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Writing Partnership

Writing Partnership. A Pre-K Through University Collaboration to Improve Student Writing and Thinking Dr. Nancy Grasmick Dr. Clare Kruft. Why Focus on Writing?. Setting the context…Dr. Nancy Grasmick. Timeline…. Phase 1…………Summer development of writing wiki

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Writing Partnership

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  1. Writing Partnership A Pre-K Through University Collaboration to Improve Student Writing and Thinking Dr. Nancy Grasmick Dr. Clare Kruft

  2. Why Focus on Writing? • Setting the context…Dr. Nancy Grasmick

  3. Timeline… Phase 1…………Summer development of writing wiki Phase 2…………Course for action research to improve student writing and thinking Phase 3………….Publish the wiki and expand the writing partnership opportunities

  4. Supporting Common Core…Text-Based Evidence in Written Responses

  5. Action Research Course After literature reviews and reading strategy ideas on the Writing Partnership wiki, the third-grade team of teacher-researchers discuss possible root causes and creative interventions for encouraging their young students to deepen their support for their written ideas.

  6. Beginning Opinions as Argumentation • Helping third graders understand how using text-based evidence strengthens their arguments for a topic.

  7. Baseline Data… • Capturing baseline information for a young ESOL student

  8. Pre-Kindergarten Budding Writer! The next day after the baseline discussion of the writing interest survey, Tanzeela creates her written product.

  9. Next Steps…. Revise the wiki to make it accessible as a source of great writing instruction for wider access Present to the Academic Team leaders in BCPS to determine possibility for expansion Offer other PBC opportunities to other Maryland counties through Towson University

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