This workshop is geared for teachers of kindergarten and grade 1, language arts specialists, and administrators. Participants will learn how to:
- Examine the developmental stages of writing
- Explore the reading-writing connection
- Use literature and informational texts as a jumping off point for instruction
- Identify genre and purpose
- Recognize critical elements of narrative, informational, & opinion writing
- Teach age-appropriate summarization skills
- Share the power of vivid elaboration
- Introduce games for vocabulary development
- Recognize and build suspense