Ashley Blancard, Gail DiNuzzo, Helena Lynch, Rebecca Marshall, Amanda Stull

 Please help yourself to a yummy cookie before we begin

 Getting to know you! COOKIEQUESTION Oreo Drop If you were given ten thousand dollars today, what would you spend it on? Hershey Kiss If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? White and Milk Chocolate Chip If you could wish one thing to come true this year, what would it be and why? Chocolate Log If you could talk to anyone in the world past or present, who would it be and why? Peanut Butter If money and time were no object, what would you be doing right now? M&M If you could live in any time period it history, when would it be and why?

 What do believe are qualities of a joyful, affective Writer’s Workshop?  Avon Grove School District Writing Beliefs We Believe…  In building a strong community of writers who engage in daily, joyful writing in an encouraging atmosphere.  Writing is a recursive process and should be purposeful and authentic.  Writing should be taught and practiced daily.  Writing should be integrated across the content areas.  Writing develops and demonstrates critical thinking.  Writing instruction should be explicit and grounded in best practice  Writing should be scaffold across the grade levels.  Writing instruction should provide students opportunities to write for a variety of purposes and audiences.  Instruction should include student choice and application to real life.

 The process of Writer’s Workshop lends itself perfectly to collaboration and the GRR model  Mini Lessons  Independent Writing  Conferencing  Sharing

 Through active engagement you will experience and understand the benefits of using collaboration in Writer’s Workshop  When you leave today we hope you will be able to incorporate collaborative activities into the components of your Writer’s Workshop

I see trees of green Red roses too I see them bloom For me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world I see skies of blue And clouds of white The bright blessed day And the dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow So pretty in the sky Are also on the faces Of the people passing by I see friends shaking hands Saying “How do you do?” They’re really saying, “I love you” I hear babies cry I watch them grow They’ll learn much more Then I’ll ever know And I think to myself What a wonderful world Yes, I think to myself What a wonderful world.

 How do you see this collaboration working to engage the students fully?  How could you utilize this collaboration in your writing classroom?  How does this sample lesson fit into the GRR model/Planning time?  GRR Thinking and Planning Map

 Write an adjective to describe your learning today  Write an insight of the process of planning for learning that you experienced today  A question or wondering you might have