ABC 123 Just for Me! features everything teachers need to prepare students to learn to print manuscript letters and numbers. Training reviews program materials, walks through the lesson design, and explores how lessons incorporate fun into handwriting instruction.

Prepare teachers to teach handwriting in approximately 15 minutes per day. Training introduces the proven Zaner-Bloser method for learning manuscript and cursive, reviews program components including print and digital resources, provides an introduction to handwriting instruction in Spanish with Zaner-Bloser La escritura, and touches on the benefits of daily handwriting instruction for overall literacy development.

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Best Practices
Why and How of Teaching Handwriting
During this interactive session, participants will learn how to provide explicit, developmentally appropriate instruction; use specific academic language; practice modeling techniques for manuscript- and cursive-letter formation; and employ instructional best practices to meet the needs of all students. Participants will also explore the handwriting-literacy connection, the stages of writing and developmental guidelines, and the importance of self-assessment in handwriting.
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Spelling Connections: A Word Study Approach training includes a program overview, walkthrough of a weekly unit and unit review section, an introduction to online materials available at MyZBPortal.com, and suggestions for remote learning/assigning work to complete at home.

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Training for Spelling Connections © 2016 includes an introduction to the benefits of explicit spelling instruction, a look at overall program structure, an exploration of program resources including digital resources that support the print instruction, and additional tips for successful implementation.

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Jump Into Writing! on-demand training includes a program overview, an introduction to lesson structure and unit resources, tips for assessment when teaching with a workshop approach, and additional online and print support resources for teachers and students.

In Person
Bring Lynne Dorfman and Stacey Shubitz, authors of Jump Into Writing!, to your school for writing workshop professional development. Stenhouse, publisher of the authors’ professional book Welcome to Writing Workshop, can help you arrange a training.
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Enjoy a brief overview of the Word Wisdom curriculum, including the weekly/daily instructional plan, Teacher’s Guide unit walkthrough, and introduction of online materials available at MyZBPortal.com.