Co-Teacher Plan!!

For my co-teacher plan I have partnered my sister who is an editor for a publishing company downtown. I have also partnered with a teaching partner and we are going to incorporate editing techniques provided through my sister throughout the school year to help guide the students to learn how to write, create and be independent when working on portfolio pieces and other creative needs. 

Contact Information:
Heather Churchman
Communications Specialist
Convergys Corporation

201 E. 4th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
p: 513-723-4940
e: heather.i.churchman@convergys.com

     My sister and I have discussed including writing examples that she has created before and really looking at the beginning piece and the final piece and making a visual chart that the students can use to help guide them as they are creating and writing in their classroom.  This will be a project we can work on throughout the year.  I have also enlisted another teacher within my building to help me who will be teaching writing to our students.  Our goal for this plan is to have the students learn things from a difference perspective. So my hope is bringing someone in from the outside world will inspire the students to see how important writing is and how much of an impact it has on a daily basis. 
     The technology we will be using will be email,  and video chat so the kids may be able to send their writing pieces to Heather and then she can review them and then the kids can chat with her and get one on one experience and ideas.  I will also use different writing checklists and visuals that the kids can keep in their writing folder for additional support.
     The standards we will be addressing will be:
Writing Process: E: Use revision strategies to improve the coherence of ideas, clarity of the sentence structure and effectiveness of word choice
Writing Process: F: Edit to improve sentence fluency, grammar and usage.
Writing Applications: C: Use conventions of punctuation and capitalization in written work.
Writing Applications: D: Use grammatical structures to effectively communicate ideas in writing.

     I will address the students learning through using rubistar to create rubrics based on the writing samples they pick and extend to write on. My hope is for the students to gain knowledge throughout the year of how to edit and use correct communication when writing.  The rubrics will help the students have a visual to help support their ideas and guide them to use the right tools and tactics to use.