Green Acres Elementary Professional Development 200708 Were Planting the Seeds of LifeLong Learning

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Green Acres ElementaryProfessional
Development2007-08Were Planting the Seeds
of Life-Long Learning
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PD Goals and Activities

• Continue development and implementation of the
  Writers Workshop model
• Instructional focus Expository Writing

• PD w/ Grace
• Individual/team
• research/workshops
• PD w/ Jean on Research
• techniques
• ???

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2007?
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Structure

• K-1 20-30 minutes 4-5 days/week
• 2-3 30-45 minutes 4-5 days/week
• 4-5 45-60 minutes 4-5 days/week

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• MINI-LESSON
• WRITING TIME and CONFERENCES
• SHARING/AUTHORS CHAIR

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Common Elements

• Writers Notebook
• Composition Folder
• Celebrations Blue Ribbon of Excellence Board
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  Authors Tea/ GA Celebration
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  District Celebration

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Writers Notebook
Personalize Place
to plant SEED IDEAS
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Composition Folder
Judys Writing Folder
Rough Drafts Revision/Editing Checklists
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Mini-Lessons
Direct, Whole-Group Instruction based on
students needs Teacher models writing on Chart
Paper/White Board/Overhead
5-10 minutes
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Writers Club/Writing Time

• Rough Draft
• Self-selected topics
• Practice strategies taught in mini-lesson
• Use Revision Toolbox
• Editing
• Collect in Composition Folder
• 30-40 minutes

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Conferencing

• Teacher confers with individual students
  suggests ways to revise/edit
• Students confer with each other

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Sharing/Authors Chair

• 5-10 minutes
• A few students share a portion of their writing

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Celebrations
Students select writing to publish Published
Works are displayed or presented
Classroom Coffeehouse/Class Books
Blue Ribbon of Excellence
Bulletin Board
Green Acres Celebration/Authors Tea
WCS Writing
Celebration, April
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Sites to check out!

• www.unitsofstudy.com/samples.asp (Lucy Calkins)
• www.jmeacham.com/writing.mini.lessons.htm
• sites.hall1r.k12.ne.us/kcoates/stories/storyReader
  1581 (4th grade)
• www.learner.org/resources/series205.html (video
  samples for upper el on writers workshop)

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Websites

• http//school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/categ
  ory/new.html
• http//www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
• http//hill.troy.k12.mi.us/staff/bnewingham/myweb3
  

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