Oklahoma Writing Project
Hosting August Conference
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 using Oklahoma PASS Standards
- Participants will review the
6 Traits of Writing and how to use these traits to increase student
achievement
- 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!
Saturday
August 29, 2015
Dale Public Schools
300 Smith Avenue
Dale, Oklahoma 74851
Cost: $40.00 per person
Only 30 minutes from OKC Metro/Easy I-40 Access
Schedule:
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:30 Session 1
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Session 2
Schedule Sessions
for these breakout grade level spans: Kdg-2nd; 3rd-5th,
6th-8th. 9th-12th
(Changes could be made
based on registrations)
Planned Sessions and Titles:
Kdg-2nd Grade Session Led by Heather Pogue
Getting Started Write Away!
Using Picture Books and Authors to Teach the Six Traits of Writing in the K-2 Classroom
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 address the six traits of writing while establishing and developing your classroom community.
3rd-5th Grade Session Led by Kim Schooler
Piece by Piece:
Putting the Writing Process and Six
Traits Together
Participants will develop an understanding of how the steps of
the writing process and the vocabulary of the six traits fit together
creating a framework for teaching and assessing writing, which will create
confident student writers. Hands-on activities guide participants in
piecing together the writing process and six traits through the steps of
the writing process while developing an understanding of the six traits
vocabulary. Together these pieces, powerful words and the joy of writing
develop.
6th-8th Grade Session Led by Melanie Vincent
Beginning in the Middle: How to use the six traits to start your writing program for the year in MIDDLE school
In this hands on workshop, teachers will learn about the six traits of writing and how to incorporate them into their classrooms with literature and writing activities. Teachers will leave with activities that can be used in their classrooms immediately and will encourage even their most hesitant writers.
9th-12th Grade Session Led by Jason StephensonBUILDING WRITERS FROM THE STARTWriting is an essential part of the any high school classroom, but sometimes it's challenging knowing how to begin. In this interactive workshop, learn strategies for building a community of writers who pick their own topics, create drafts, offer feedback, and actually revise. We'll also learn about the six traits of writing and how they can be assessed to make grading more efficient.
All Sessions taught by
OWP Teacher Consultants/ Highly Qualified Oklahoma Classroom Teachers
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Registration
Deadline August 18, 2015
Space is limited. Register TODAY!!!
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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
OWP Office Phone: 405-325-6275
FAX: 405-325-7841
http://owp.ou.edu
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