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The Teacher’s Role
Presented By:
Cynthia Bailey
Helen Lykke-Wisler
Objective
Participants will understand the
4 roles of a teacher during
writer’s workshop.
Understanding will support
structure and planning for the
writer’s workshop.
Today’s AgendaTeacher as Planner
Teacher as Model
Teacher as Coach
Teacher as Assessor
Teacher as PlannerRoom Set Up:
• Materials
• Schedules
• Designated Work Areas
One way to track Status of the Class…
On your clipboard…Student Name Prewritin
g
Writing Editing Revisin
g
Editin
g
Revisin
g
Publishin
g
SharingStatus of the Class
Long-Term Planning
What genres will you teach?
When will you teach these genres?
How will you teach these genres?
How will you incorporate the six traits?
Show year long plan
Helen’s Year-Long Plan August •Launching Writer's Workshop •writing process •review of 6 traits
September •Memoir •Mentor Author: Patricia Polocco •Trait Focus: Ideas and
Content/Organization/Voice/Conventions
Getting to Know Your StudentsInterest inventories (pages 5-6)
Baseline assessments
assessment for learning/teaching
using a rubric
Student/teacher correspondence
Getting Started…
Introduce the writing process
• Writing cycle
• Building stamina
• Songs and chants
Teacher as ModelTeacher models his/her own writing and
thinking process
Non-models
Writing buddies
Sharing writing (author’s chair, peer
conferences, read-arounds)
How to Use Your Resources
Posters
Graphic organizers
Children’s literature
Teachers As Coaches How children internalize the qualities of writing:
I hear about it
I see it when you point it out
I can recognize it myself in someone else’s work and appreciate it
I can try it on my own
I can use it successfully
Teacher as Coach: Small Group
ConferencingWhat do we want each student to
learn?
How will we know when each student has learned it?
How will we respond when a student experiences difficulty in learning?
How will we respond when the students experience success?
Teacher as Coach: Techniques for Small Group ConferencingCompliment and connect
Introduce a teaching point
Coach while the students are with you
Link the work to the writing process
Peer as Coach
Peer conferencing
procedure
checklist(s)
Teachers As Assessors Think through and identify important target
skills and strategies to assess
Make expectations and criteria for assessment clear to student
Enhance students’ understanding of the elements of good writing
Nudge children to grow as writers
Teacher as AssessorRubrics and checklists for students to
use
peer assessment
self assessment
Using Assessments to Form
Needs-Based GroupsUse observational checklists to focus
on a particular skill
Use feedback from student self-
assessment to focus on a particular
skill
Use scores on rubrics to form needs-
based groups
3, 2, 1+1On your graphic organizer, please list:
3 things you learned today
2 things you’d like to try
1 question you still have
+1 thing you might need in order to get started
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