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ACS is interested in sending a group of teachers to this PD event this summer. Interested?
PICK UP YOUR INTEREST INVENTORY FROM JEN BY NOV. 1
Summer Writing Institute 2010
Teachers College Readingand Writing Project
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FROM THELITERACYCOACH JENMUNNERLYNNOVEMBER2009
Writer’s Workshop Update...
We now have books tosupport our spiral!
Hurray! The books are here.The Booksource order arrived 2-weeks ago and the TAs and I havebeen busily organizing the booksfor classroom use. The grades 3-5teachers each received a wideselection of books to supportteaching the Lucy Calkins Units of Study.Not only did we order thebasic “Anchor Texts” mentioned tosupport each unit, we also orderedbooks specifically for grades 3, 4and 5- which we are calling“Mentor Texts”. Some of thebundled sets include: Launching,Breathing Life into Essays, GoodEndings, Narrative Procedure andCharacter Traits.Looking through the books,and realizing how many we nowhave, I think it will take time todetermine which grade levelutilizes which book and for whatskill. However, once we do that,we will again be able tostrengthen the spiral formed by theunits of study and be certain weare differentiating our teaching.For now, teachers are asked totry and dig into the texts as muchas possible and especially toencourage students to read themwith “writer’s eyes”.The only disappointment...
Fireflies
by Julie Brinkloe was notone of the books in the order. Thistext is one of the best, and I’mhopeful we can order it as a singlecopy through Amazon this year.
WW Poll
What is the hardest transition tomake when moving to a workshopapproach?
Keeping mini-lessons short
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Conferencing
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Making time to share
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Knowing when to move on/reteach
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Determining when/how to assess
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Organized and ready to use!
 
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CurriculumTeamsGradeSpans
Whole Staff (KG2-5)...
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Staff Meeting
 
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3-5 Writing TeamMeeting 12:45-3:45
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KG2-3 Reading TeamMeeting 12:45-3:15
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KG2-3 CollegialConversations: Fittingit all in!? (Asrequested during our DRA meeting...)3:30-4:30
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3-5 ALL- Unit 2 WritingCelebration! 3:30-4:30
The BooksourceDATABASE will beavailable for you tosearch very soon... I willalso provide teacherswith a Share Sheet tohelp you share and keeptrack of the where-aboutsof each new book.
Reading Workshop Update...We now have books to support our units of study!
The last few weeks have been exciting in my new room asTAs worked to unpack, stamp, label, and haul our new booksto classrooms. Grades KG2-3 received orders from Booksourceto support their classroom libraries, teach comprehensionstrategies in RUOS, and/or books for use with the Fountas andPinnell Phonics Program. Together with the WW booksordered for grades 3-5 we received around 1,600 high-quality, beautiful, interesting books to help us impact studentlearning.My favorite part of the week had to be listening in on theTAs as they organized the books. Their interest in andexcitement over the texts we received is exactly the responsewe should be hearing from kids. When I hear a teacher at our school say “I can’t wait to read this book!” I’m certain thisorder was a success.Next steps? I’m busy cataloging the titles into a databaseso teachers looking for a particular text can easily find it. Aswe move to teaching with literature like this, it will beimportant to share these books until everyone has what theyneed. However, we are certainly moving in the right direction!
NO RRPD Sessions
FINALLY THERE IS A CHECK OUTSHEET FOR THE PROFESSIONALLITERACY BOOKS. PLEASE SIGNOUT WHAT YOU TAKE.
*Teachers As Readers-Check out this greatwebsite:
www.whatshouldireadnext.com
 Just type in a book youliked and the site gives youa list of books like it whichyou might also like to read.It’s like having a personallibrarian there to guideyou!
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