Saturday: Dive into Writing

8:10-8:30 Welcome Registration

8:30-9:00 Keynote

9:00- 10:30- The Essentials of Workshop: What all readers and writers need to grow

Group 1: Foundations of Workshop

• Big ideas of workshop

• Mini Lessons: Teaching with Brevity & Clarity

Group 2: Next Steps in Workshop

• Being flexible with the framework: Alternative ways to structure our workshop time

• Mini Lesson Teaching Moves: Going deeper with demo writing, studying mentor texts, & setting up mini lessons with an inquiry stance

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:15 Leveraging the Heart of Workshop

Group 1: Foundations

• Independent Writing

• Conferring with Writers

• Toolkits to get started

Group 2: Next Steps

• Next steps in conferring with writers

• Maximizing our Time: Managing small groups & conferences

• Building toolkits

12:15-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30 Feedback to Feedforward in the Writers Workshop

(K-2 Group & 3-5 Group)

• Collecting & analyzing writing

• Taking Action: Writing Small Groups

2:30- 2:45 Break

2:45- 4:00 Critical Literacy Components-- (Workshop’s not the whole of literacy)

& Choice Sessions

• Overview of responsive literacy methods

• Choice Sessions

  • 20 min choice sessions around the literacy topics that matter most in international schools

Sunday: Dive into Reading

8:30-10:00 What Matters Most for Reading Instruction

(K-2 Group & 3-5 Group)

• Reading development

• Progression of development & text complexity

• Assessing readers

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:45 Building a Rich & Agentic Reading Workshop

(K-2 Group & 3-8 Group)

• Text selection

• Environment

• Independent reading

• Writing & talking about reading

11:45-12:30 Lunch

12:30-2:00 Working Smarter Not Harder- Seeing & Responding to Trends through

Small Groups

• Foundations- Small Groups

  • Types & structures of small groups: Guided Reading, Word Study, Strategy Lessons

  • Planning small groups for your learners

• Next Steps - Small Groups

  • Next level ideas for adjusting & crafting small groups to specific needs

  • Planning with purpose: planning and orchestrating small groups with our goals in mind

2:00-2:30 Celebration and Charge Ahead