| The CCSS and Writing: How do I Teach it to the Struggling Writer |
| Grades: 4-8 |
Presented by: Berit Gordon
8:30 - 11:30
Berit Gordon offers many years of
experience teaching writing in grades 5-12, and at the
graduate school level. She currently teaches writing-based
English education courses at the Teachers College of
Columbia University and at Seton Hall University. She has
an intense love of the classroom that has enabled her to
serve as a mentor and model teacher in New York City
public schools, as well as an instructor to teachers headed
into the field of English education. Through her years of
writing instruction, Berit has developed practices that help
students feel welcomed in the classroom and inspired to
contribute and help their peers. Her methodology
promotes critical thought, thus challenging her students in
the writing process to read closely, think analytically, and
express themselves clearly.
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Reluctant writers provide the teacher with special
challenges in trying to move students toward
proficiency in the CCSS. This workshop will focus on
practical strategies and mini lessons that will
increase students motivation, and lift the level of
students writing. Teachers will get helpful information
on conducting mini-lessons, modeling for their
students, developing writing assignments, and using
assessment practices that engage struggling learners
and meet the rigor of the Common Core
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| The CCSS and Writing: How do I Teach it to the Struggling Writer |
| Grades: 4-8 |
Presented by: Russ Walsh
12:30 - 3:00
Russ Walsh is a former classroom teacher,
reading specialist, Reading Recovery teacher and
curriculum director in school districts in New Jersey and
Pennsylvania. He has presented numerous workshops to
teachers at conferences across the country and around the
world, most recently at the Oregon Reading Association
Annual Conference in Portland, OR. Russ has served as
chair of a number of committees of the International
Reading Association and was Poetry Editor for the
Reading Instruction Journal. His workshops have been
praised as practical, entertaining and informative. Teachers
always leave his workshops with ideas to use in the
classroom the next day.
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This workshop will focus on multiple strategies for
breaking down, understanding, and critically
analyzing nonfiction so that students feel empowered
to negotiate challenging texts. Through modeling,
discussion, and active engagement, teachers will
learn how to help struggling students engage with
texts closely and improve their reading of nonfiction
text
Particular attention will be paid to students who lack
reading fluency and those who are fluent, but fail to
comprehend.
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| Registration
Information: |
| Fee:
$125 per person. Register 4 weeks in advance and
pay only $100 per person. No confirmation will be sent. Your cancelled
check or credit card statement will be your receipt. |
Cancellations one week prior to the workshop date, will be refunded less a $15.00 cancellation fee. Later cancellations will receive credit towards an upcoming workshop. Substitutions are allowed at any time.
If workshop is cancelled due to inclement weather, the event will be rescheduled. Refunds will not be granted, but we will issue credit towards a future workshop. |
| Payment is due prior to the workshop. Fee includes seminar
registration, a personalized certificate of attendance, refreshments,
and a resource handbook. On-site registration is available, if space
allows. Please call ahead to check on space availability. |
| Program
Schedule: |
| 8:00-8:30
Coffee and tea |
| 8:30-3:00
Workshop (lunch on your own) |
| Meeting
Sites and Accommodations: |
| Please
make your own hotel reservations directly
with the hotel. For directions please call hotel or visit hotel website. |
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Crowne Plaza Hotel, N.J.:
2055 Lincoln Highway
Edison, NJ
08817
732-287-3500
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