All Willow Dale students have a separate writing special in rotation with Health and Guidance, which equates to approximately once per month.  Mrs. Dougherty teaches grades three through five, and Mrs. O'Leary teaches kindergarten through second grade writing.  Lessons are developed around the five focus areas of the grade level rubric: Focus, Content, Organization, Style and Conventions.  We will use mentor texts to help students understand author's craft and to begin to see themselves as writers.  We will also focus on skill development.     

Schedule 2016-2017:

Day           Grade        Teacher        

A1              AMK           Monaghan

                  1                Capriotti 

                  2                Freedman       

A2              PMK           Monaghan

                  1                Marchesani

                  2                Jacobson                         

A3             AMK            Peters

                 PMK            McGarrey       

                  1                Angelitis

                  2                Torok         

A4              AMK           McGarrey

                  PMK           Field

                  1                Piazza

                  2                Lapsley

A5              AMK           Tiger

                  1                Davis

                  2                Soncini

A6              PMK           Tiger

                 1                 Laatsch

                 2                 Brockman