Page Top Reading: Strategies and Assessments to Support Student Achievement on State Testing
Presenters will introduce two instruments for reading instruction: the Magic Square for vocabulary development, and the Three-Level Guide for Comprehension. Through group participation, they will model both instruments using a trade picture book, and then a social studies text. After each text, the presenters will explain the assessment and instructional implications for each instrument. Following that segment of the workshop, participants will work with NJASK/HSPA sample texts to design their own version of the Magic Square and the Three-Level Guide.
Presenter: Martin White and Aimee Silverstein
Date: 10/08/09
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Fee: $45
Workshop Number: CPE-E426
Page Top Integrated Math Activities for the 21st Century
Grades 2 - 5
Participants will engage in math activities that integrate science, social studies, language arts, health and 21st century technologies. Activities will center around financial literacy and global awareness .
Presenter: Rose Shapiro
Date: 10/15/09
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Fee: $45
Workshop Number: CPE-E422
Page Top Varying Audience to Promote Student Writing
Participants will explore a range of audience for writing, and reflecting on the expectations each audience makes on the text and the author. They will participate in writing for several types of audience during the session and will develop activities for classroom application. Presenters will discuss additional activities for more demanding audiences, as well as ways to sequence writing to address concerns of composing, revising and editing. Presenters will also connect activities to writing prompts on NJASK and HSPA.
Presenter: Martin White and Aimee Silverstein
Date: 10/20/09
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Fee: $45
Workshop Number: CPE-E427
Page Top Dr. Seuss Science
Grades 3 - 5
Using books from the Cat in the Hat's Learning Library, we will link key science concepts to interactive activities. These books introduce beginning readers to important basic concepts about the world we live in. They provide critical foundations upon which complex facts and ideas can eventually be built. With the addition of science activities, these concepts can be reinforced using interactive materials .
Presenter: Ann Marie Christou
Date: 10/28/09
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Fee: $45
Workshop Number: CPE-E252
Page Top The Caring-Centered Classroom: Anti-Bias Education at the Elementary Level
Elementary Teachers
Bullying, peer pressure, racism, sexism, and other relevant issues among students affect the elementary classroom in multiple ways. At this workshop, teachers will learn to integrate anti-bias education into their regular curriculum through incorporating great literature, applying examples from history and current events, and employing other approaches that make an impact on young students. Learning to create a "caring-centered" classroom environment is a major focus of this workshop.
Presenter: Alison Dobrick
Date: 10/29/09
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Fee: $45
Workshop Number: CPE-E425
Page Top Teaching the Creation of and Writing to Speculative Prompts Using Picture Books
This workshop will introduce picture books that can be read aloud and then used to create writing prompts. Participants will learn how to write speculative and explanatory writing prompts and time will be spent creating and sharing newly-created prompts. The workshop will show you how to use the picture book to incorporate the '6+1 Traits of Writing' into your prompts. Rubrics and worksheets (rhyming dictionary, synonyms, boring beginnings, and exciting beginnings) will be provided .
Presenter: Dawn Uttel
Date: 11/12/09
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Fee: $45
Workshop Number: CPE-E420
Page Top Everything Your Students Ever Wanted to Know About Water
Grades 1 - 5
Drive the Magic School Bus with Ms Frizzle as she explores the science world. Participants will explore many activities that support the study of water in the Frizzle books. Each book has been developed as a unit of 4-6 weeks of science materials. Imagine a science unit for only $4.99, the cost of the book! All materials used are found in your kitchen or garage!
Presenter: Nancy Evans Bennett
Date: 11/18/09
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Fee: $45
Workshop Number: CPE-E423
Page Top Content and Context: Using Social Studies to Promote Literacy Skills
Elementary teachers
Participants will learn how to connect interesting, exciting social studies lessons to crucial literacy skills in reading and writing. Specific topics in history, geography, and other social studies disciplines will be explored in terms of the many possibilities of integrating these content areas into the literacy-focused curriculum. Within the context of today's intense attention on the importance of standardized tests of literacy skills, this workshop will explore ways in which teachers can link meaningful Social Studies instruction with their efforts to improve students' reading and writing skills.
Presenter: Alison Dobrick
Date: 11/19/09
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Fee: $45
Workshop Number: CPE-E424
Page Top What’s New in Children’s Literature and How to Use It in a K–5 Setting
Grade K-5 teachers, literacy coaches, language arts support staff and administrators.
New Picture Books, New Chapter Books and New Nonfiction - Oh My! More than a Book Talk! Come take a look at what's new and how you can incorporate new titles into an existing unit of study for language arts and/or content. Suggestions, lessons and ideas for new literature as mentor texts will be shared
Presenter: Marie Donnantuono
Date: 12/02/09
Time: 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Fee: $45
Workshop Number: CPE-E421