Our Events
We host events virtually and in-person across the world. Some workshops focus on implementing the Units of Study, while others address timely, research-based topics to strengthen literacy instruction schoolwide. Participants earn a certificate with professional development hours after each event.
Workshop November 18, 2025 Grade 3 Writing Unit 3: An Introduction to Literary Essays Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a 2-hour virtual workshop that unpacks the writing unit, An Introduction to Literary Essay. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to support students with transforming their ideas about stories into clear, evidence-based arguments—developing the foundational skills of literary analysis and essay writing.
Workshop November 19, 2025 Grade 4 Writing Unit 3: Literary Essay: Writing About Fiction Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a 2-hour virtual workshop that supports teaching fourth graders with writing essays that capture the heart of fiction. This unit teaches students to analyze characters, themes, and author’s craft—and to present their ideas in well-structured literary essays.
Workshop November 20, 2025 Grade 5 Writing Unit 3: Research-Based Argument Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a 2-hour virtual workshop that unpacks Research-Based Argument, a Unit that equips fifth-grade writers to research, evaluate evidence, and craft powerful argument essays. This Unit of Study teaches students to take a stance on real-world issues, strengthen their claims with research, and write persuasively for authentic audiences.
Workshop November 26, 2025 Unpacking Grade 5 Writing Unit 4: Journalism Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop that investigates Journalism: Writing to Inform and Influence, a powerful fifth-grade unit that teaches students to think—and write—like journalists. This unit helps writers research, report, and craft compelling nonfiction pieces that inform readers and spark action, drawing on real-world models of investigative and feature writing.
Webinar December 1, 2025 EdWeb: Nonfiction Read Alouds to Build Knowledge and Vocabulary: Powerful Practices for Grades 3–8 Join us to discover how a few minutes a day of powerful shared reading can build not only better readers—but more curious, knowledgeable learners. Whether you’re a grade 3-8 classroom teacher, coach, or literacy leader, you’ll leave with practical tools and a fresh vision for how read alouds can transform your students’ engagement and achievement.
Workshop December 2, 2025 From Research to Reasoning: Teaching Middle Schoolers to Write Argument Essays Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a 4-hour virtual workshop designed to support middle school teachers in guiding students through the essential work of researching and writing arguments. Drawing on the Units of Study, this session will explore how to help adolescents investigate complex issues, weigh multiple perspectives, and craft argument essays that are both evidence-based and persuasive. We’ll examine how workshop structures—minilessons, independent practice, conferring, and debate—can be used to scaffold critical reading and writing skills while also giving students voice and agency in their work.
Workshop December 3, 2025 Word Learning That Sticks: Vocabulary as a Reading Comprehension Strategy Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a 4-hour virtual workshop that brings vocabulary instruction to the center of reading workshop. Drawing on the latest research—and the brand-new vocabulary work that will be part of the upcoming Units of Study in Reading, Grades 3–5 (releasing for back to school 2026)—this session will help you teach word learning in ways that are practical, engaging, and lasting. You’ll see how explicit vocabulary instruction can be woven into minilessons, read-alouds, small groups, and independent reading so that students don’t just memorize words, but truly grow their comprehension, knowledge, and academic language.
Workshop December 4, 2025 From Research to Routine: Embedding the Science of Learning in Daily Instruction Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a 4-hour virtual workshop that bridges research and practice. In this session, we’ll explore how the science of learning—from retrieval practice to distributed review, from knowledge building to metacognition—can move off the page of academic studies and into the lived routines of K–5 classrooms. Teachers will leave with practical strategies that make research-based practices part of everyday reading, writing, phonics, and content-area instruction—without overwhelming already full schedules.
Workshop December 10, 2025 Nassau BOCES Literacy Leadership Series Across the 2025-2026 school year, literacy leaders from across Long Island will gather to build a shared vision for powerful, equitable reading, writing, and phonics instruction.
Workshop December 10, 2025 From Scrolling to Sense-Making: Strategies for Digital Reading Comprehension Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a 4-hour virtual workshop that tackles one of today’s most urgent literacy challenges: helping students comprehend in digital spaces. In this session, we’ll explore how to teach readers to move beyond skimming, scrolling, and surface-level takeaways so they can slow down, evaluate, and synthesize across digital texts. You’ll learn classroom-ready strategies for navigating hyperlinks, judging credibility, managing distractions, and building stamina for deep thinking online—skills that matter as much for civic engagement as they do for academic success.
