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WriteWell Updates Jennifer Evans Assistant Director ELA St.Clair County RESA [email protected] http://www.protopage.com/evans.jennifer#Untitled/Home

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WriteWell UpdatesJennifer Evans

Assistant Director ELA

St.Clair County RESA

[email protected]

http://www.protopage.com/evans.jennifer#Untitled/Home

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Kelly Gallagher, Author and Teacherhttp://www.kellygallagher.org/index.html

“Assigning writing is

easy. Teaching writing is

really hard.”

“We need to teach our

students to read like writers and

write like readers.”

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The most effective strategy to improve writing…

Increase the amount and quality of writing.

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Why WriteWell©?

Increase writing proficiency for life endeavors

Increase test scores

Coordinate and refine writing

instruction

Create a unified writing program

K-12

Increase use of research-based

instructional practices during

writing instruction

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WriteWell© Follows Writer’s Workshop Format

Mini-Lesson(10-15 min.)

Independent Practice with Conferring

(30-40 min.)

Sharing( 5-10 min.)

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Successful Implementation of Writer’s Workshop

          

How Often

• Everyday• Everyday• Everyday

How Long

• KDG – 45 minutes

• 1st Grade – 45 minutes extending to 60 minutes

• 2nd – 12th Grades – 60 minutes

When

• Beginning the first day of school

• A single block of time at the same time everyday

Management

• Same format used everyday

• Same rules and procedures used everyday

• Keep it simple

Why

• Consistency

• Consistency

• Consistency

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Grades 2-5 K-1 staple small unit booklets for their

notebook Specific notebooking directions for grades

2-5 first unit of study in WriteWell Write everyday on mini-lesson topic or other

notebooking ideas

Start with Notebooking

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What Should I Write? Notebooking

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How Units of Study Tend to GoImmerse in the genre

Identify distinguishing features of the

genre

Choose an idea to write

about

Choose a mentor text to help you write

Plan your draft

Draft long and fast

Revise EditPublish/

Celebrate

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Independent Practice with Conferring

30-40 Minutes

Students work independently while the teacher meets with small groups or individual students

• Conferring Talking Cards

Possible mid-workshop teaching point

• Occur naturally when the teacher notices something that needs clarification or further explanation to help students as they write

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Conferring

Research

• Ask “What are you working on as a writer?”

• Have the student read aloud his/her work

Decide•Synthesize what is learned •Decide what to compliment: “What has this child done that I can name and make a fuss over?”•Decide what to teach: “What does this child use but misuse? or “What is nearly there in his or her writing that I can help them with right now?”

Compliment

• Point out writing strategies the child used well

• Say “I like how you…”(give specific example)

Teach• Teach only

one thing• Teach to

the compliment

• Teach to today’s teaching point

• Negotiate a strategy

When choosing your teaching point think: Of all the options I have, what can I teach that will make the biggest difference for this writer?

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Sharing5-10 Minutes Notice Question Personal Connection Compliment and Suggestion (glow & grow)

Partner

Small Group

Whole Group

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◦ Teaching Kids About Revising (Writing Workshop Lesson)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBKqgOvmJ8w

Student Sharing Video

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Grammar Units

Pre/Post Tests

Updates – see grade level

representative

Information/Explanatory;

Opinion; ReadWell units developed last

summer

Video Lessons

Rubrics

New to WriteWell:

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Language/Grammar Minilesson Key Points

Aligned to CCSS

Weekly concepts taught

approximately five minutes a day

Follows Jeff Anderson’s

format

PowerPoint to match each

weekly lesson

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New Language Minilessons

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New Pre and Post Assessments

Same Assessment to be given at the beginning of the year and the end

of the year

Use to show growth

See Sample

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Rubrics

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Teachers Teaching WriteWell

Video Library ◦ All grade levels◦ Various lessons

Kindergarten2nd grade10th grade

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Writing Look-Fors

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Navigating the Website WriteWell©

◦ http://www.sccresa.org/toolsforschools/curriculumtools/writewell/

◦ Select logo

◦ Enter school log in and password:Temporary Log in:Temporary Password:

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Online Exploration

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Questions?