Write to Read webinars - March 2021: Supporting schools in the DEIS context

Literacy in the Classroom

Free Webinars

From DCU’s Institute of Education Write to Read Project

Supporting Teachers in Literacy

Following the great success of our first Write to Read Webinar on 1st March (first in a Series of 3), we welcome new participants to register for Webinar 2 and 3. These will take place on Monday 8th March and 22nd March. 

Writing Workshop: Engaging Children as Writers 

Write to Read is a research initiative designed to support schools to improve children’s motivation and engagement in literacy and to raise literacy levels. It is particularly focused on supporting schools in the DEIS context. This series of webinars will focus on the teaching and assessment of writing in First to Sixth classes through a writing workshop approach.  It will be of particular interest and relevance to teachers who are keen to develop children as writers across a range of genres while also balancing attention to essential skills in writing.  

Engage with expert facilitators each of whom are teachers with significant experience teaching in the DEIS context and who are currently implementing a writing workshop approach in their own classrooms and supporting Write to Read partner schools in doing so. Experience examples of approaches to teaching and assessment of writing and consider implications for your school and classroom context.

This series of Write to Read Webinars are running in conjunction with Drumcondra EC, Cork ESC, Carrick-on-Shannon EC and Sligo EC.

The Webinars will include:

Webinar 1: Engaging Children as Writers: Getting Started on Writing Workshop

·       Key messages from research: What matters in the teaching of writing?   

·       Nuts and bolts: Key considerations for setting up and implementing a successful writing workshop

·       Structure of a writing workshop: Video clips of writing workshop in action

·       Formative assessment: effective conferences with children

Webinar 2: Engaging Children as Writers: Successful Mini-lessons

·       Designing mini-lessons in a writing workshop

·       Focus: Lifting the quality of narrative writing through craft mini-lessons

·       Using assessment to inform mini-lessons

·       Planning for writing in the Primary Language curriculum

Webinar 3: Engaging Children as Writers: Craft Mini-lessons for Writing Genres 

·       Teaching mini-lessons across genres

·       Transferring craft skills to report writing

·       Planning for writing in the Primary Language curriculum

Webinars Dates:

Monday 1^st March 3.15 – 4.15pm

Monday 8^th March 3.15- 4.15pm

Monday 22^nd March 3.15 - 4.15pm

Following the great success of our first Write to Read Webinar on 1st March (first in a Series of 3), we welcome new participants to register for Webinar 2 and 3. These will take place on Monday 8th March and 22nd March. 

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