Beyond Conferring in Writer's Workshop: Using Small Groups to Maximize Impact
Are you seeing growth in your writers in kindergarten through 5th grade? With so much time devoted to reading development, we often lose sight of our students’ writing development. We must intertwine reading and writing development in our students.
Goals are set for the classroom, but each writer develops differently and needs purposeful, responsive teaching. Hone your skills for designing and planning small group instruction based on the skills and strategies that match each individual student writer. Through professional learning sessions, planning support for small groups based on student writing samples, and in-classroom demonstrations this in-district support is your solution to cultivating strong writers.
Service Structure
- 3 Pre-recorded learning modules
- 3 In-district coaching sessions*
- In-class demonstrations
- Planning next steps with Coaches and Instructional Leadership
*Dates will be scheduled by the district with the Literacy Consultant.
Key Takeaways
Pre-recorded learning modules will support:
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Identification of writing goals
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Matching writing skills to the goals
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Exploring strategies that support the writing skills
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Creating effective small groups of writers
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Observing demonstrations of writing in small groups
In-district coaching days:
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Reviewing student writing data
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Exploring ‘look-for’ document(s)
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In-classroom demonstration lesson(s)
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Post-demonstration lesson debriefing
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Goal setting
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Planning with coaches for next steps with coaching cycles
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Planning with instructional leadership the next steps in professional learning
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