LIT04/05/16 - will be Funded by Program Department for Dufferin-Peel employees
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LIT01 ABCs of PM Benchmarks NEW
Margaret D’Agostino and Andrea Giljanovic
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Grade 1 to 3
Are you new to primary or just feel you need a PM Benchmark refresher? If so, then come join us! Not only are PM Benchmarks an extremely useful tool to provide classroom teachers with an accurate reading level of a child, but we will show you so much more you can take from your reading record to guide your daily teaching practice in your read alouds, shared reading, and guided reading sessions. You will understand how to capture reading behaviour, analyze student’s reading strategies, recognize what cueing systems are being used (meaning, structure, visual), provide students with constructive feedback, and organize students into groups of similar learning needs. Samples will be provided of possible benchmark responses to use as classroom examples, plus much more.
LIT02 Analyzing PM Benchmark Data to Develop Your Guided Reading Program NEW
Margaret D’Agostino and Andrea Giljanovic
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Grade 1 to 3
Data, data, data: You collect it, post it and submit it, but do you know the potential it has as an excellent planning tool? This session is targeted for teachers who know how to do a PM Benchmark but are looking to dig deeper and take the next step. How do I use this data to purposely plan my read aloud, think aloud, shared reading and guided reading lessons? Where do I go next with my large and small group teaching? What does this class need right now to become better at being literate text users and thinkers when reading? This session will focus on developing and tracking class profiles, making guided reading groups and sample guided reading lessons with a planned focus. Come to our session and we will make your data transform into a tool you collect and use for the benefit of your students.
LIT03 Getting Ready to Read Program
Margaret D’Agostino and Nicole Krzyzaniak
Monday, August 22, 2011
Kindergarten
Have you ever wished that you could give some of your struggling or amazing readers that extra bit of attention they require? Although All Star Reading is a great intervention program for primary students, it just doesn’t quite meet the developmental needs of preschool age students. Try out our Getting Ready to Read! Program. By utilizing older students, parent volunteers or co-op students you can work through our eight-week literacy program with those students you wish to target. This session is designed from our eclectic lens as parents, reading recovery teachers, former kindergarten teachers and ECEs. After using your Kindergarten Assessments you can decide specific areas that your students need in their developmental continuum. Next, you will learn to select specific activities that will help build and enrich literacy skills for student’s specific needs. Data such as, the revised KAP and Marie Clay’s observation assessment will allow us to close developmental learning gaps and drive instruction based on data. Volunteer activities can also target these gaps. We will walk you through the steps in organizing the program to work in your classroom. Logs, activities, and lessons for the eight-week program are included in your package. Students will have a follow up at home program, which includes activities to reinforce the new learning strategy from their session.
LIT04 Getting Started with Moving Up with Literacy Place 4-6 Word Study NEW
Joanne Igercich, Sue Jackson and Celiza Ribeiro
Friday, August 19, 2011 Funded by Program Department for
Grade 4 to 6 Dufferin-Peel employees
In this session teachers will receive practical hands-on activities to engage junior students in word study activities using activities found in the Moving Up with Literacy Place 4-6 resource. Topics covered will include word walls, word building and sorting activities, transferring patterns to reading and spelling and word lesson extensions. This practical session will provide you with lessons to take and try with your junior students.
LIT05 Getting Started with Moving Up with Literacy Place Grade 6 NEW
Joanne Igercich, Sue Jackson and Celiza Ribeiro
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Funded by Program Department for
Grade 6 Dufferin-Peel employees
This practical session will provide help for teachers to implement Moving Up with Literacy Place in the easiest and most effective manner. Participants will explore the major components of Moving Up, including strategy units, book clubs, guided reading texts, and the professional resources. Other topics include: how to timetable for literacy, set up a thinking environment for students, explicitly teach strategies, incorporate word work into reading and writing, and provide multiple opportunities for practice of literacy skills. You will leave this session with time-saving tips and helpful suggestions.
LIT06 Guided Practice/Guided Reading FULL NEW
Gina Marion and Lisa Ragozzino
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Primary
Come learn about guided reading with us! This session will focus on how to set up flexible groupings for guided practice/reading based on students’ instructional levels and/or the specific learning goals set for them. We will also focus on the guided reading lesson and how guided reading fits into balanced literacy. We will answer the question “What is the rest of the class doing?” by providing you with independent literacy activities that can be carried out without direct support from you. You will leave the session with resources to plan, organize and assess student progress in guided reading for the upcoming school year.
