Examine key issues in adolescent literacy including the skills needed as students move from "learning to read" to "reading to learn", writing in all content areas, motivation, and the new literacies of the 21st Century. Participants will plan to implement strategies in their classroom setting. "For adolescents, school-based literacy shifts as students engage with disciplinary content and a wide variety of difficult texts and writing tasks." (NCTE Policy Brief)
Description Last Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
This is designed to be a dynamic workshop to give social studies teachers the background, ideas, resources, and enthusiasm to build strong Classroom Based Assessments.
Description Last Updated: Thursday, November 6, 2008
State In-Service Day Mini-Conference. This conference is designed for K-12 teachers of math, science, social studies and literacy; principals; building and district teams.
For many students in transitional bilingual programs, the shift from Spanish to English reading is abrupt. This session will explore the creation of a gradual transition, one where students begin to experience English oral language and early reading skills at the same time that they receive Spanish reading. Specific connections will be drawn between the languages so that participants can understand how the learning in Spanish can support the learning in English when clear connections are drawn for the students. Specifically we will look at research on the transferability of phonemic awareness, phonics/decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension from the first language to the second. Participants will hear about specific research projects underway that are exploring connecting the codes of Spanish and English as early as first grade for transitional bilingual students. Participants will discuss a variety of issues related to bilingual reading programs.
Description Last Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Participants will work on developing a unit guide, timeline, and resource list for a social studies classroom based assessment. Participants will also explore ways to scaffold the writing and research skills necessary for successful CBAs.
Description Last Updated: Monday, November 9, 2009
DIBELS were developed to measure recognized and empirically validated skills related to reading outcomes. Each measure has been thoroughly researched and demonstrated to be reliable and valid indicators of early literacy development and predictive of later reading proficiency to aid in the early identification of students who are not progressing as expected. When used as recommended, the results can be used to evaluate individual student development as well as provide grade-level feedback toward validated instructional objectives.
Description Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2009
Dibels Reading Reading Assessments
Teaching & Learning - Literacy
DIBELS Data Analysis (View any scheduled events) Participants will learn how to administer the DIBELS assessment system, and learn how to create a system of using and analyzing the data. DIBELS should be used as a screening tool and for progress monitoring, Grades K-3.
Description Last Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2007
The early literacy assessment, Dynamic Indicators for Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS), is an efficient way to determine which student may be at risk in reading. Many schools are using DIBELS screening assessments to place students in intervention programs. This session will teach participants how to take it even further. Educators will examine some of the DIBELS documents to help pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in their reading systems and help analyze individual student performances, looking past the number to specific strengths and gaps related to accuracy and automaticity. Each participant will walk away with a thorough understanding of the purpose behind each of the DIBELS sub-skills and how to use every piece of information available to plan for instruction that is targeted to individual student needs.
Description Last Updated: Thursday, August 27, 2009
2009 Literacy Academy Dibels Reading
Teaching & Learning - Literacy
Effective Classroom Practices for Administrators (View any scheduled events) Participants will, in debrief sessions using videos and classroom visitations, discuss the effectiveness of teaching strategies to have students: a) understand the learning target; b) activate prior knowledge; c) use wait time to think; d) actively engage in the lesson.
Description Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2007
Description Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Language Arts
Teaching & Learning - Literacy
ESD 105 LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) (View any scheduled events) The LETRS series explores the reasons why many students have reading difficulties and explains how children learn to read. Case studies illustrate the progression of reading development; the influences of biological, genetic, cognitive, environmental, and instructional factors in learning to read; and the components of effective reading instruction. A "four-part processing system" model is explored in detail. All grade levels.
This module provides quality professional development for early childhood educators interested in helping young children build a strong foundation in early literacy skills. The program provides descriptions of the development of language and literacy in ways that create a deeper understanding of these important processes while offering practical strategies for building these skills in young children. For early childhood educators working with preschool and kindergarten children as well as early elementary children experiencing difficulty with the literacy process.
Description Last Updated: Friday, January 16, 2009
ESD 105 LETRS Foundations (View any scheduled events) In LETRS Foundations trainings teacher's will learn specific activities to put LETRS concepts to work in the classroom. The program incorporates lectures and teacher modeling through video demonstrations, whole class and small group activities, review sessions, and linkages to core reading program components.
Description Last Updated: Monday, July 21, 2008
Reading
Teaching & Learning - Literacy
ESD 105 LETRS Module 1: Learning to Read (View any scheduled events) The first module in the LETRS series explores the reasons why many students have reading difficulties and explains how children learn to read. Case studies illustrate the progression of reading development; the influences of biological, genetic, cognitive, environmental, and instructional factors in learning to read; and the components of effective reading instruction. A "four-part processing system" model is explored in detail. All grade levels.
Description Last Updated: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Reading
Teaching & Learning - Literacy
ESD 105 LETRS Module 2: Speech Sounds (View any scheduled events) This module introduces phonemes (speech sounds) and discusses the importance of phonological awareness in reading and spelling instruction. Module 2 also discusses the features of consonants and vowels and covers some of the problems that children who speak other languages or dialects may have when learning English. Grades K-2 and intervention for older students.
Interested in these opportunities? Looking for a different kind of training?
Check the Event Center for currently scheduled workshops/events. Also, a custom workshop might be available through Teaching & Learning - Literacy. Contact Cathy Benedetti, at cathy.benedetti@esd105.org or 509 575-2885 for more information.
