Writing Committee January 22-23, 2020

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OHMS ELA-Social Studies Writing Session 

January 22 & 23, 2020

Creating “User Friendly” Writing Rubrics & TIDE Tools

AGENDA

 

WHAT TO BRING

  • Your computer
  • Lesson plans- Regular ed writing component
  • Lesson plans- Intervention writing component 
  • Special Ed students list identified by needs 
  • Student Grades-Live grades access
  • Releasing Writers Textbook- SRSD

RATIONALE & OVERVIEW

  • The WVDE writing rubric is too verbose and needs to be made user friendly
  • The SRDS TIDE scaffolding tool needs to be edited to work best in middle school

WORK SESSION

  • Create workable documents on WVDE Rubrics for ELA, Social Studies, & Science writing
  • Customize TIDE template for OHMS

SUPPORT 

  • Follow through
  • Common language, expectation, and tools
  • This Writing Committee will work to train co-curricular areas on writing with these tools
  • The team will share the importance of writing across the curriculum
  • ELA and Social Studies will work together to best use the tools created today.
  • The Intervention Period will make use of the tools created today to improve writing
  • The specialist and Writing Team members will monitor and support usage through walk throughs, lesson plan checks, and PLC conversations.

Published by gsumner3rd

Curriculum Education Specialist