Keys to Early Writing:
Evidence-Based Professional Development Course
Would you like to learn evidence-based instructional practices for teaching foundational writing skills? This course is just what you need!
This practical course provides the background knowledge needed to teach the components of beginning writing instruction. The instructional suggestions are developmentally appropriate for young children in kindergarten through grade 2, and easily transfer to classroom lessons that can be integrated with any writing curriculum or published writing program. The course is tightly aligned with state writing standards.
The live training for this course takes approximately 12 hours (2 days) to complete and includes a training manual. The course covers these topics:
- Writing Basics
- Engage a Community of Writers
- Writing Process
- Structure for the Three Types of Writing
- First Steps: Drawing, Labels, Lists
- Syntax, Sentences
- Paragraph Writing
- Writing from Sources
Please note that the course does not include detailed suggestions for how to teach spelling — this is addressed in the phonics module of the Keys to Beginning Reading course.
The live training can be delivered onsite at schools or in virtual-live format using Zoom.
A companion online course will be available Spring, 2023.
Download an informational flyer that includes the course outline.
Colorado CDE Approved Version
The Keys to Early Writing course is on the Colorado Read Act Advisory List of PD Programs. Click here to learn more, or contact Keys to Literacy.