Professional Development for Estes Elementary School

Professional Development for Estes Elementary School

Dr. Pam Petty
http://www.pampetty.com

Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Instructional Programs,
Division of Literacy, at Western Kentucky University

Professional Development - 4-Blocks - July 30, 2003

Vocabulary Development!!! Frayer Model is an adaptation of the concept map

January 6, 2003

Writing

Writing in the Classroom	http://www.wku.edu/Dept/Academic/AHSS/English/WritingProject/reswrit.htm
Resources, Lesson Plans and Activities for KINDERGARTENS	The Write Source
K-3 Resources	writing - paragraph construction
Children's Literature	Writing Links For Students
Author Sites	Writing Links for Teachers
Story Page	Harcourt Grammar Glossary
Learning Resources Graphic Organizers	Integrating the Internet
Create Vocabulary Worksheets On-line. Make your own Vocabulary Worksheets!	Road to Reading
Writing in the Classroom	Rubric, Rubrics, Teacher Rubric Makers
OurTimeLines.com - Create Timeline	http://www.pampetty.com/cwonline.htm
Creating Writers with Creative Writing	Professional Resources for Writing
Literature-Based Writing	Pigs in Our Language (creative "piggy-back" writing)
Sharpen Your Child's Writing Skills	KET On-Demand Writing (download prior to 17Jan03)
Graphic Organizers	Writing Process
English Language Arts Writing Instructional Philosophy and Teaching Suggestions	Write-On! The Writer's Workshop!

Resources for Teachers as Writers

Questions to Address:

What is kindergarten’s role in writing?

What should students be doing at each grade level regarding writing?

How often should students at each grade level be writing?

every day - without exception

NCTE Elementary Section Literacy Workshop Chart

How do you build a writing program?

Write Source Writing Topics

How do you implement peer-to-peer conferencing?

How do teachers build their confidence for implementing writing in the classroom?

How do we teach children to develop voice in their writing?

How do you effectively conference with students? What are some techniques for conferencing with 2^nd and 3^rd graders?

Writing Conference Form

Explain the use of the Socratic method in the writing process.

Do you have some writing samples to share?

Please address apathy for at-risk and the effect on the writing process. Suggestions?

Different strategies for open-response questions (basically we use the four column method)

http://www.fno.org/sept96/questions.html

Strategies for making writing exciting.

Other Resources of Interest

Web Sites that Focus on WORD PLAY

Vocabulary Cartoons

Word Find Puzzles

foggy on ~ puzzles ~ Hink Pink

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