Opening the doors to literacy.
An affiliate of
Washington Organization for Reading Development and
International Reading Association

Getting Ready
to Take You 
to Exciting Places
in 2013-2014!


Save the Dates:
  • Jan. 23 
  • Feb. 27
  • April 24
  • May 15
  • June 14


Conversation with Teacher Friends, Part II
and
The Best in New Books for Teaching Common Core Standards”

  Join us for our Annual “Chocolate Buffet” while gaining insights to CCS

  June 14, 2014   

Keynote  9:00- 10:00  ESD

Session I    10:15-12:15   Teachers with work samples, Jonathan Aldanese, facilitater

Lunch  12:15-1:00 

 Session II:   1:00-3:30pm  Kathy Egawa, Andrea Smith

Seattle University

Administration Bldg #307

901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
 
Special Keynote:  ESD presentation on new Smarter Balanced Assessments
and teacher evaluation system
Session I:

  • Interactive participation with student work samples for CCS lessons
  • Use skill continuums to analyze student performance for persuasive, expository and narrative reading and writing skills
  • Try out a grade level performance task to apply reading and writing CCs skills
  • Analyze student samples to create rubrics for skill acquisition
Session II

  • Demonstration of how to use a text set, or complex text selection across a week
  • Previews of new award winning fiction, non-fiction, persuasive, poetry and other genre books
  • Use presented books, or bring own, and with template plan Close Reading or Shared Reading sessions across a week
Fee:  All Seattle Reading Council members free*

*$25 Membership available through on-line registration process

Last minute decision to attend? - Pay membership at the door

  • As a literacy advocacy organization we support Page Ahead and Team Read.  Consider bringing a new book to add to our donation basket!
  • Door Prizes and Wonderful Chocolate Buffet (Please, bring you own additional snacks)
Difficulty in registering contact:  Andrea Smith   arsmith49@gmail.com