Room 1 “Using Children's Literature and Authors To
Establish Writing in the K-2 Classroom”
Target
Audience Pre-K through 2
Heather Pogue, Norman Public Schools, OWP Teacher
Consultant
Are you trying
to find ways for children to apply the writing process? This workshop will help integrate the use of
picture books and authors to develop and engage children in authentic narrative
writing. The workshop will offer ways to
incorporate writing at the beginning of the year as writing routines are
established.
Room 2 “On a Quest for Success!” Target
Audience 3rd-5th Grade
Stacey
Howard, Tecumseh Public Schools, OWP Teacher Consultant
Teachers will learn a variety of strategies to use across the curriculum
with the Six Traits to further develop student writing. We will explore narrative, informational, and
opinion writing through mini lessons that are aligned with the Common Core
Standards. Participants will be actively
involved in activities they will be able to use in their own classroom, and
have the opportunity to collaborate with one another to further develop ideas and
offer extensions. Lessons are guided by
the new Oklahoma State Writing Test Rubric.
Room 3 “Getting to the Core: Simple Strategies to use
Common Core across the
Curriculum in
Classrooms.” Target
Audience 6th-12th
Melanie Vincent, All Saint Catholic School, OWP
Teacher Consultant
Do you struggle
incorporating Common Core into content area subjects? Do you have students that
are unmotivated writers? This hands-on workshop will cover many strategies for
incorporating writing into content area teaching that are engaging for the
students and address Common Core standards.
Room 1 “Writing is as Easy as ABC” Target
Audience Pre-K through 2nd
Jamie Johnson, NBCT, Norman Public Schools, OWP
Teacher Consultant
This demonstration will include a
vareity of reading and writing strategies that can be used across the
curriculum. The strategies shared can be
employed in pre-k through college level classes. Open-ended lessons that incorporate writing across the
curriculum will be presented.
Room 2 “Navigating the Waters of Writing Target
Audience 3rd-5th Grade
Stacey
Howard, Tecumseh Public Schools, OWP Teacher Consultant
Keep your
students sailing through the writing waters by learning skills that prepare and
set the course for success on the upcoming writing test! In this session, you will be introduced to
the Oklahoma C3 Writing Rubric and learn to break a part the
prompt. You will view student samples
and gain insight into the Common Core voyage.
The State Department has posted prompts to the upcoming writing
assessment, however there are no scored student samples posted at this
time. OWP TC’s have had their own
students write to these SDE provided prompts. This session is a must for 5th
grade teachers!
Room
3 “4 Heads are Better than 1: Student Writing Groups in Action”
Target Audience 6th-12th
Jason Stephenson, Deer Creek High School, OWP Teacher Consultant
Learn how to
effectively use student writing groups in your classroom to grow students as
critical and thoughtful writers and to provide more opportunities for feedback.
Room 1 “Making the connection between Math and
Writing” Target Audience K-5th
Lori Newmark, NBCT, Moore Public Schools, OWP Teacher
Consultant
Having trouble
integrating writing with math? Learn how
to use a daily math journal to begin integrating writing into your math
curriculum. Participate in various math
and writing lessons to encourage your students to become betters writers in
math to encourage confidence and success with Common Core State Standards.
Room
2 “In Our Write Minds . . .” Target
Audience 3rd-8th
Johnnie Keel, NBCT, Norman Public Schools, OWP Teacher
Consultant
This presentation will share creative ways to get students writing
effectively in different modes and to different audiences. Participants will learn strategies and
techniques for adding depth to their writing, for evaluating evidence to
support their writing, and using text features to write well. Learn about Thinking Points, Flash Drafting,
Learning Progressions, Talking Stones, and much more.
Room
3 “Common Core Across the Curriculum” Target
Audience 6th-12th
Laurie Ward, Newcastle Public Schools, OWP
Teacher Consultant
This presentation
will focus on taking participants through some of the Myths and Facts of Common
Core as well as providing lessons, rubrics, and ideas from various subject areas,
about how to integrate Common Core into the classroom. This presentation will have a special focus
on writing.