Workshop December 11, 2025 Writing and the Science of Reading: Bridging Workshop With Research to Grow Capable Writers Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a 4-hour virtual workshop that connects the best of writing workshop with the research base of the science of reading. In this session, we’ll explore how transcription skills (handwriting, spelling, and sentence construction) and composition skills (idea generation, planning, revising) develop together—and how workshop structures can seamlessly integrate phonics, word study, and knowledge building to support writing growth. Teachers will leave with practical strategies that honor student voice while ensuring all children develop the foundational skills and fluency they need to become capable, confident writers.
Workshop January 13, 2026 Unpacking Grade 3 Writing: Writing About Research Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop that explores Writing About Research, a unit that empowers third graders to transform what they learn through reading into engaging, information-rich writing. This unit helps students grow as researchers and writers, teaching them to organize facts, build paragraphs around main ideas, and use domain-specific vocabulary to write with clarity and authority.
Institute January 15, 2026 Hong Kong Writing Institute This in-person event brings together K–5 educators from across the world for joyful, rigorous professional learning in the teaching of writing. Whether you’re a classroom teacher or a literacy leader, you’ll find yourself immersed in rich learning, practical tools, and a vibrant community of practice.
Workshop January 15, 2026 Hong Kong Leadership Seminar Kick off our Hong Kong Writing Institute with this special 2 hour event for school leaders.
This event begins with a shared Opening Keynote with the Writing Institute, delivered by Lucy Calkins, Robinson Professor of Literacy at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Founding Director of The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower.
Following the keynote, Lucy will lead a two-hour leadership session specifically for principals and school leaders. In this session, she will share RWP-M’s latest thinking and research on how leaders can nurture strong writing instruction across classrooms, support teachers in workshop teaching, and foster a culture where student writers thrive.
Workshop January 15, 2026 Hong Kong Parent Workshop: Supporting Early Literacy at Home We warmly invite you to join Lucy Calkins, Robinson Professor of Literacy, Teachers College, Columbia University, and Founding Director of The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a special session designed just for parents in Hong Kong. This gathering will offer practical, encouraging ways to support your child’s growth as a reader and writer at home. Whether your child is beginning to sound out words in English or already writing stories and essays, you’ll leave with simple, joyful strategies you can use right away to nurture literacy in everyday family life.
Workshop January 15, 2026 Unpacking Grades 4-6 Writing: Graphic Novels: Writing in Pictures and Words Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop exploring Graphic Novels: Writing in Pictures and Words, a cross-grade unit that invites students to craft stories through the powerful interplay of text and image. Students learn to develop plot, dialogue, and visual pacing—discovering how word choice, panel structure, and art style work together to convey meaning.
Workshop January 20, 2026 Unpacking Grade K Reading Unit 4: Boosting Reading Power Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for an online workshop on Grade K, Unit 4: Boosting Reading Power. This joyful and practical unit supports students in growing their early reading skills—boosting their stamina, fluency, and strategies as they read more and longer texts. Learn how to help emergent readers become more independent, persistent, and powerful in their reading lives.
Workshop January 21, 2026 Unpacking Grade 1 Reading Unit 4: Readers Have Big Jobs To Do Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for an online workshop on Readers Have Big Jobs To Do. This high-leverage unit empowers first graders to take charge of their reading work—drawing on multiple strategies with greater independence and stamina. Learn how to support students in tackling challenging words, understanding stories deeply, and becoming problem-solving readers.
Workshop January 21, 2026 Unpacking Grade 1 Writing Unit 3: Writing Reviews Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for an online workshop on Writing Reviews. In this opinion writing unit, students learn to share strong opinions about the books, movies, food, and places they love (or don’t!). With voice and evidence, students craft persuasive reviews that aim to convince others.
Workshop January 22, 2026 Unpacking Grade 2 Reading Unit 4: Stepping into the World of Story Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for an online workshop on Stepping into the World of Story. This unit invites readers into the rich, imaginative world of longer, more complex storybooks. With a focus on character, plot, and author’s craft, readers will step into the shoes of characters, noticing how they change and grow across time.
Workshop January 22, 2026 Unpacking Grade 2 Writing: Gripping Stories: Curricular Calendar Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for an online workshop on Gripping Stories, a powerful pre-publication unit. This unit helps students craft small-moment stories that grab readers' attention through strong beginnings, suspense, and satisfying endings. Writers work on structure, detail, and voice as they bring their stories to life.
