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• In Person, Tues. 10/7 - Foxborough, MA - Getting Ready to Write (K-1)

  • When
    7 Oct 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Hampton Inn & Suites Foxborough 2 Foxborough Blvd. Foxborough, MA 02035
  • Spaces left
    17

  Register

  Early Bird until Sept. 23rd.

  WHO: Teachers, Grades K-1

  This presentation includes dynamic, interactive modeling by the presenter. All participants are encouraged to actively engage during the workshop by providing responses during the modeling segments, asking questions and interacting with others when possible.

  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: Age-appropriate, instructional tools to effectively teach your youngest (K-1) students the foundational skills they need to become strong writers. You’ll be introduced to the developmental stages of writing, learn to teach your students how to identify genre and author’s purpose, and develop the foundational skills of narrative, informational and opinion writing. Through this training, you will gain confidence in your writing instruction, and develop the writing/reading connection for your students across all content areas.

  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

  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

  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

  •  Recap of Today’s Learning – Foundational Writing Skills for K-1 Students
    

    BONUS Training (Recorded) – The Developmental Stages of Writing. This pre-recorded instructional session features EW’s Master Educators providing you with a deeper dive into the stages of writing. It also includes a PowerPoint presentation that highlights key aspects of this learning

  WHAT YOU GET: 

  • 6 hours of K-1 Getting Ready to Write instruction (taught by EW Master Trainer)

  • 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.  

  Workshop Requirements:
  
  Each participant is required to have the corresponding Empowering Writers’ teaching manual (digital guide or printed manual) for this K-1 writing workshop.  

  • Remember that your Empowering Writers’ digital guide includes a year-long HUB license that delivers digital teaching resources for an entire year of K-1 writing instruction.  The HUB allows for easy, online access to your K-1 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!

  
  

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• LIVE Zoom, Tues. 10/14 - Getting Ready to Write (K-1)

  • When
    14 Oct 2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom classroom - Central Time

  Register

  WHO: Teachers, Grades K-1 

  This presentation includes dynamic, interactive modeling by the presenter. All participants are encouraged to actively engage during the workshop by providing responses during the modeling segments, asking questions and interacting with others when possible.

  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: Age-appropriate, instructional tools to effectively teach your youngest (K-1) students the foundational skills they need to become strong writers. You’ll be introduced to the developmental stages of writing, learn to teach your students how to identify genre and author’s purpose, and develop the foundational skills of narrative, informational and opinion writing. Through this training, you will gain confidence in your writing instruction, and develop the writing/reading connection for your students across all content areas.

  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

  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

  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

  •  Recap of Today’s Learning – Foundational Writing Skills for K-1 Students
    

    BONUS Training (Recorded) – The Developmental Stages of Writing. This pre-recorded instructional session features EW’s Master Educators providing you with a deeper dive into the stages of writing. It also includes a PowerPoint presentation that highlights key aspects of this learning

  WHAT YOU GET: 

  • 6 hours of K-1 Getting Ready to Write instruction (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.

  
  

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• LIVE Zoom, Mon. 10/27 - 2 hr A Sentence A Day (Gr K-2) for Canadian Educators

  • When
    27 Oct 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom classroom - Mountain Time

  Register

  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!

  
  

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• LIVE Zoom, Wed. 12/3 - 2 hr A Sentence A Day (Gr K-2) for Canadian Educators

  • When
    3 Dec 2025
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom classroom - Mountain Time

  Register

  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!

  
  

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• LIVE Zoom, Thurs. 2/5 - Getting Ready to Write (K-1)

  • When
    5 Feb 2026
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom classroom - Central Time

  Register

  WHO: Teachers, Grades K-1 

  This presentation includes dynamic, interactive modeling by the presenter. All participants are encouraged to actively engage during the workshop by providing responses during the modeling segments, asking questions and interacting with others when possible.

  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: Age-appropriate, instructional tools to effectively teach your youngest (K-1) students the foundational skills they need to become strong writers. You’ll be introduced to the developmental stages of writing, learn to teach your students how to identify genre and author’s purpose, and develop the foundational skills of narrative, informational and opinion writing. Through this training, you will gain confidence in your writing instruction, and develop the writing/reading connection for your students across all content areas.

  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

  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

  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

  •  Recap of Today’s Learning – Foundational Writing Skills for K-1 Students
    

    BONUS Training (Recorded) – The Developmental Stages of Writing. This pre-recorded instructional session features EW’s Master Educators providing you with a deeper dive into the stages of writing. It also includes a PowerPoint presentation that highlights key aspects of this learning

  WHAT YOU GET: 

  • 6 hours of K-1 Getting Ready to Write instruction (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.

  
  

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

  • When
    10 Feb 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom classroom - Central Time

  Register

  Time: 12 - 3pm 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!

  
  

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