NNWP
College of Education
Mailstop 288
Univ. of Nevada-Reno
Reno, Nevada 89557

Phone: 775-784-1161
Fax: 775-784-4758

Back by Popular Demand!  Experimening with Expository Writing Across Content Areas

Course Details: In this interactive course, teachers will have an opportunity to learn strategies that support instruction of expository writing as well as experiment with the genre as a tool for classroom learning. This course is open to grades 6-12 teachers in all content areas who are willing to try expository writing strategies in their classrooms.

Intended audience: 6 - 12th grade teachers
Credits: 1 recertification credit
Cost: $25

To register: http://www.solutionwhere.com/wcsdregistration/cw/main.asp

When: September 13, October 19, November 22, December 13, January 10, 4:00– 7:00 p.m.
Where: 380-A Edison Way, North Training Room (Driving Directions)
Lead Instructors: Carol Gebhardt and Kim Cuevas, NNWP Co-Directors

Just Posted! Sign up Fast!  Alphabet Books Across the Curriculum

Course Details: Need a really fresh and creative start this fall? Launch the new school year with Karen McGee, one of our most energetic and wonderful presenters and class coordinators. Learn how to organize information using the structure of the alphabet. After seeing several demonstrations across the curriculum, teachers will write and present to the group a lesson they would teach in their own classrooms at a later time.

Intended audience: K-8th grade teachers
Credits: 1 recertification credit
Cost: $25

To register: http://www.solutionwhere.com/wcsdregistration/cw/main.asp

When: Tuesdays and a Saturday, September 14, 18, 21 and 28, 2010, 4:00– 8:15 p.m.
Where: Beck Elementary, room 3 (Driving Directions)
Lead Instructors:  Karen McGee, NNWP Teacher Consultant

Another Great Year Ahead!  Content Area Literacy Instruction

Course Details: Content Area Literacy Instruction is a year-long opportunity for teachers to learn more about helping struggling readers and writers in their content-area classrooms by employing high-quality Tier I instruction. Teachers will meet monthly to learn and apply strategies for teaching academic vocabulary, learn and apply strategies for differentiating reading and writing instruction for struggling, average, and advanced students, and participate in online, collegial discussions.

Intended audience: 4 - 12th grade teachers
Credits: 1 recertification credit
Cost: $25

To register: http://www.solutionwhere.com/wcsdregistration/cw/main.asp

When: Wednesdays, September 15, October 20, November 15, December 17, January 26, February 9, March 6, April 20, 4:00– 6:00 p.m.
Where: 380-A Edison Way, North Training Room (Driving Directions)
Lead Instructors: Kim Cuevas, NNWP Co-Director

Revised Course!  The Basics: Setting Up for Success with Narrative/Memoir Writing

Course Details: Building a strong writing foundation begins before 5th grade. Our fifth grade writing examinations almost always prompt students to write a passage that is narrative in nature. In this course, we will provide a basic framework to facilitate narrative writing strategies (the basics) such as a traits overview, connections to the writing process, and elements of writing. We will also use two of Ralph Fletcher’s books (How to Write Your Life Story and Marshfield Dreams) to explore the advice an actual author gives students when they are writing to narrative prompts or longer memoirs. Teachers will craft classroom resource book for reference while teachings specific skills necessary for strong narrative writing and narrative passages and using Fletcher’s wise advice that can be shared with their classes. Click here to access the webpage of online resources used by this class.

Intended audience: K - 8th grade teachers
Credits: 1 recertification credit
Cost: $25

To register: http://www.solutionwhere.com/wcsdregistration/cw/main.asp

When: Thursdays, September 23, 30 October 7 and 14, 2010, 4:00– 8:15 p.m.
Where: Robert Mitchell Elementary, room 3 (Driving Directions)
Lead Instructors:  Julie Leimbach and Kelly Nott, NNWP Teacher Consultants

Back by Popular Demand!  6 by 6: Traits Writing for Little Writers

Course Details: During this “6 by 6: Traits Writing for Little Writers” inservice, teachers will learn to conceptualize the traits for the youngest writers. Using the idea of conceptualization, teachers will take part in learning many new lesson ideas they can apply in their own classrooms. Teachers will be assisted in writing their own traits-focused lessons, with appropriate literature tie-ins, for students in grades K-3. Teachers will present the lessons they write and have them posted on WritingFix.com. Click here to access the webpage of online resources used by this class.

Intended audience: K - 3rd grade teachers
Credits: 1 recertification credit
Cost: $25

To register: http://www.solutionwhere.com/wcsdregistration/cw/main.asp

When: Thursdays, September 30, October 7, 14, and 21, 2010, 4:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Where: Melton ES, Room B-10 (Driving Directions)
Lead Instructors:  Traci Mendoza, NNWP Teacher Consultant and Contributing Teacher to the "6 by 6" Traits Guide.

One Final Offering of this Popular Class!  Writing Across the Curriculum Techniques: Wacky We-Search and Deeper Student Thinking

Course Details: Writing is a tool that can (and should) be used in every classroom, no matter what the content. Students who can write about what they’ve learned are able to show their teachers exactly how deep they understand the topic. Well-crafted writing across the curriculum lessons and prompts help teachers find ways to make students think deeply about topics while showing what they understood about the day’s lesson.Come explore enjoyable ways to assign writing a cross the curriculum tasks, using Barry Lane’s 51 Wacky We-Search Reports and the NNWP’s Going Deep with Compare & Contrast Guide. Participants will each get a complimentary copy of both these excellent resources when they complete the course. Click here to access the webpage of online resources used by this class.

Intended audience: 3rd - 12th grade teachers
Credits: 1 recertification credit
Cost: $25

To register: http://www.solutionwhere.com/wcsdregistration/cw/main.asp

When: Mondays, October 11, 18, 25, November 8 and 15, 2010, 4:15 – 7:30 p.m.
Where: 380 Edison Way, North Training Room (Driving Directions)
Lead Instructors:  Denise Boswell, NNWP's HistoryFix Coordinator, and Corbett Harrison, NNWP's Technology Liaison.

Brand New Course!  Kindergarten Writer's Workshop

Course Details: During the class, participants will become familiar with Jodie Black's Writer’s Workshop methods by using her guide, “Start to Write.” Teachers will learn about very young writers journaling and workshop. Many writing genres will be introduced with methods for teaching them successfully to kindergartners. Teachers will be asked to try these methods in their own classrooms and report successes. First and second grade teachers are welcome to join us too!

Intended audience: K - 2nd grade teachers
Credits: 1 recertification credit
Cost: $25

To register: http://www.solutionwhere.com/wcsdregistration/cw/main.asp

When: October 20, 27, November 3 and 10, 4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Where: Melton ES, Room K-1 (Driving Directions)
Lead Instructors:  Jodie Black, NNWP Teacher Consultant and Coordinator of the "6 by 6" Traits Guide.

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