Workshop January 27, 2026 Unlocking the Power of Classroom Talk Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop with Katy Wischow, co-author of Unlocking the Power of Classroom Talk. This interactive session explores how intentional talk can transform your 2-8 workshop classroom—deepening comprehension, growing academic language, and building vibrant learning communities where every voice matters.
Workshop January 28, 2026 Responsive Teaching for K–2 Readers: Small Group & Conferring Moves Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop with Sarah Mann, focused on the responsive teaching practices at the heart of Supporting All Readers—a powerful companion to the Units of Study in Reading for Grades K–2. This session will help you bring your conferring and small group instruction to life so every child—emergent, developing, or fluent—experiences daily growth as a reader.
Webinar January 29, 2026 January Office Hours Join us for our Office Hours webinars. In these sessions, Lucy Calkins and her colleagues respond to your live questions about reading, writing, and phonics workshops.
Workshop February 9, 2026 Nassau BOCES Literacy Leadership Series Across the 2025-2026 school year, literacy leaders from across Long Island will gather to build a shared vision for powerful, equitable reading, writing, and phonics instruction.
Workshop February 10, 2026 Reading Test Prep Workshop, Grades 3-5 Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop focused on preparing students for high-stakes reading assessments through authentic, meaningful instruction. Grounded in The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower Reading Test Prep Units, this session will help you plan purposeful test prep that strengthens comprehension, stamina, and independence—ensuring students transfer all they’ve learned from the reading workshop into the testing environment.
Workshop February 10, 2026 Writing Test Prep Workshop, Grades 3-5 Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop focused on preparing students for high-stakes writing assessments through authentic, purposeful instruction. Drawing from The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower Writing Test Prep Units, this session will help you plan instruction that builds on the writing craft, structure, and stamina students have developed throughout the year—ensuring they can write powerfully and effectively under timed conditions.
Workshop February 11, 2026 Middle School Test Prep Workshop, Grades 6-8 Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop designed to help middle school educators prepare students for high-stakes reading and writing assessments—without sacrificing authenticity or joy. Participants will explore ways to integrate test preparation into their ongoing workshop instruction so that students strengthen comprehension, stamina, and writing craft while learning to approach test tasks with confidence and independence.
Workshop February 24, 2026 Help Students Fall in Love With the Transition to Chapter Book Reading Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop with Rebecca Cronin, focused on one of the most exciting milestones in a young reader’s journey: the leap from early readers to chapter books. In this session, you’ll learn how to help students not only manage this transition but fall in love with it—building the stamina, strategies, and confidence to see themselves as independent, joyful readers of longer texts.
Workshop March 2, 2026 BOCES Workshop: Building Word Power: Vocabulary Instruction That Sticks This workshop will dive into research-based methods for developing rich, flexible vocabulary knowledge across grades 3-5. We will explore high-leverage instructional strategies-including contextualized word learning, generative word study, and vocabulary routines that are embedded into reading and writing instruction.
Workshop March 7, 2026 Saturday Reunion 2026 On Saturday, March 7th we’ll gather as a community of educators—teachers, coaches, leaders—all bound together by a shared belief: that teaching is an art and a calling, and that literacy has the power to change lives.
Workshop March 16, 2026 Nassau BOCES Literacy Leadership Series Across the 2025-2026 school year, literacy leaders from across Long Island will gather to build a shared vision for powerful, equitable reading, writing, and phonics instruction.
Workshop March 17, 2026 Unpacking Grade K Reading Unit 5: Becoming Avid Readers Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for an online workshop on Becoming Avid Readers. This joyful and high-energy unit supports kindergartners in seeing themselves as lifelong readers. Students develop reading habits, explore new genres, and fall in love with books, authors, and reading communities.
Workshop March 17, 2026 Grade K Writing Unit 4: Persuasive Writing of All Kinds Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for an online workshop on Persuasive Writing of All Kinds: Using Words to Make a Change. In this unit, students discover the power of their words as they write letters, signs, and petitions to spark change in their classroom and world.
Workshop March 18, 2026 Unpacking Grade 1 Reading Unit 5: Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for an workshop on Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons. This unit helps young readers grow their comprehension by focusing on characters—their feelings, motivations, and lessons they learn.
