[LIT] topics for this year

[Bill IVEY]

Hi!

We have an impressive list of proposed topics for this year which will
frame our usual spontaneous discussions. I've tried to group and order
them. Any thoughts, including additional topics which now occur to you?
Thanks!

- how other schools started in their new schools (first year--opening)

- how others flip-flop reading and writing workshop (or how they work both
into their curriculum)

- student leadership
- Empowering students to have a voice in the decision making process of
clubs, projects, etc. in a school.

- By November, would like to discuss strategies on scaffolding instruction
with a focus in cultural diversity.
- differentiation that focuses on higher level thinking skills for
struggling readers
- scaffolding instruction, esp. w/ ESL and ESE populations, specifically
how do you begin pulling support away without causing the students to 
panic or disengage? 

- Baseline Assessment-Various Models
- real-life activities for assessment 
- How do others work test prep into their workshops.

- Using Short texts for small group instruction

- Wisdom of using independent reading instead of class novels

- how teachers are team teaching/collaborative teaching.

Take care,
Bill