Building writing muscle requires lots of practice, passion, on-going assessment. Participants will review intervention strategies to aid struggling writers in developing their skills while becoming inspired to write, and to write more. A Common Core/FSS-aligned writing focus will include fiction and non-fiction writing (narrative, information/explanatory, persuasive/making claims), writing conventions, and activities that incorporate implementation of the ELA instructional shifts,. Lesson and unit development will begin with a focus evidence-based strategies that include differentiating, student peer coaching, chunking with organizers, mapping, visual strategies, oral recitation, the use of teacher feedback, and more.
Course Objectives:
- Become familiar with, and further develop, grade appropriate intervention strategies focused on effective writing interventions for struggling writers.
- Acquire and use grade appropriate strategy to differentiate with for struggling writers.
- Differentiate and scaffold for struggling writers, along with the use of effective teacher and peer feedback that builds writing muscle.
This course is 20 hours