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Holiday Inn JFK Airport
144-02 135th Avenue
Jamaica, New York 11436

Phone (718) 659-0200
web site: Holiday Inn JFK Airport
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Your 3-Day Summer Workshop Registration Includes:
* REGISTRATION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LAUNCHING UNIT OF STUDY.
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Getting Started: The First Few Weeks
of Writing Workshop

We will look at lessons that establish the roles, routines, and procedures that are essential to your writing workshop.
We will also look at lessons and structures that build community, support independence, and encourage risk taking.
 Literature Leads the Way: Must Have Read Alouds for the Beginning of the Year

During this workshop we will look at books and authors who will inspire conversations around how writers work and help students envision the kinds of writers they want to be.
Writing Goals and Expectations that Drive Instruction

This workshop will address the skills, strategies, behaviors, and understandings that we want all writers to develop: Purpose and Genre, Craft, Writing Process, Writing Identity, and Conventions. We will also discuss what mechanics and convention mini-lessons look like in the writing workshop.
 Units of Study in the Writing Workshop

All units of study need to have purpose and power. We will use our goals and expectations as a guide for curriculum planning and as a foundation for our teaching .
Literature Leads the Way: Using Touchstone Texts/Immersion

Reading like writers is a way we model the ways writers think, respond, and connect to books and authors. We will look at how we choose the books and authors who will serve as models and mentors in our classrooms.
 Launching Unit of Study

During this session we will highlight the writing process as a way to support students seeing themselves as writers who draw upon different writing strategies for different purposes.
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RORY COHEN
Rory taught in New York City Public Schools and on Long Island before becoming a staff developer at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. While at the project, Rory mentored elementary teachers across the state, providing demonstration teaching and reading and writing curriculum planning. Rory is now a nationally recognized literacy consultant who specializes in primary reading and writing and an Educational Co-Director at Schoolwide, Inc.

ILENE COHN
Ilene holds a master's degree in reading and is a licensed school administration supervisor. She received training at Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University and taught at the elementary level for 10 years using balanced literacy strategies. She has also worked as both a literacy coach and reading coordinator. Ilene is currently a national literacy consultant for public schools, specializing in the areas of reading and writing.