Mary Jane Grissman, Director
Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc.
125 N. Superior Street, PO Box 1855
Appleton, WI  54912-1855
Phone: 920-734-7101
Fax
: 920-734-7161

e-mail:
mgrissman@foxcitieschamber.com
           
www.christamcauliffeacademy.com
July 14-18, 2008

  STATEWIDE ACADEMIES

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Chiwaukee Academy
Kenosha/Racine Area
August 11-15, 2008
 

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Christa McAuliffe Academy
Appleton Area
July 14-18, 2008
 

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Cray Academy
Chippewa Falls Area
July 4-7, 2008

 

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Gitche Gumee Academy
Ashland Area
July 28-August 1, 2008
 

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John Muir Academy
Verona Area
July 28-August 1, 2008
 

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Northwoods Academy
Rhinelander Area
August 4-8, 2008
 

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Sally Ride Academy
West Allis Area/June 23-27, 2008
Waukesha Area
/July 14-18, 2008
Grafton Area
/July 28-August 1, 2008
Fond du Lac Area
/August 11-15, 2008

 

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Star Academy
River Falls Area
July 29-August 1, 2008
 

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Washburn Academy
Holmen Area/July 14-18, 2008
Onalaska Area
/July 28-August 1, 2008
 

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WASDI


THE READING/WRITING CONNECTION: WRITING WORKSHOP

INSTRUCTOR(S): Jenni Gries, Park Elementary
GRADE LEVEL: K-2
 

The Writing Workshop will focus on the Units of Study For Primary Writers: A Yearlong Curriculum written by Lucy Calkins.  The units of study include Launching the Workshop, Small Moments: Personal Narratives, Writing for Readers: Teaching Skills and Strategies, Craft of Revision, Authors as Mentors, Nonfiction: Procedures and Reports, and Poetry: Powerful Thoughts in Tiny Packages.  Participants will learn how to write strategic mini-lessons, confer with students, assess student writing, and plan monthly units of study.  This course will offer organizational techniques to develop a structured workshop so your students are writing independently while you are conferring.  The participants will be actively involved in creating materials as a necessary resource to launch the workshop in the fall.

This course will "connect" with the Reader's Workshop course.  Participants will have the opportunity to meet with the other participants to discuss the balanced literacy connections.