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L AUNCHING W RITING W ORKSHOP G RADES 1 - 5 AUGUST 27, 2014 Julie Johnson, Instructional Specialist Monroe 1 BOCES Johnsonj.blog.monroe.edu Julie_johnson@boces.monroe.edu Honeoye Falls Lima Central School District

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E VERY INTERACTION MOVES THE NEEDLE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER

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F OR T HOSE OF Y OU W HO C OULDN T A TTEND Find 2 or more partners who did attend Partners teach your colleagues about: Lucy Calkins philosophy The lesson format You have 6 minutes

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H OUSEKEEPING I TEMS Writing Territories Important ideas, concepts, or themes with which a writer is most comfortable. Reflection Notes and Questions

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Work a Writer Does Habits a writer maintains

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M ETHODS TO T RAIN S TUDENTS

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P ROTOCOL IN A CTION - F ISHBOWL

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P URPOSE FOR S UGGESTED L ESSON S EQUENCE

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T HINGS TO THINK ABOUT

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I MMERSION IN TEXTS 11

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E STABLISHING C OMMUNITY Empty out the contents of your bag in the middle of your table Write a story independently - that includes all of the items Use green handout Reflect Backside of green handout

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E STABLISHING C OMMUNITY Now, craft a story with your group One person records story on chart paper Reflect How did the activity change when you performed as a group? What does this mean for our classroom?

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N ORMS What is the difference between rules and norms? Use Think-Pair-Share (Turn and Talk)

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E STABLISHING NORMS

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W HAT ARE WRITER S NORMS ? We learn to write better from other authors We learn information from other authors Writing is thinking Writing is reading We can expand our writing by reading other writers work Every person is an author We write the whole time Think of a topic and do your best Writers start with something to say and then do everything they can to put meaning on the paper Writers look at whats on the page and compare that with intended meaning Writers use tools to help them with writing We can write to teach people about what we know We can use specific feedback to get better at writing Writers use all we know about writing each and every day We make work the best it can be before sending it out into the world We publish their work When we are done we have just begun

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I MPORTANCE OF L ISTENING

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Fundamental belief - if we dont engage in dialogue, we devalue the other person deposits vs. dialogue humility faith reflection

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K IND S PECIFIC HELPFUL

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A CTIVITY F OR F EEDBACK Draw 10 straight lines same size evenly spaced no intersections Draw 6 beautiful curves same size evenly spaced no intersections Draw 6 diagonal lines same size evenly spaced no intersections Draw a circle so the top touches the top line and the bottom touches the bottom line

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W ATERMELON T OPICS AND S EED S TORIES

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W HAT M AKES A S MALL M OMENT A S MALL M OMENT ?

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Q UESTIONS