Throughout the school year all 900+ students from New Haven Elementary School led by the NHES Writing Task Force of teachers (Mrs. Sherry Rollins, Mrs. Suzanne Strawn, Mrs. Angela England, Mrs. Lindsey Watts, Mrs. Shannon Maciejewski, Mrs. Amanda Danner, Ms. Dawn Padgett and Mrs. Cathy Cyboron) are being introduced to the 6 Traits of Writing and all teachers (K-5) are nominating students in their class that use each trait of writing in an exemplary manner to be given the honor of Author of the Month for that trait.
Each month these students are being recognized as the New Haven Elementary Authors of the Month for each of the 6 traits of writing. The New Haven Authors of the Month are being displayed in the hallway outside the cafeteria.
They are as follows:
Ideas:
5th: Olivia Earls – Ms. Lonneman
4th: Kirra Alford – Ms. Langhals
3rd: Adriana Ruberg – Ms. Dorning
2nd: Ollie Gray – Ms. Mirante
1st: Adrian Cervantes – Ms. Gebka
K: Evan Childers – Ms. Rollins PM
Organization:
5th: Nathan Muench – Ms. Mastin
4th: Tresa Groendyke – Ms. Danner
3rd: Addis Ritzman – Ms. Johns
2nd: Emily Ertel – Ms. Mirante
1st: Allie Warner – Ms. Anderson
K: Evie Panko – Ms. Basinger PM
Voice:
5th: Landon Slomer – Ms. Shehan
4th: Amina Ahmetasevic – Ms. Danner
3rd: Ashlyn Vaught – Ms. Maceijewski
2nd: Drew Hornhach – Ms. Mirante
1st: Rebekah Leitch – Ms. Dauwe
K: Mia Hyland – Ms. Kay
Word Choice:
5th: Ava – Kate Henage – Ms. Shields
4th: Parker Roland – Ms. Boemker
3rd: Elle McNabb – Ms. Haley
2nd: Evelyn Allen – Ms Mirante
1st: Jackson Basinger – Ms. Kiser
K: Evelyn Margrave – Ms. Kay
Sentence Fluency:
5th: Natalie Long – Ms. Lonneman
4th: Liberty Miller – Ms. Danner
3rd: Walker Swaim – Ms. Pitzer
2nd: Caleb Smith – Ms. Mirante
1st: Haleigh Shields – Ms. Strawn
K: Avery Huber – Ms. Rollins AM
Conventions:
5th: Ford Bludworth – Ms. Shields
4th: Emma Adams – Ms. Vogelpohl
3rd: Jazz Choudary – Ms. Pitzer
2nd: Trent Buschur – Ms. Mirante
1st: Brooklynn Kilpatrick – Ms. Houston
K: Trenton Claypool – Ms. Rollins PM
New Haven’s staff is focusing professional learning throughout the year in writing and are using several writing resources from Smekens Education. For the past few years, New Haven Elementary School has seen writing as an area of need for professional learning as well as providing consistent instruction from Kindergarten through Fifth grade.
A New Haven Writing Task Force was formed last year and spent the year researching and planning next steps as a school. This team developed a NHES Writing Implementation Guide and some school wide writing norms for teachers to use throughout this school year. One of these norms was to consistently utilize the 6 Traits of Writing language in writing instruction and to recognize these traits throughout the school.
The 6 Traits of Writing and the icons are described below and find more information on them at this website.
