Our Saturday Seminars use a "lab school" model, in which teachers and students participate in the presenter’s workshop lesson together in small groups, generally including the following: mini-lesson on writing craft, study of a mentor text, demonstration of innovative and engaging pedagogical strategies, large blocks of time for students and teachers to write, and sharing writing in small groups or whole group.
Event Schedule:
- 9:30-10:00am - Registration in front of Sweeney Hall Courtyard
- 10-10:30am - Writing Games Warm-up
- 10:30-12:30pm - Saturday Seminar lesson led by Teacher Consultant
Workshop Descriptions:
Saturday, September 29: Poetry, the Path to an Empowered Writing Life
Amy Ludwig Vanderwater has shown us that "Poems Are Teachers." Join Aeriale for an engaging morning exploring how we can integrate poetry into our daily work with young children to help them become more powerful writers in all genres.
Aeriale Johnson, Associate Director of the San Jose Area Writing Project, and a Heinemann Fellow
Saturday, October 20: Making Opinion Writing Fun
Using the right mentor text, in particular one that most teachers have in their classroom library already, can make opinion writing fun. I will show how you tie math into the lesson as well.
Lisa Rivera, SJAWP Teacher Consultant, teaches 1st grade at Kathryn Hughes Elementary School in Santa Clara Unified School District.
Saturday, November 10: Jump Into Narrative Writing By Using Your Imagination!
In this workshop, we will explore story writing strategies such as beginning, middle, and end to teach narrative writing. We will use a mentor text to physically demonstrate how the beginning, middle, and the end of the story looks before we try writing our own creation.
Jennifer Baumgartner, SJAWP Teacher Consultant, teaches 2nd grade teacher at Zanker Elementary School in Milpitas Unified School District. She loves teaching writing using Writer's Workshop and has done so for 27 years. In her spare time, she loves to travel, cook, read and write.
Adults are invited to stick around and attend our free parent university with classes on how to support your child's writing at home, or they can stay in the classroom with K-2 students, or take a morning to themselves after getting their kids to their classes.
Deals
Tuition discounts available for financial need. Please check online for details.