Spring Newsletter
Volume 4, Issue 3 May 2006
Who Says Your Students Can’t Write?
Come join hundreds of writing teachers from across the state, teachers who have a common purpose: to be better writing teachers. Learn from each other and the experts of grades K–University level in all subject areas. Explore innovative ways to incorporate writing into your teaching in all disciplines.
All at the first annual Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute Writing Conference: The "Write" Connection: Methods for Improving Student Achievement
June 16-17, 2006
Wise Center, College of Veterinary Medicine
Mississippi State University June 16-17, 2006
Wise Center, College of Veterinary Medicine
Mississippi State University
All presentations will be made by Writing Project teachers from across the state!
Call for Presentations
We need UMWP presenters for the Writing Conference! Do you want to share something that really works in your classroom? We need your ideas!
Simply fill out the Call for Presentations handout in this newsletter or download it from the website. Let’s show the incredible teachers we have here at UMWP!
Deadline – May 31st.
Young Writers’ Reading Day!
Come join us for the fourth annual YW reading day on June 23rd at 10:00 a.m. in the Yerby Center on the UM campus. Our YW camps from Senatobia, New Albany, and South Tippah County will be presenting their writing accomplishments.
Help us honor their hard work and join us in the Grove for a picnic lunch. Please reserve your boxed lunch by calling the office or emailing Ellen by June 19th.
UMWP Mini-Conference: “Back to School Boot-Camp”
Going back to school is never easy! So how does a teacher get energized? By coming to the UMWP Mini-Conference on August 12th at the Advanced Education Center in Tupelo!
Come for the morning and leave energized! Concurrent sessions will get you going for the new school year! $20.00 will cover your registration and lunch.
Watch your mail or the website for more information and a registration form!
Rural Voices Radio Still Going Strong
Tune in to Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) Radio to hear Rural Voices Radio from Monday, January 2nd through Friday, January 20th. Rural Voices Radio, a two-minute statewide program produced by MPB and the Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute (MWTI) of the Mississippi State University College of Education, airs daily at 8:19 am and 12:49 pm daily on MPB.
Emily Nobel, the coordinator of the program for MWTI, is still looking for student writing.
Contact Emily Nobel at en22@colled.msstate.edu or 662-325-7777
Congratulations to our new NBCTs!
Patsy Casabella
Angie Griffin
Sandra Hamilton
Gail Patterson
Neely Robertson
(Please let us know if didn’t include you in our list so we can recognize you in the next newsletter!)
Dates to Remember
MWTI Writing Conference June 16-17
Starkville, MS
YW Reading Day
June 23rd
10:00 – Yerby Center
UM Campus
“Back to School Boot-Camp” – UMWP Mini-Conference
August 12
Advanced Education Center - Tupelo
Continuity Meetings
September 26
October 24
January 23
February 27
March 27
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