Don't forget to register! Getting Started on the “Write” Foot How to Begin Your Year with Writing Come Learn How to Incorporate Writing into Your Existing Curriculum * Presentations will include practical, developmentally appropriate ideas to build writing skills and literacy while transitioning to Common Core Standards in the elementary classroom. * Participants will learn the writing process and other helpful classroom strategies. * Participants will be actively involved and leave with lessons that can be immediately implemented. * Participants will learn how to create a classroom that is excited to write! Scheduled Sessions are below Saturday September 28, 2013 Cross Timbers Elementary School 1111 W. Highland St. Tecumseh, Oklahoma Cost: $40.00 per person Schedule: 8:30-9:00 Registration 9:00-10:30 Session 1 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:15 Session 2 Sessions will focus on elementary classrooms Grades Kdgn-5th Register online at http://owp.ou.edu or cut/paste this link in browser window https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEt2TmxNckd4VV9tTzR1VF9zUk5vcnc6MA Registration Deadline September 21. Must have 35 registrants for conference to be held. Please register today! Questions Contact: Audra Plummer [log in to unmask]; (ph) 405-401-1348 OU/Oklahoma Writing Project is committed to making its activities as accessible as possible to persons with disabilities or special needs. If you anticipate a need for services, please notify event planner Audra Plummer Sessions Scheduled for the conference 8:30-9:00 Registration / Refreshments Session One: 9:00-10:30 Room 1 “Getting Started WRITE Away” Heather Pogue,Monroe Elementary School, Norman 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 authentic writing experiences. Participants will be engaged with hands-on writing activities during this session. Room 2 “D3: Digging Deeper with Demonstration” Debbie Wade, NBCT, Pioneer Elementary, Noble Participants will experience writing as a student and then reflect on the lesson as a teacher. This nonfiction writing lesson can be adapted to any grade level. The teacher reflection is rooted in the TLE requirements that require teachers to analyze why they do what they do. This session will help participants see how powerful teacher is and how the tiniest element can affect student achievement. Room 3 “WRITE Foot Forward!” Stacey Howard, Coolidge Elementary, Oklahoma City Teaching the love of writing is the first essential step in the “write” direction! Participants will explore a variety of writing activities aligned with Common Core State Standards to help their students embrace writing and realize it is more than writing for a test. Participants will be actively engaged in hands on activities the can take back and start using in their classrooms immediately. Break 10:30-10:45 Session Two: 10:45-12:15 Room 1 “Writing is As Easy As ABC” Jamie Johnson,NBCT, McKinley Elementary, Norman Participants will actively participate in a variety of lessons integrating the writing process across the curriculum. The ideas shared can easily be implemented into any currently classroom curriculum. Specific Common Core goals and objectives will be addressed. Room 2 “Write Away!” Kim Schooler, NBCT, Truman Elementary, Norman You can’t put off training for the race, every moment counts! Participants will engage in a hands-on strategy for teaching the writing process and setting up a community of writers within their class to get off on the “write” foot. These lessons will outfit students with the right equipment and create excitement for writing. Participants will learn how to set up writing notebooks. Students will cheer on their teammates as they race to the finish line of Common Core writing whether it is a sprint or marathon. ________________________________ Audra Plummer M. Ed. National Board Certified Teacher Co-Director of Inservice Oklahoma Writing Project University of Oklahoma Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education 338 Cate Center Drive, Room 190 Norman, Oklahoma 73019 Phone: 405-401-1348 FAX: 405-325-7841 http://owp.ou.edu Join the OWP group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/55228413131/ Follow OWP on Twitter: https://twitter.com/okwritingproj Teachers Teaching Teachers