1. RTM Students are WRITERS! November 9, 2010

2.  The movement to encourage “writing process” in classrooms is more than 30 years old.  It represents a shift from teaching product to process: We call it “Teach the writer, not the writing!”

3.  Writing Workshop  Writing Units of Study, and  Mentor Texts

4.  Children have choice about topic  Writer’s folders in the primary grades  Writer’s notebooks in the upper grades

5. Teachers are facilitators. The level of student engagement is VERY high.

6.  Summer 2009, “units of study”  In 2009-10 seventeen teachers piloted and trained  In 2009-10 visited other school districts

7.  Thirty-three additional teachers joined  All first grade teachers  Teammates of the piloting teachers.

8.  The time commitment to teaching this way: 45-60 minutes, 3-4 times per week

9.  All remaining grades 1-5 teachers will be using the new writing units of study in the 2011-12 school year.

10.  Children develop “vision” before their writing and re-vision processes Teachers and students study well-written examples

12. Plan Teach Model Engage

13. Students work with a similar-ability partners

14. Research Decide Compliment Teach Good recordkeeping during these conferences is essential.

15.  Share their work  Talk about their strategies  Listen to/give constructive feedback.