PD

October 30, 2023

Outcomes

1 2 3

Understand using mentor Explore beginning of Get a handle on

texts to teach writing. the year writing and have time to
samples and complete some
procedures across necessary tasks.
grade levels.
 Agenda

EL Best Practices Using Mentor

01. Texts 03.

02. 04.
Inclusion WRiting Proficiencies
 01.
EL BEST PRACTICES
 02.
INCLUSION
 Inclusion
Take 5 minutes to silently pick a prompt and just write.

Visualization Descriptive science

Self- care FICTION
Prompt Prompt fiction

Write about Write about In the spirit of Write about You (or your
what it feels UFO days and self care. main character),
your
like to drive Halloween- do How do you just left town and
evening you believe in
through a love and sold everything
routine in aliens or life you own.
scenic show
vivid detail. beyond Where’d you go?
stretch of Earth? compassion
Why?
road. Explain. to yourself?
 Share out with 1
person not at your
table about your
writing.
CELEBRATE

#1. Share out

Share at your table- one thing you’ve
tried/shifted/changed around writing
that is different from what you’ve done
last year.
#2 Forward
Take a look….
 BES- school wide
ELA
MATH
 ELA

Math
By Grade
level
 E L A
Mat
h

Across
Dane
County
 03.
Professional Learning
Using Mentor Texts to
Teach Writing
 Writing
Workshop Video
3rd Grade - Using a Mentor to Teach
Writing
Look for:
*Connect to past learning/target
*Use of known mentor for connecting
*Turn/talk to support comprehension
*Closing
 04.
Progression
Create an Anchor
Personal Narrative
1. Whole group pre-writing-
brainstorm
2. Drafted with sentence
Drafting starters
3. Revised 1:1 with a teacher
Pre-writing 4. Edit 1:1 with a teacher
(highlighters for certain
things)
5. Publish on different paper,
Writing with pictures and crayons
Revising
Process

Publishing

Editing We are
here
 Vertical Comparisons
Take a few minutes to look at the grade level planner
from the grade below you and the grade above you.

Note similarities,
differences and jot
down any
questions you
have.
 05.
REPORT CARDS
ELA Report Card
Changes
ALL K-6 ELA Report Card Updates

Individual Grade Level Report Card Updates

Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
 Future PD
ACT 20
Required Literacy Screeners
Training: Diagnostics
36-40 hours Personal Reading Plans

Science - Based
Early Literacy
Curriculum
 TO DO LIST
IDEAL WRITING SELF cONFERENCE
PROFICIENCY
SLO PPG
SCHEDULE REVIEW PREP
Build your ideal grade Work as a grade level IF you are in a Ideally submitted by Dinner will be
level schedule and turn or individually as SUMMARY YEAR- you 3:00 on November 3 provided on Thursday
in before you leave the needed on these. need to complete the by PTO and lunch on
room. Self Review- And Friday from the
provide rationale for a building
strength and an area of
growth in each
DOMAIN