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