2026 SPRING PD DAY WRITING WORKSHOPS

In this interactive professional learning session, educators will observe a live opinion or argumentative writing lesson with students, seeing effective instructional practices in action from start to finish. Participants will experience how opinion/argumentative writing can be taught with clarity, purpose, and strong student engagement—using explicit modeling, academic language, and structured support.  Following the lesson, educators will engage in a guided debrief to unpack what they observed. Together, we will analyze instructional moves, student responses, and writing outcomes, connecting practice to research-based strategies that strengthen student voice and reasoning.
Educators will walk away with:

• A clear understanding of what high-quality opinion/argumentative writing instruction looks like in real classrooms

•  Practical strategies for teaching claims, reasons, and evidence at developmentally appropriate levels

• Insight into how modeling and think-alouds support all learners

• Tools for increasing student engagement, confidence, and independence in opinion/argumentative writing

• A shared language for discussing writing instruction and student work

• Ready-to-use instructional moves they can immediately apply in their own classrooms

• Time and space to reflect, ask questions, and collaborate with colleagues

*Travel reimbursement may be available for EOREN teachers attending this workshop from Grant, Harney, Lake, and Wallowa Counties - please email pd@malesd.org for more information and to receive pre-approval for any requested travel.

Join Yolanda in-person Ontario, OR for the following sessions:

• Grade K-1 Foundations Session: April 2, 2026

• Grade 2-5 Foundations Session: April 3, 2026

• Grade 6-12 Foundations Session: April 3, 2026

Please bring:

• Materials received in previous sessions (Session Topic Binder)

• Any Mentor texts received at Fall training session

• New participants may not receive hard copies of previous materials, but will have access to resources online. 

Please note students will be present at these sessions. Also, hard copies of session materials will only be available for in-person attendees that have not yet attended this year.

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