LIT07 Guided Reading in the Junior Division NEW
Joanne Igercich and Celiza Ribeiro
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Junior
This session will unpack guided reading as a component of the gradual release of responsibility model of learning. We will investigate how the four roles of the literate learner are used to plan instruction that helps to develop readers who question, consider alternatives and make informed choices as they seek meaning. This session will assist you in student grouping, resource selection, lesson planning, and using observations for formative assessment purposes.
LIT09 Literacy Centers for Junior Grades NEW
Nicole Krzyzaniak and Belinda Moretta
Friday, August 19, 2011
Junior
During independent reading, what are readers doing while you are conferencing and facilitating reciprocal reading? This session will review the independent reading and writing components of the literacy block and devise lessons, word study and follow up tasks to support the teacher’s modeled and shared mini-lessons during the independent ‘practice time’ of the gradual release of responsibility model. Cross curricular mapping along with recognition of the diverse learning need of each student will be discussed and included. Guided reading will be demystified by several examples and by modeling what it looks like.
LIT10 Making Books Come Alive Through Oral Retelling NEW
Jacqui Toste
Friday, August 19, 2011
Grade 1 and 2
In this session, we will explore how oral retelling can be used to dramatically improve students’ reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. You will get your students talking about books and making connections by using a variety of manipulatives and storytelling techniques. We will go through a five week oral retelling unit including lesson plans, rubrics and exemplars. We will also create some hands-on manipulatives for you to take back to your classroom.
LIT11 Non-fiction Reading and Writing for Primary Grades
Shirley DeSouza and Julie Webster
Friday, August 19, 2011
Primary
Extra Extra! Read all about it! Primary teachers enter the world of non-fiction with ease through a series of guided lessons. We will explore a variety of ways in which you can introduce and teach non-fiction to your primary students. These lessons will fit within the balanced literacy framework of your reading and writing programs. You will leave with a variety of lessons and ideas to start teaching non-fiction to your students.
LIT12 Precision Teaching in Primary Reading NEW
Gina Marion and Lisa Ragozzino
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Primary
Come and join us for an interactive session that focuses on success criteria and descriptive feedback! We will deconstruct reading curriculum expectations and learn how to cluster these expectations for teaching. Through the creation of success criteria, we will develop an understanding of ‘Level 3’ student responses, how to support learners at a variety of levels and how to give descriptive feedback. We will examine strategies for teaching reading through the ‘Gradual Release of Responsibility’ and ‘the four roles of the developing reader’. We will also learn how to use student exemplars/anchors to support assessment as learning in your classroom. This session will provide you with a framework for your reading instruction for the upcoming school year.
LIT14 Teaching Writing Using the Calkin’s Model
Natalie Masucci
Thursday, August 18, 2011
JK to Grade 1
The kindergarten day is fun yet hectic! Teaching writing can be overwhelming. How do we transform our students into budding authors? Well devised daily, weekly, monthly and yearly plans can make all the difference. Learn how to use the Lucy Calkins resource Units of Study for Primary Writing to teach writing skills in your class. This session will include practical ways to engage students in writing opportunities while meeting curriculum expectations. Learn how to launch the writing workshop in your class and use the resource throughout the year with small moments, personal narratives, list writing, how to booklets, all about booklets and letter writing. A review of the Kindergarten Assessment Portfolio will help you quickly assess students’ writing and implement instruction based on data. The sharing of creative new writing center ideas will be encouraged. Samples of student work, writing templates, assessments, sample plans, writing center activities, rubrics as well as a yearly plan will be provided. If you are looking for fresh ideas to promote writing in your classroom then this session for you!
LIT15 Word Study in the Balanced Literacy Program NEW
Gina Marion and Lisa Ragozzino
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Primary
Have you ever wondered how to teach spelling to your primary students? How about improving their ability to decode unfamiliar words? Come to our session to get the answer to these questions, as well as ideas for embedding word study into your reading/writing workshop. We will focus on word solving strategies, using word walls, word-making, word study activities and word sorts. You will leave the session with resources to enhance the word study component of your balanced literacy program.
LIT16 Writing in Junior Grade Classrooms Using the Moving Up with Literacy Place 4-6 FULL Resource
Joanne Igercich, Sue Jackson and Celiza Ribeiro
Thursday, August 18, 2011 Funded by Program Department for
Junior Dufferin-Peel employees
In this session you will receive practical and engaging writing and text type study lessons using the Moving Up with Literacy Place 4-6 resource. With the inclusion of a mentor text and modeled, shared and guided writing lesson plans, teachers will receive lesson plans in specific genres of writing. Teachers will also receive practical information on self-selected writing and creating a writer’s handbook to support junior learners.