1. Establishing a Community

2. Classroom Environment
Packet – CS 2
Attitude
Room Arrangement
Systems/Guidelines

3. Structures & Routines
“If I locked my students in my classroom and stood outside the door, what could they learn about writing without me even being there?” (Katie Ray, CS5)
Time
Instructional Structure & Routines (CS7)
Material Resources (CS8)
Shift from: What can students learn? To: What can students learn from?

4. Katie Wood Ray, The Writing Workshop
How We Live In Our Rooms
Everyone is a Writer!
Read & highlight CS 9 – 10
Katie Wood Ray, The Writing Workshop

5. Group Discussion
What are your thoughts about Katie’s perspective on how teachers should live in their classrooms?
What are some ways that your classroom is currently inviting students to be a part of a community of writers?
What are some ideas that you may try in your class to make it more inviting to students to become a community of writers?