Building Skilled Writers: Research‑Aligned Strategies for K-6 Teachers *IN PERSON* facilitated by Lauren Kolbeck Szulc and Deborah Linscott-Feinstein – 8:30-2:30pm
Audience: Classroom teachers grades 1-6, reading teachers, literacy coaches, ELL teachers and administrators Unlock the research‑backed principles of effective writing instruction in this focused workshop designed for K-6 educators. Grounded in the latest literacy science-and informed by key practices drawn from The Writing Revolution and The Writing Rope-this session equips you with powerful, practical strategies for planning and teaching writing units that truly engage young writers. You’ll explore the essential components of high‑quality writing instruction, examining how foundational skills such as transcription, handwriting, and spelling support higher‑level abilities like sentence construction, paragraph development, and genre structures. Throughout the day, you’ll engage in hands‑on activities and guided practice that demonstrate how systematic, explicit instruction strengthens both linguistic and cognitive skills. You’ll learn how intentional scaffolds and carefully sequenced tasks can reduce cognitive load, enabling students to focus on the right skills at the right time and experience greater success. The workshop also highlights how to embed recursive opportunities into your yearlong writing plan so students revisit and deepen key skills over time. By the end of the session, you’ll walk away with actionable tools you can immediately apply to support confident, capable writers Eligible for 6 hours CTLE credit. If district pays, district approval must be confirmed prior to start of session.
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