Challenge:
Writing Community

You recognize caring, respectful relationships are the foundation of the writing community and you, as the teacher, play a key role in building a warm relationship with each student, as well as, in facilitating and strengthening relationships among the students.  You realize substantive, meaningful conversation plays a huge role in building a strong writing community and deep understanding. 
Task: 
Complete the following: (1) Structure writing time so students have multiple opportunities to discuss their writing with peers during the writing process. (2) Determine what roadblocks students might face while discussing their writing and address them. (3) Design opportunities for students to model and engage in substantive conversation so that student have in depth knowledge of the writing process, rather than superficial awareness.  (4) Utilize technology to record 3 conversations. (5) Analyze the 3 recordings to determine the depth of substantive conversation.


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Challenge:
​Digital Citizenship

As students go online to find resources for their research projects, you realize it is imperative that they learn how to stay safe online. You want to make sure your students are equipped to be good digital citizens. 
Task:  
Design and implement a series of 3 mini-lessons that center around topics associated with digital citizenship. Mini-lessons might include the following: comparing staying safe online to staying safe in the real world; creating a class contract for staying safe online; discussing how to maintain privacy online; effectively searching online; or evaluating research sources.

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Challenge:
​Connectedness to the Real World

For every child to achieve their writing potential, they must be properly motivated and fully engaged. You realize the strong connection between student agency,  real world connections, and motivation. 
Task:  
Complete the following: (1) Design a writing task that asks students to connect their personal experience with a contemporary issue of their choice. (2) Ask students to write with the goal of influencing an audience beyond the classroom by communicating knowledge to others (including within the school), advocating solutions to social problems, providing assistance to people, or creating performances or products with utilitarian and/or aesthetic value. (3) Share the writing with an audience.         ​

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Challenge:
​Personalized PD

Research shows that teachers will engage in professional learning when he or she is given choices in learning.
Task:  
​CHOOSE YOUR OWN TASK Design your own task that includes inquiry into new learning resulting in a change in practice, reflect on the new practice, and in some form or another share beyond the classroom.
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