Are you looking for a way to may your language arts stations more engaging for your upper elementary kids? Join me to learn about fresh, fun ideas that will have your students excited to do stations. You'll walk away with easy-to-use stations that are ready to go.
Upper elementary teachers will participate in sentence-level revision exercises and gain a bank of tools to help them teach sentence expansion and more!
This session is designed for 3rd and 4th grade teachers seeking effective phonics routines to strengthen their students’ decoding and encoding skills. Participants will explore district phonics routines through interactive demonstrations and collaborative planning, gaining practical tools to implement immediately. By mastering these routines, teachers will enhance student reading fluency and confidence, fostering a more engaging and successful literacy environment.
Participants will Understand STAAR scoring for SCRs and ECRs. Identify key elements of an effective ECR. Use visual tools, rubrics, and scaffolds to guide writing instruction. Apply sentence- and paragraph-level strategies from The Writing Revolution 2.0. Teachers will work collaboratively in hands-on activities including rubric analysis, foldable creation (make and take), exemplar writing, and exploring graphic organizers. Group discussions will support reflection and classroom application. Teachers will leave with ready-to-use tools that support differentiation and student growth. Implementation will lead to more consistent writing instruction, improved student writing, and stronger STAAR performance.
In an interactive environment, I will share with teachers ideas on how they can use Canvas to make their teaching lives easier! Throughout the session, they will learn how to do a multitude of things, including spelling tests, video lectures for small group rotations, creating quizzes, creating assignments using Google drive such as ECR's and SCR's, using Mastery Connect, and more!
**This session is a repeat from Poolside PD 3-4: Constructed Responses- How to Scaffold a Response** Looking for ways to make a constructed response manageable and hands-on? In this session we will focus on enhancing student writing through the effective scaffolding of constructed responses. This workshop will provide you with practical hands-on strategies to break down a constructed response into manageable, bite-sized components.
Are you interested in ways to make revising less of a chore and more engaging for students in your writing block? This session will walk participants through the importance of revising within the writing process. Participants will explore the TEKS expectations for revising, engage in hands-on activities, and learn how to integrate revision into authentic writing experiences. This session will also highlight the alignment to STAAR to ensure instructional impact.
Participants will Understand STAAR scoring for SCRs and ECRs. Identify key elements of an effective ECR. Use visual tools, rubrics, and scaffolds to guide writing instruction. Apply sentence- and paragraph-level strategies from The Writing Revolution 2.0. Teachers will work collaboratively in hands-on activities including rubric analysis, foldable creation (make and take), exemplar writing, and exploring graphic organizers. Group discussions will support reflection and classroom application. Teachers will leave with ready-to-use tools that support differentiation and student growth. Implementation will lead to more consistent writing instruction, improved student writing, and stronger STAAR performance.
***This session is a repeat from the 3rd and 4th Grade Focus Conference*** During this session we will explore and practice engaging activities that are targeted to a writing/grammar skill, offer peer interactions, and are versatile and adaptable to various proficiency levels.
In an interactive environment, I will share with teachers ideas on how they can use Canvas to make their teaching lives easier! Throughout the session, they will learn how to do a multitude of things, including spelling tests, video lectures for small group rotations, creating quizzes, creating assignments using Google drive such as ECR's and SCR's, using Mastery Connect, and more!
Este desarrollo profesional está dirigido a maestros de educación primaria que enseñan artes del lenguaje en español que buscan aprovechar los recursos del programa Maravillas para mejorar la enseñanza de la lectura, escritura y comprensión en estudiantes multilingües. Los participantes podrán explorar los materiales y herramientas del programa Maravillas para fortalecer la enseñanza del lenguaje. La sesión incluirá actividades interactivas y colaborativas, tales como: exploración de Materiales, revisión de los componentes clave del programa Maravillas, incluyendo libros de lectura, guías de enseñanza y herramientas digitales. La implementación de los recursos de Maravillas en la enseñanza del lenguaje ayudara a incrementar la participación de los estudiantes en actividades de lectura y escritura.
Are you looking for a way to may your language arts stations more engaging for your upper elementary kids? Join me to learn about fresh, fun ideas that will have your students excited to do stations. You'll walk away with easy-to-use stations that are ready to go.
