Writing Fundamentals
Selecting Units:
A typical implementation of Writing Fundamentals includes 3–5 Units of Study per classroom.
Unit choices are guided by your instructional goals, district and/or state standards,
and the passions and interests of the students and teachers.
Schoolwide's Educational Staff will gladly assist you in making your Unit selections.
Please Contact us at 1.800.261.9964 to speak with our Educational Director.
Developing a Professional Development Support Plan:
Our experienced team of literacy staff developers and independent professional development partners
support schools and districts in their implementations of Writing Fundamentals.
Please Contact us at 1.800.261.9964 to speak with our Educational Director.
Let us work with you to design a support plan that best meets your goals and needs.
Professional Development Support Services Include the following.
- Full-Day Literacy Workshops (Off Site)
Visit us Online at www.schoolwideworkshops.com for workshops in your area.
- Full-Day Workshop Presentations (On Site) Examples include:
- Launching Your Writing Workshop
- Rituals and Routines in Writing Workshop
- Utilizing Touchstone/Mentor Texts to model skills and strategies
- Examining and analyzing the Writing Process
- Conferring: Assessing student work through conferences
- On-Site Professional Development Support
Hands-on coaching, planning and demonstration modeling Typical agenda for a full day of
on-site support includes:
- Prepare and Review: The Staff Developer meets with a grade level group of teachers to discuss the focus for the day. Focus could be a particular Unit of Study, Stage of the Writing Process, Skill or Strategy. Staff Developer presents the upcoming mini-lessons highlighting the key teaching points. Teachers bring student work from previous mini-lessons. Staff Developer guides teachers on assessing students' strengths and needs.
- In-Class Demonstration Modeling: Staff Developer models mini-lessons, conferences, and/or share time in one of the grade level classrooms.
- Reflect and Plan: Teachers reflect upon the in-class demonstration and discuss observations. Staff Developer and Teachers map out mini-lessons to be covered next, project outcomes, and establish expectations.
The process above can be repeated with up to 3 groups of grade level teachers per day.
Testing Fundamentals
Selecting the Right Materials
A typical implementation of Testing Fundamentals includes 1 Whole-Group Instruction Set per classroom accompanied by one or more of the assessment components (i.e., Student Testing Packets, Whole-Group Unit Assessments and/or Small-Group Sets). Assessment selections are guided by your instructional goals and needs, existing Reading Workshop routines and structures, and district and/or state standards.
Schoolwide's Educational Staff will gladly assist you in selecting the appropriate materials for implementation. Please contact us at 1.800.261.9964 to speak with our Educational Director.
Developing a Professional Development Support Plan
Our experienced team of literacy staff developers and independent professional development partners support schools and districts in their implementations of Testing Fundamentals.
Please contact us at 1.800.261.9964 to speak with our Educational Director.
We will work with you to design a support plan that best meets your goals and needs.
Professional Development Support Services Include the following.
- Full-Day Literacy Workshops (Off Site)
Visit us Online at www.schoolwideworkshops.com for workshops in your area.
- Full-Day Workshop Presentations (On Site) Examples include:
- Introduction of Testing Fundamentals materials (What's in each Program?)
- Testing Fundamentals and Reading Workshop: How to incorporate Testing Fundamentals into your Reading Workshop
- Becoming Test Savvy: Discussion of testing vocabulary
- The Whole-Group Instruction: Examining the architecture of the Testing Fundamentals lessons
- The Units of Study: Presentation of the Testing Fundamentals Units of Study (Finding Word Meaning in Context, Literal Questions, Determining Importance, and Inferential Questions), the skills and strategies they cover, and their alignment to the state test
- Purpose and Outcomes: Modeling lessons and understanding the learning objectives
- Assessment: Utilizing the Skill Checks (Whole-Group and Small-Group) to assess student progress
- On-Site Professional Development Support
Hands-on coaching, planning and demonstration modeling Typical agenda for a full day of
on-site support includes:
- Prepare and Review: The Staff Developer meets with a grade level group of teachers to discuss the focus for the day. Focus could be a particular Unit of Study, Skill, or Strategy. Staff Developer presents the upcoming lessons highlighting the key teaching points.
- In-Class Demonstration Modeling: The Staff Developer models lessons and share time in one of the grade level classrooms.
- Reflect and Plan: Teachers reflect upon the in-class demonstration and discuss observations. The Staff Developer and teachers map out lessons to be covered next, project outcomes, and establish expectations.
The process above can be repeated with up to 3 groups of grade level teachers per day.
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