Category: CRWP
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Learn with National Writing Projects of Michigan this Summer!
Join us in the Summer of 2021 for Youth Camps and Professional Development Events With the summer months nearing, National Writing Project sites across Michigan are sharing their upcoming youth camps and professional development events. Please use the calendars below to find dates, times, and links to registration pages for various sessions from multiple NWP sites, or copy…
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Diverse Texts in the Classroom – Session #6 of the CRWP 2020-21 Webinar Series
In our February webinar, two of our teacher consultants Ana Contreras (@AnaContrerasENG) of Harper College and Angela Berent (@a_berent) of Grass Lake Public Schools presented an experience they had sharing diverse texts and doing social justice units in their classroom. Both teachers were inspired by reading Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zarretta Hammond…
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Digital Writers’ Notebooks – Session #5 of the CRWP 2020-21 Webinar Series
In our January webinar, Chippewa River Writing Project teacher consultant and Springport High School teacher Becky Schwartz (@RSchwartz702) shared her feelings about moving into remote and hybrid learning, and one key adaptation that she made: a digital writer’s notebook for her writers. Weaving in some Pear Deck interactivity to her session, Becky then provided a…
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The New York Times Learning Network: Session #4 of the CRWP 2020-21 Webinar Series
In our webinar on December 15, 2020, Chippewa River Writing Project teacher consultant and Okemos High School teacher Dr. Sharon Murchie (@smurchies) talked about her work with The New York Times Learning Network. Dr. Murchie’s presentation slides with all of these links can be found here. Dr. Murchie started us off by letting us know…
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Strategies for Asynchronous and Synchronous Instruction in Elementary Grades: Session #3 of the CRWP 2020-21 Webinar Series
In our webinar on November 17, 2020, North Branch Elementary School teacher — and one of CRWP’s newest teacher consultants — Lyndsay Young discusses strategies you can use with your kids for both whole class, real time teaching as well as solo, any time learning opportunities. A master of active learning strategies with technology, Lynsday…
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Using Break Out Rooms Effectively in the Writing Classroom: Session #2 of the CRWP 2020-21 Webinar Series
In our October 20, 2020 webinar, Chippewa River Writing Project director and Central Michigan University professor Dr. Troy Hicks (@hickstro) presented ideas on how to use break out rooms effectively. Dr. Hicks challenged us not to worry or think about what meeting platform we are using, but how we want to use our breakout rooms. …