How to raise Common Core Standards and make writing exciting! MENA Conference 2013
11
How to raise Common Core Standards and make writing exciting! MENA Conference 2013 Henry Smith (Year 6 Teacher, Literacy Co-ordinator and LMYL Co-founder) 1 Welcome to LendMeYourLiteracy
description
Welcome to LendMeYourLiteracy. How to raise Common Core Standards and make writing exciting! MENA Conference 2013 Henry Smith (Year 6 Teacher, Literacy Co- ordinator and LMYL Co-founder). How do you celebrate children’s writing in your school?. Certificates? Displays? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Transcript of How to raise Common Core Standards and make writing exciting! MENA Conference 2013
How to raise Common Core Standards and make writing exciting!
MENA Conference 2013Henry Smith (Year 6 Teacher,
Literacy Co-ordinator and LMYL Co-founder)
1
Welcome to LendMeYourLiteracy
How do you celebrate children’s writing in your school?
• Certificates?
• Displays?
• Sharing and reading aloud?
• ‘Writing of the week’?
• The Internet?
2
3
WhatGrade 5 Common Core Standards
Texts Types and PurposesW 5.1 Write opinion on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.W 5.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly5.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
LMYL Day GEMS Modern Academy
4
Using LMYL to deliver the Common Core Standards
What is LendMeYourLiteracy ?
•A website for sharing and celebrating children’s writing with a worldwide audience.
•A place where young writers can be proud.
•A place where school communities can connect with each other around the world and enjoy writing.
5
Comments from famous authors
Visits from over 100 countries
Over one Million hits!
Why use LendMeYourLiteracy?• Children love it and are more inspired to write, therefore
making greater progress.• Opportunities to teach grammar and introduce ‘model’ text-
types in a more fun and exciting way (it’s real!).• Hugely positive engagement with parents.• A portfolio of evidence of high quality writing.• Teachers with a bank of inspirational teaching ideas.• Teachers save time! No need to network, edit and solve
technical issues. “Effortless!”• Nurtures a love of writing!
Excitement at DIS!
7
How do you assess children’s writing?
8
The LendMeYourLiteracy Hand
• 2A Sentences• Adverbs (ly)• Connectives• Openings• CHECK!
Simplified example:
• Capital Letters• Full-stops• Adjectives (2A)• Connectives• CHECK!
Go for it!•Action?
• “LendMeYourLiteracy is very motivating as young writers have an audience. It really does raise standards!” Pie Corbett
[email protected]@literacylender
11
