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HWRSD Learns: Opening Days 2026
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Tuesday, September 1
 

12:30pm EDT

AI in the Elementary Classroom
Tuesday September 1, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
Learn how AI can make your teacher life easier in this quick 45-minute session. We’ll share simple ways to create decodable word lists, stories, reader’s theater scripts, and more in just minutes. Walk away with easy ideas you can use right away to save time and support your students.
Tuesday September 1, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
HWRHS Room 205 775 Bay Rd, Hamilton, MA 01982, USA

12:30pm EDT

Harnessing Curriculum-Based Assessments at the Elementary Level to Create Coherence
Tuesday September 1, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
We know that triangulating screening data along with classroom performance is key. Last year, after data meetings, the elementary curriculum team began to design district-wide assessment trackers to share data for planning and analysis. Come view the trackers and share your feedback, maybe even start to build the next set of units if we have time! Sharing information will help us work efficiently and effectively, and having an easy tool to do this with needs teacher input!

Elementary Assessment Data Trackers
Tuesday September 1, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
HWRHS Room 200 775 Bay Rd, Hamilton, MA 01982, USA

12:30pm EDT

Introduction to Releasing Writers TIDE and CSPACE
Tuesday September 1, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
This session serves to build helpful background knowledge for Thursday's Elementary Releasing Writers professional learning launch. Come learn about Releasing Writers (formerly known as thinkSRSD)!

This course is a required pre-requisite for any elementary educators who have not yet participated in Releasing Writers PD such as our district book study group or the RW self-paced modules. All elementary participants will receive two thinkSRSD books at this session.
Speakers
avatar for Julie Lenocker

Julie Lenocker

District Elementary Literacy Specialist, Hamilton-Wenham Schools
As I look back to the many educational experiences I've had, I'm grateful for a non-traditional pathway that led me to where I am today.  My first teaching job was in Northern California as a 5th grade teacher working at the only Title 1 school in a high-performing, high-income school... Read More →
Tuesday September 1, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
HWRHS Room 209 775 Bay Rd, Hamilton, MA 01982, USA

12:30pm EDT

Open Circle: Starting the Year in K-3
Tuesday September 1, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
As you plan to launch your Open Circle lessons this fall, come meet with colleagues in this collaborative session to share ideas and inspire your planning. For all Open Circle-trained teachers.
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Tuesday September 1, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
HWRHS Room 203 775 Bay Rd, Hamilton, MA 01982, USA

12:30pm EDT

Proactive Strategies & Collaboration Solutions: Elementary
Tuesday September 1, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
This presentation will focus on the underlying assumptions about behavior and look at how we can proactively design environments, build skills, and use collaborative approaches to support students more effectively. The goal is not just to manage behavior, but to prevent challenges when possible by helping students build the skills they need to succeed. This includes strengthening skills such as communication, emotional regulation, problem solving, flexibility, and self-advocacy. It also means responding to behavior in ways that teach and reinforce these skills over time, and supporting students in developing greater independence, confidence, and long-term success. 
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Tuesday September 1, 2026 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
HWRHS Room 201 775 Bay Rd, Hamilton, MA 01982, USA

1:30pm EDT

Elementary Specialist and the Portrait of a Learner
Tuesday September 1, 2026 1:30pm - 2:15pm EDT
This session is designed specifically for Elementary Specialists to spark their work integrating the Portrait of a Learner competencies into each content area. 
Tuesday September 1, 2026 1:30pm - 2:15pm EDT
HWRHS Room 200 775 Bay Rd, Hamilton, MA 01982, USA

1:30pm EDT

K-2 Sight Word Instruction Best Practices
Tuesday September 1, 2026 1:30pm - 2:15pm EDT
By the end of this session, teachers will be able to:

1. Integrate the use of effective strategies for teaching and practicing tricky words in CKLA for reading and spelling.
2. Increase cumulative review in reading and spelling for taught sight words throughout the school day.
3. Teach all 220 Dolch sight words for reading and spelling by the end of second grade.

Speakers
avatar for Julie Lenocker

Julie Lenocker

District Elementary Literacy Specialist, Hamilton-Wenham Schools
As I look back to the many educational experiences I've had, I'm grateful for a non-traditional pathway that led me to where I am today.  My first teaching job was in Northern California as a 5th grade teacher working at the only Title 1 school in a high-performing, high-income school... Read More →
Tuesday September 1, 2026 1:30pm - 2:15pm EDT
HWRHS Room 209 775 Bay Rd, Hamilton, MA 01982, USA
 
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