Empowering Writers upcoming events

LIVE Zoom, Tues. 10/6 - Getting Ready to Write with A Sentence A Day (K-1) (6 Oct 2026)

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:30:00 GMT

WHO: Teachers, Grades K-1

K-1: Ready, Set, Write: From Daily Sentences to Foundational Skill

If you were wondering how to use the Getting Ready to Write Guide and our Sentence-A-Day resource side-by-side, this is the workshop for you. Come discover “what to do” and “how to do it” in our new edition to the K-1, 6-hour training experience. Encounter the perfect partnership between skill-building and sentence structure with a focus on explicit instruction in writing for younger learners. Teachers will learn to model how to generate ideas, organize thinking, and understand what good writing looks like. Along with skill building, the workshop now includes ways to strengthen sentence structure through Sentence-A-Day, a powerful component that only takes minutes a day. Join us in this parallel approach to foundational skill-building and beginning grammar and mechanics.

HOW THE TRAINING BREAKS OUT:

Part 1– Genre and Organization – Creating the Writing/Reading Connection

Understanding EW’s Methodology and How it Creates Writing Success

Recognizing Genre and Author’s Purpose (e.g., Informational vs. Narrative genre; inform vs. entertain purpose)

Summarizing Text

Inspiring Rich Vocabulary Development

Introduction to Sentence-A-Day

Part 2– Foundational Skills for Narrative Writing

Identifying Story-Critical Elements Worthy of Description

Engaging the Five Senses to Create Vivid Elaboration

Generating Elaborative Detail -

Exploring “What Do Feelings Look Like?”

Crafting Suspenseful Segments

Connecting the skills of Narrative Writing to Sentence-A-Day.

Part 3– Foundational Skills of Informational and Opinion Writing

Sorting Details for Informational Writing

Creating Diagrams to Inform

Writing Informational Sentences

Exploring Opinion Writing

Summarizing Opinion Pieces

Linking Informational/Opinion Writing with Sentence-A-Day

WHAT YOU GET:

6 hours of K-1 Getting Ready to Write instruction with A Sentence A Day (taught by Master Educators)
Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
Online Access to the Recording of this Live Zoom Workshop: 7-days of online access available following your attendance to this LIVE Zoom workshop.
Register Today to hold your spot! Whether paying by credit card now, or using a check/PO for payment later, you can be sure your seat is secure now, so that you won’t miss this valuable training to enhance your writing instruction. (Note registration window closes approximately 24 hours prior to the training time)
Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

LIVE Zoom, Tues. 10/20 - A Sentence A Day (Gr K-2) (20 Oct 2026)

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:30:00 GMT

Time: 9:30 - 12:30 Central

WHO: Teachers, Grades K-2

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade educators will learn how to implement our A Sentence A Day resource. Instruction includes a weekly guide that establishes meaningful routines in the primary classroom.

The focus begins in Kindergarten with pencil placement, spacing, and letter formation. The resource then progresses to writing sentences and building powerful vocabulary, alongside grammar and conventions. The 1st and 2nd grade components of A Sentence A Day continue the construction of strong sentences while emphasizing parts of speech, grammar, and conventions.

Each week of instruction includes a theme, helping students begin to build story awareness.

This professional development course will also include connections to the Getting to Write resources for Kindergarten and 1st grade, as well as genre-specific writing resources for 2nd grade.

Our digital A Sentence A Day resource—available in the HUB—includes bonus content in the form of daily PowerPoint presentations, which will be shared throughout the workshop.

Join our master educators for this comprehensive half-day professional development workshop to successfully implement A Sentence A Day in your classroom.

