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Lawrence-Day 2 Putting Writing Into Practice: Sentence Expansion, Note Taking, and Multiple Paragraph Outline Overview

Lawrence - 1104 E 1000 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66047

Register Here Drawing primarily from the work found in The Writing Revolution (Hochman & Wexler, 2017) and The Writing Rope (Sedita, 2023), participants will explore the benefits of sentence expansion, explicit note taking instruction, and the multiple paragraph outline. Teaching and practicing these strategies can help students to process what they’ve read and prepare to write...

Recommendation #3- Routinely use a set of comprehension-building practices to help students make sense of the text @Lawrence

Lawrence - 1104 E 1000 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66047

Register Here Recommendation #3- Routinely use a set of comprehension-building practices to help students make sense of the textVirtually every secondary teacher works with at least some and sometimes many, students who struggle to read on grade level. Low reading scores in these grade levels are particularly troublesome when considering that so much of the...

Recommendation #3-Routinely use a set of comprehension-building practices to help students make sense of the text @ Girard

Girard - 947 W. 47 Hwy. Girard, KS 66743

Register Here Recommendation #3-Routinely use a set of comprehension-building practices to help students make sense of the textVirtually every secondary teacher works with at least some and sometimes many, students who struggle to read on grade level. Low reading scores in these grade levels are particularly troublesome when considering that so much of the curriculum...

December -Transportation Director’s Forum

Girard - 947 W. 47 Hwy. Girard, KS 66743

Register Here An Open Forum designed to discuss current issues and the latest trends in the student transportationCost: $0 Transportation Consortium Members $30 Non Members

Day 3 – Putting Writing Into Practice: Revision, Assessing, and Summaries

Lawrence - 1104 E 1000 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66047

Register Here Drawing primarily from the work found in The Writing Revolution (Hochman & Wexler, 2017) and The Writing Rope (Sedita, 2023), participants will revisit the fundamental differences between editing and revision, dig into the effectiveness of explicit revision instruction and practice, determine an effective tool and focus for assessing student writing, and finish up...

Literacy Workshop 2 – Lawrence

Lawrence - 1104 E 1000 Rd, Lawrence, KS 66047

Register Here Content TBDPresenter: Amy HuizengaSIS Essentials, Standard, Enhanced members: FREESIS Virtual members: $75Non-SIS members: $150

Literacy Workshop 2 – Girard

Girard - 947 W. 47 Hwy. Girard, KS 66743

Register Here Content TBDPresenter: Amy HuizengaSIS Essentials, Standard, Enhanced members: FREESIS Virtual members: $75Non-SIS members: $150