order to get started