WHAT YOU GET:

3 hours of Sentence A Day instruction (taught by Master Educators)

Certificate of Attendance for 3-hours of Professional Development
Online Access to the Recording of this Live Zoom Workshop: 7-days of online access available following your attendance to this LIVE Zoom workshop.
Register Today to hold your spot! Whether paying by credit card now, or using a check/PO for payment later, you can be sure your seat is secure now, so that you won’t miss this valuable training to enhance your writing instruction. (Note registration window closes approximately 24 hours prior to the training time)

Remember that your Empowering Writers’ digital guide includes a year-long HUB license that delivers digital teaching resources for an entire year of writing instruction. The HUB allows for easy, online access to your Sentence A Day Writing digital guide, along with a wealth of done-for-you resources and teach-it tools to access online and use for a year from received payment date. Teachers love the EW HUB for their writing instruction!

In-Person, Thur. 10/22 - Foxborough, MA - Getting Ready to Write with A Sentence A Day (K-1) (22 Oct 2026)

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:30:00 GMT

WHO: Teachers, Grades K-1

K-1: Ready, Set, Write: From Daily Sentences to Foundational Skill

HOW THE TRAINING BREAKS OUT:

Part 1– Genre and Organization – Creating the Writing/Reading Connection

Understanding EW’s Methodology and How it Creates Writing Success

Recognizing Genre and Author’s Purpose (e.g., Informational vs. Narrative genre; inform vs. entertain purpose)

Summarizing Text

Inspiring Rich Vocabulary Development

Introduction to Sentence-A-Day

Part 2– Foundational Skills for Narrative Writing

Identifying Story-Critical Elements Worthy of Description

Engaging the Five Senses to Create Vivid Elaboration

Generating Elaborative Detail -

Exploring “What Do Feelings Look Like?”

Crafting Suspenseful Segments

Connecting the skills of Narrative Writing to Sentence-A-Day.

Part 3– Foundational Skills of Informational and Opinion Writing

Sorting Details for Informational Writing

Creating Diagrams to Inform

Writing Informational Sentences

Exploring Opinion Writing

Summarizing Opinion Pieces

Linking Informational/Opinion Writing with Sentence-A-Day

WHAT YOU GET:

6 hours of K-1 Getting Ready to Write instruction with A Sentence A Day (taught by Master Educators)
Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
Register Today to hold your spot! Whether paying by credit card now, or using a check/PO for payment later, you can be sure your seat is secure now, so that you won’t miss this valuable training to enhance your writing instruction. (Note registration window closes approximately 24 hours prior to the training time)
Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

LIVE Zoom, Thur. 11/5 - Getting Ready to Write with A Sentence A Day(K-1) (5 Nov 2026)

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:30:00 GMT

WHO: Teachers, Grades K-1

K-1: Ready, Set, Write: From Daily Sentences to Foundational Skill

HOW THE TRAINING BREAKS OUT:

Part 1– Genre and Organization – Creating the Writing/Reading Connection

Understanding EW’s Methodology and How it Creates Writing Success

Recognizing Genre and Author’s Purpose (e.g., Informational vs. Narrative genre; inform vs. entertain purpose)

Summarizing Text

Inspiring Rich Vocabulary Development

Introduction to Sentence-A-Day

Part 2– Foundational Skills for Narrative Writing

Identifying Story-Critical Elements Worthy of Description

Engaging the Five Senses to Create Vivid Elaboration

Generating Elaborative Detail -

Exploring “What Do Feelings Look Like?”

Crafting Suspenseful Segments

Connecting the skills of Narrative Writing to Sentence-A-Day.

Part 3– Foundational Skills of Informational and Opinion Writing

Sorting Details for Informational Writing

Creating Diagrams to Inform

Writing Informational Sentences

Exploring Opinion Writing

Summarizing Opinion Pieces

Linking Informational/Opinion Writing with Sentence-A-Day

WHAT YOU GET:

6 hours of K-1 Getting Ready to Write instruction with A Sentence A Day (taught by Master Educators)

Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
Online Access to the Recording of this Live Zoom Workshop: 7-days of online access available following your attendance to this LIVE Zoom workshop.
Register Today to hold your spot! Whether paying by credit card now, or using a check/PO for payment later, you can be sure your seat is secure now, so that you won’t miss this valuable training to enhance your writing instruction. (Note registration window closes approximately 24 hours prior to the training time)
Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.