Prior to the start of the 2017-2018 school year, the Rutherford Board of Education adopted the Writer’s Workshop Units of Study writing program in grades K-6. The program is part of the Teachers College, Columbia University Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP) founded and directed by Lucy Calkins. Ms. Calkins is the Robinson Professor of Children’s Literature at Teachers College. During the 2017-2018 school year, the staff at Washington School took an ambitious approach to integrating the program into the daily curriculum. The successful initial implementation of the program was a school … [Read more...] about Washington School Enters Partnership With Teacher’s College, Columbia University
New Publishers at Washington School
Mrs. Fisher’s 2nd graders are published authors! Students celebrated the end of their personal narrative unit with a publishing party. … [Read more...] about New Publishers at Washington School
Deputy “C.O.P.S.”
Ms. Krawiec's Grade 1 class became Deputy Cops and patrolled their writing. After using C.O.P.S. (Capitalization, Organization, Punctuation, Spelling), students earned a badge for their hard work. … [Read more...] about Deputy “C.O.P.S.”
Math Lab
Students in Mr. Studer's Grade 3 class worked on addition of large numbers in "Math Lab" using BoxTops. … [Read more...] about Math Lab
Writer’s Workshop
Mrs. Fisher’s writers conferred with their partners in order to decide on a piece to publish! … [Read more...] about Writer’s Workshop