Reading and Writing Workshops in Missoula
Presenter: Ann Ellsworth
Location: Montec Building, 1121 East Broadway, Missoula, MT
Dates: November 2 and November 9, 2018
Times: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Registration: $99 each or $175 for both workshops
6 OPI renewal units per day
Lunch on your own
Readers’ Workshop (Nov. 2, 2018):
Building Literacy Learning: Exploring Options for Differentiation
Grade Levels: K-4
Course ID: 18551005
Description: This active-learning workshop will address how to incorporate phonemic awareness, print understandings, and word-building activities within the reader’s workshop model. We will discuss structuring and organizing the classroom, mini-lesson topics and delivery, book selection practices, and options to track students’ progress. The goal of this workshop, as we explore options and possibilities to accelerate student reading development, is how each teacher can work within the workshop framework to make it “right” for him or her.
Writing Workshop (Nov. 9, 2018):
Engaging reluctant writers who can’t, won’t or don’t
Grade levels: K-8
Course ID: 18551006
Description: This session focuses on how classroom teachers can develop students’ writing skills, with a particular emphasis on how to meet the needs of those who can’t, won’t, or don’t write. Exploring how to change attitudes about writing with five teacher-tested techniques along with engaging activities that empower developing writers serves as the bedrock of this workshop. Participants can expect to leave with numerous ideas that will infuse energy into their existing writing curriculum—ideas that creatively use mentor texts and which can be used across grade levels and with students of varying abilities. An added component is to learn about three strategies that all writers can use as they upgrade their first draft into a better, polished version.
About the presenter:
Ann Ellsworth has taught in elementary and secondary schools in Wisconsin and Montana, and has led reading and writing professional development workshops across Montana and the Midwest. She was awarded the 2016 Montana Reading Teacher of the Year, and was a finalist for two national teaching awards. Presently she works with teacher candidates at Montana State University-Bozeman and as an instructor for WMPLC. She has served as editor of the MONTANA STATE READING JOURNAL and is working with a publisher on a book on how to improve student writing.
Register at: https://goo.gl/forms/NNTsMi9C5aj84pTF2
Presenter: Ann Ellsworth
Location: Montec Building, 1121 East Broadway, Missoula, MT
Dates: November 2 and November 9, 2018
Times: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Registration: $99 each or $175 for both workshops
6 OPI renewal units per day
Lunch on your own
Readers’ Workshop (Nov. 2, 2018):
Building Literacy Learning: Exploring Options for Differentiation
Grade Levels: K-4
Course ID: 18551005
Description: This active-learning workshop will address how to incorporate phonemic awareness, print understandings, and word-building activities within the reader’s workshop model. We will discuss structuring and organizing the classroom, mini-lesson topics and delivery, book selection practices, and options to track students’ progress. The goal of this workshop, as we explore options and possibilities to accelerate student reading development, is how each teacher can work within the workshop framework to make it “right” for him or her.
Writing Workshop (Nov. 9, 2018):
Engaging reluctant writers who can’t, won’t or don’t
Grade levels: K-8
Course ID: 18551006
Description: This session focuses on how classroom teachers can develop students’ writing skills, with a particular emphasis on how to meet the needs of those who can’t, won’t, or don’t write. Exploring how to change attitudes about writing with five teacher-tested techniques along with engaging activities that empower developing writers serves as the bedrock of this workshop. Participants can expect to leave with numerous ideas that will infuse energy into their existing writing curriculum—ideas that creatively use mentor texts and which can be used across grade levels and with students of varying abilities. An added component is to learn about three strategies that all writers can use as they upgrade their first draft into a better, polished version.
About the presenter:
Ann Ellsworth has taught in elementary and secondary schools in Wisconsin and Montana, and has led reading and writing professional development workshops across Montana and the Midwest. She was awarded the 2016 Montana Reading Teacher of the Year, and was a finalist for two national teaching awards. Presently she works with teacher candidates at Montana State University-Bozeman and as an instructor for WMPLC. She has served as editor of the MONTANA STATE READING JOURNAL and is working with a publisher on a book on how to improve student writing.
Register at: https://goo.gl/forms/NNTsMi9C5aj84pTF2