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| A Focus on Grammar Instruction: Using Authentic Models of Literature to Support Our Young Writers
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Join us for a workshop that will demonstrate how to use authentic literature as models in order to ensure that students' written messages are clear, correct, and engaging for readers.
This workshop will address:
- Interactive read-aloud with a grammar and conventions lens: students discuss the rules and usage of key grammar and conventions concepts and skills;
- The Fundamentals of Grammar and Conventions and Common Core Standards;
- The impact of grammar and conventions on other parts of the literacy block: Writing Workshop, Guided Reading, and Independent Reading; and
- Grammar and conventions mini-lessons, conferences, and independent practice.
Teachers will take away great book lists, mini-lessons, and assessment tools. This is sure to be an informative, fact-filled day!
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| Writing Assessment: How We Assess Student Writing Impacts How We Teach Student Writers
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Join us for a workshop that will demonstrate how to use authentic literature as models in order to ensure that students' written messages are clear, correct, and engaging for readers.
Using the text types and purposes from the Common Core Standards, teachers will learn
how to examine pieces of work in their entirety and then look at the same pieces through a more critical lens.
This workshop will address:
- Naming and defining qualities of good writing;
- Analyzing and evaluating student writing to specifically name each student's strengths and needs;
- Designing mini-lessons and small-group conferences based on assessments; and
- Using standards-based rubrics to assess student proficiency and plan the next steps.
*Bringing along your own samples of student work will enhance this experience and allow for authentic analysis and lesson plan development.
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"Speaker was outstanding."
"One of the best workshops I have been to in a long time. Very informative."
"Excellent—very relevant for use in my own school. Presenter was very clear and divert about the program. Great Experience!"
"Thank you for your suggestions for making student learning more accessible!"
"It has been a wonderful learning experience. More teachers need to know more about Schoolwide!"
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New York City Department of Education Professional Development Services Contract
Contract#: QR328BN • Vendor ID: SCH195
If you have any difficulty locating Schoolwide or our contract number in FAMIS, please give us a call at 1.800.261.9964. |
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ERIK LEPIS
Before joining Schoolwide, Inc., Erik Lepis taught balanced literacy in his suburban New York classrooms. He later worked for the Teacher’s
College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University, providing staff development, workshops, and training in schools around the country.
He continues to work with teachers nationwide with Writing Fundamentals, as well as with principals and district leaders to support building
district-wide change through the best practices in balanced literacy and the teaching of reading and writing workshops. Erik holds advanced
degrees in both Early Childhood Education and Educational Leadership and continues to co-author curricula to support literacy instruction.
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SARAH CORDOVA
Sarah Cordova is a literacy consultant who works in elementary and
middle school classrooms throughout Long Island, New York City,
and across the country supporting administrators, literacy coaches,
and classroom teachers in developing and implementing the most effective
and engaging reading and writing practices. Sarah received a master
of arts degree in Education from New York University and worked as
a classroom teacher for many years in the Smithtown School District.
Today, she is the Director of The Distinctive Educator's Institute,
a professional development institute based on Long Island. She has
presented at various local and state reading conferences across the
country. Sarah recently developed four writing units of study
for Schoolwide, including "How Writers Work: Launching a Writing
Workshop" Units of Study
for grades 2 and 3 and "Literary Essay Narrative" and "Persuasive Essay for
the Content Areas" Units of Study for grades 6–8. Sarah also teaches as
an Adjunct Assistant Professor for both undergraduate and graduate
students in the Literacy Department at Dowling College.
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PAT POLLACK
Pat was an elementary classroom teacher for 19 years, an Assistant
Principal for two years, and a Principal for six years. She has also
taught graduate courses in Literacy Instruction at Iona College
and Long Island University. She holds a BS degree in Elementary Education/Psychology
from SUNY Oswego, an MS degree in Reading and Literacy from St. Thomas
Aquinas College, and a Certificate of Advanced Study in School Administration
and Supervision from SUNY New Paltz. Pat recently developed Schoolwide's "How
Writers Work: Launching a Writing Workshop" Units of Study for
grades K and 1 and currently writes the K–8 Lessons of the Week for the SchoolwideNetwork
web site. Her passion for engaging children in purposeful learning
is very important to her. She is an advocate for encouraging children
to become lifelong learners while evolving and growing as readers
and writers.
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