Students write better when they control their writing. This presentation, focused on upper elementary grades, presents participants with a writing program that balances standards-based instruction with the Writers Workshop model. The five-day plan explains how to arrange time to teach grammar and spelling, district writing assessments, and Writers Workshop sessions. All the components for student writing folders, including domain/genre sheets, writers’ logs to keep track of projects, pre-writing organizers, and more will be shared.
I am a 6th grade teacher at Madison Elementary School in Riverside, California. In my 31 years teaching, I have taught 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th grades. I am also the author of three books, The Runaway Piggy/El cochinito fugitivo, A Mummy in Her Backpack/Una momia en su mochila, and... Read More →