Workshop March 18, 2026 Unpacking Grade 1 Writing Unit 4: From Scenes to Series: Writing Fiction Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for an online workshop on From Scenes to Series: Writing Fiction. This unit builds on students’ storytelling skills by introducing fictional series writing—where students invent characters and build stories across multiple adventures.
Workshop March 19, 2026 Unpacking Grade 2 Writing Unit 4: Writing Research-Based Nonfiction Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for an online workshop on Writing Research-Based Nonfiction. In this unit, students become expert teachers—researching topics, organizing information, and writing to inform and engage their readers.
Workshop March 19, 2026 Unpacking Grade 2 Reading Unit 5: Growing Knowledge Together Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for an online workshop on Growing Knowledge Together. This nonfiction reading unit emphasizes collaboration, synthesis, and deep learning across texts as students explore topics and build expertise.
Workshop March 24, 2026 Grade 3 Writing Unit 3: Structuring Episodes: Writing Series Fiction Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop that brings to life Structuring Episodes: Writing Series Fiction, a joyful unit that teaches third graders how to write stories that belong together—linked by beloved characters, familiar settings, and recurring themes. Students learn to write with stamina, structure, and purpose, crafting episodes that fit together like chapters in a favorite book series.
Webinar March 26, 2026 March Office Hours Join us for our Office Hours webinars. In these sessions, Lucy Calkins and her colleagues respond to your live questions about reading, writing, and phonics workshops.
Workshop March 31, 2026 Word Study and Vocabulary in Middle School: Bringing Phonics and Morphology Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop focused on revitalizing word study and vocabulary instruction in middle school classrooms. Drawing on our latest work from Grades 3–5 and expanding it for older readers, this session explores how phonics, morphology, and vocabulary study can work together to build word knowledge, comprehension, and confidence for all learners.
Workshop April 2, 2026 Poetry Workshop: Teaching Students to Read and Write Like Poets Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop with Katy Wischow, exploring how to weave rich, joyful poetry instruction. This session will help you unlock the potential of poetry to grow stronger readers, writers, and thinkers every day.
Workshop April 20, 2026 BOCES Workshop: The Science of Reading Meets Writing Workshop In this workshop, we'll explore how the principles of the Science of Reading extend into writing instruction. Participants will unpack the intersections between transcription (handwriting, spelling, sentence construction) and composition, and study methods for building fluency, syntax, and coherence in student writing.
Workshop April 28, 2026 The Path From Decoding to Encoding: Transferring Phonics Knowledge Into Authentic Writing Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop with Rebecca Cronin, focused on bridging the crucial connection between phonics and writing. This session helps K–2 educators strengthen the transfer from decoding to encoding—so the powerful phonics knowledge students develop during explicit instruction becomes visible in their independent writing.
Workshop May 4, 2026 Nassau BOCES Literacy Leadership Series Across the 2025-2026 school year, literacy leaders from across Long Island will gather to build a shared vision for powerful, equitable reading, writing, and phonics instruction.
Workshop May 7, 2026 Knowledge Building Through Read Aloud Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop with Alicia Luick that explores how intentional, joyful read-aloud work can build students’ knowledge, vocabulary, and curiosity about the world. This session will show teachers how to use read-aloud not only as a time for listening and enjoyment—but as a cornerstone of comprehension, language growth, and background knowledge development across the day.
Workshop May 13, 2026 Summer Passion Projects: Building a Love of Literacy That Lives Beyond the Classroom Join Katy Wischow and The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop designed to help teachers nurture lifelong readers and writers—students who carry their curiosity, choice, and agency into the summer and beyond. This workshop explores how to design end-of-year projects, celebrations, and routines that build independence and motivation while sustaining the joy of literacy long after the final day of school.
Workshop May 19, 2026 Get to Know the NEW Grade 3 Units of Study in Reading Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop designed to introduce teachers to the brand-new Grade 3 Units of Study in Reading. This session offers a first look at the exciting new features of the curriculum—from streamlined two-page minilessons and progressions of small groups to integrated vocabulary instruction and detailed read-aloud plans featuring engaging, high-quality texts.
Workshop May 20, 2026 Get to Know the NEW Grade 4 Units of Study in Reading Join The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower for a virtual workshop designed to introduce teachers to the brand-new Grade 4 Units of Study in Reading. This session offers a first look at the exciting new features of the curriculum—from streamlined two-page minilessons and progressions of small groups to integrated vocabulary instruction and detailed read-aloud plans featuring engaging, high-quality texts.