1. Building Classroom Community
through Collaborative Activities & Projects
That Meet Common Core Standards for Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
October 20, 2012 9:00am-Noon University Hall 125, AASU
Collaboration encourages and motivates reluctant writers and readers and provides a scaffold for
independent writing and reading while developing the competence of proficient writers and readers.
Join us to learn about creating and facilitating collaborative classroom activities, lessons, and projects
• that meet Common Core State Standards in writing, reading, speaking, and listening
• that are adaptable for any K-12 grade level and any content area
• that build classroom community to promote peer respect
• that entice and include and support reluctant writers and readers
• that further develop proficient writers and readers
Lesley Roessing, Director of the Coastal Savannah Writing Project and Instructor in the College of
Education at Armstrong Atlantic State University and author of No More “Us” and “Them”: Classroom
Lessons & Activities to Promote Peer Respect (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012) will facilitate an interactive
workshop that will share literacy activities and ideas that go back to the classroom.
Space is limited, and advance registration is required.
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CSWP REGISTRATION FORM [PLEASE PRINT ALL INFORMATION]
I am registering for (check all that apply):
___ October 20 Collaborative Classroom Activities to Meet CCSS ($25/participant)
___ November 10 A Writing Is Never Finished! Revision Strategies ($25/participant)
___ December 1: Writing to Learn: Reader Response Strategies Across the Curriculum
(*$55 fee includes The Write to Read: Response Journals That Increase Comprehension)
Name _________________________________ Telephone: _____________________
E-mail ________________________________________
School _________________________________________ District ________________
Grade Level(s) _________ Content Area(s) __________________________________
Mail check, payable to CSWP—AASU, in the amount of $25/participant/workshop* to:
Coastal Savannah Writing Project; College of Education; University Hall 250;
Armstrong Atlantic State University; 11935 Abercorn Street, Savannah Georgia 31419
Direct any questions to: writing.project@armstrong.edu or 912.344.2702; Fax: 912-344-3436
Additional and updated information available on Facebook: www.facebook.com/coastalsavwp
January-April Workshops include Informative Writing, Argument Writing, and CSWP Winter Conference