Standards and Assessment

2015

2015 MWP & DOE Saturday Sessions Workshop Series: Digging Deeper into the ELA Standards
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Saturday, January 10: Academic Focus: How do we connect ELA standards to state writing tests?
Saturday, February 7: Interest-Driven Focus: How do we write argumentation and blend genres?
Saturday, March 14: Production Centered Focus: How do we utilize technology to produce and publish with our students?

2014

2014 MWP & DOE Saturday Sessions Workshop Series: Teaching for Justice and Equity within the Common Core
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Session 1: What is a social justice approach to teaching literacy?
Session 2: How do teachers incorporate themes of justice and equity into their subjects while meeting the CCSS?
Session 3: How do teachers respond successfully to the challenges of incorporating a social justice approach to teaching?

2013

2013 MWP & DOE Saturday Sessions Workshop Series: Using Media to Enhance Common Core (CCSS) & MN ELA

(Workshop Flyer)

Workshop #1: January 26sth, 2013 -- Media Common Core Boys Literacy
Workshop #2: February 23rd, 2013 -- Nonfiction Genres of Media Composition
Workshop #3: March 9th, 2013 -- Media Common Core Social Justice

2012

2012 MWP and DOE Fall Workshop: Sharing Lessons & Resources around Minnesota American Indians Saturday, September 29th (Workshop Flyer)

2012 MWP & DOE Saturday Sessions Workshop Series: ELA Standards in Action

(Workshop Flyer)

Workshop #1: January 21st, 2012 -- Explanatory and Informative Writing
Workshop #2: February 11th, 2012 -- Persuasive and Argumentative Writing
Workshop #3: March 31st, 2012 -- Narrative, Poetry, and Multigenre Writing

2011

2011 MWP & DOE Second Saturdays Workshop Series (Workshop Flyer)

Workshop #1: January 8th, 2011 -- Best Practices in Implementing the 2010 ELA WRITING Standards
Workshop #2: February 12th, 2011 -- Best Practices in Implementing ELA MEDIA Standards
Workshop #3: March 12th, 2011 -- Best Practices in Implementing ELA standards for DIVERSE LEARNERS
Workshop #4: May 14th, 2011 -- Best Practices in Implementing Literacy in Science Standards

2011 Fall Workshop: Enriching Our Classrooms with the Works of Minnesota American Indians Saturday, September 24th (Workshop Flyer)