Date January 4, 2012 Time 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Cost $25.00 Includes materials & light snack Location

1. Back by popular demand Ventura County Office of Education Stanley C. Mantooth Ventura County Superintendent of Schools Countdown to the 4th Grade State Writing Assessment: Writing Crunch Plan Refresher Workshop Presented by: Angela Elizondo Baxter  Judy Bowers  (805) 437-1346 Fax (805) 389-6478 Date January 4, 2012 Time 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Cost $25.00 Includes materials & light snack Location Conejo Rm. Conference & Educational Services Center 5100 Adolfo Rd. Camarillo, CA 93012 • Receive a detailed crunch plan to help you pace and teach effective strategies for each of the assessed genres right up to testing day. • Walk away with an armful of terrific materials and a head full of great kid-friendly strategies to boost students’ writing abilities for the state test and every other day. • Teach writing in all the content areas to maximize writing opportunities and prepare for the common core standards. • Learn writing strategies and strategic planning to create effective grouping and differentiation. • Engage all learners and shelter instruction for English learners (i.e., total physical response, chants, songs, sketching, acting out the organizational writing plan, innovative graphic organizers, sentence frames, note-taking, checking for errors, proper syntax and more)! • Utilize opportunities for content area writing and thematic teaching by creatively mapping the standards. • Revisit, refine and expand your expertise since our 2011 State Writing Workshop. Name: School/DO: Grade: Address: Phone: Email: Fax: Check/PO: Contact: Kathy Post, Sr. Secretary Curriculum & Instruction Support, CESC kpost@vcoe.org (805) 437-1344 Registration: Fax (805) 389-6478