BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Events Booking BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6addd18eb3cee SUMMARY:26C\, 6655\, Empowering Writers\, K-1 Getting Ready to Write DESCRIPTION: Format:  CODE Audience:  K-1 Teachers Area :  Writing\, ELA Grade Span:  K-1 Location:  Online Sponsor :  HGRESA &\; Empowering Writers Presenter: Contact Hours: WHEN:  On-Demand\, Professional Development Training via this Getting Ready to Write Workshop is available online and on-demand\, to w atch now\, on your own time. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:  Age-appropriate\, in structional tools to effectively teach your youngest (K-1) students the fo undational skills they need to become strong writers.  You’ll be introd uced to the developmental stages of writing\, learn to teach your students how to identify genre and author’s purpose\, and develop the foundation al skills of narrative\, informational and opinion writing.  Through this training\, you will gain confidence in your writing instruction\, and dev elop the writing/reading connection for your students across all content a reas.  HOW THE TRAINING BREAKS OUT: Part 1– Genre and Organization – Creating the Writing/Reading Connection  Understanding EW’s Me thodology and How it Creates Writing Success Recognizing Genre and Autho r’s Purpose (e.g.\, Informational vs. Narrative genre\; inform vs. enter tain purpose) Summarizing Text Inspiring Rich Vocabulary Development Part 2– Foundational Skills for Narrative Writing Identifying S tory-Critical Elements Worthy of Description Engaging the Five Senses to Create Vivid Elaboration Generating Elaborative Detail Exploring “W hat Do Feelings Look Like?” Crafting Suspenseful Segments Part 3 – Foundational Skills of Informational and Opinion Writing Sorting Details for Informational Writing Creating Diagrams to Inform Writing Informational Sentences Exploring Opinion Writing Summarizing Opinion Pieces Recap of Today’s Learning – Foundational Writing Skills for K -1 Students and Teachers BONUS Training (Recorded) – The Development al Stages of Writing.  This pre-recorded instructional session features EW’s Master Educators providing you with a deeper dive into the stages o f writing.  It also includes a PowerPoint presentation that highlights ke y aspects of this learning.  __________________________________________ ____________________   WHAT YOU GET:  6 hours of K-1 Getting Rea dy to Write instruction (taught by Master Educators) Certificate of Att endance for 6-hours of Professional Development Online Access to the Re cording of this Live Zoom Workshop: 14-days of online access available  Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your succes s through virtual teacher talks\, online chat Q&\;A\, webinar trainings and much more! Register Today for immediate online access to this valua ble\, on-demand writing instruction.   Workshop Requirements:  Each participant is required to have the corresponding Empowering Writers ’ teaching manual (digital guide or printed manual) for this K-1 writing workshop.  If you don’t have it\, don’t worry!  You may add the EW teaching manual (in either digital or printed form) to your registration.   The Printed Manual is available through the bookstore and will be sh ipped promptly to your location of choice. Printed Activity Cards are al so available and can be used to further enhance your K-1 writing instructi on and engage your young students. Remember that your Empowering Writ ers’ digital guide includes a school year Hub license that delivers digi tal teaching resources for a year of K-1 writing instruction. The Hub allo ws for easy\, online access to your K-1 guide\, along with a wealth of don e-for-you resources and teach-it tools to access online for an entire yea r from date of purchase.   Teachers love the EW Hub for their writing i nstruction!   LOCATION:Online DTSTART:20251001T040000Z DTEND:20270630T040000Z DTSTAMP:20251001T222340Z ORGANIZER;CN=HGRESA Registration:MAILTO:eventbooking@hgresa.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR