From Striving to Thriving: Classroom-Ready …...Motivating Discouraged Readers in Grades 6-12...
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LiteracySkills
AninteractiveandengaginglearningeventhostedbythePortlandReadingCouncil
Friday,October12,2018~StatewideInserviceDay
8:00am–NoonMultnomahEducationServiceDistrict
11611NEAinsworthCircle•Portland,OR97220
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PuttingItAllTogether:SupportingStudentsinaK-5BalancedWorkshopClassroom*
Learneffectivestrategiestostructureyourreadingblockwithbalanceinmind.Explorehowtoplanreading
instructionthatisresponsivetoourstudents’ever-changingneedsyetbalancesliteracycomponentsand
workloadtoensureajoy-filledclassroomforall.
withJenBurkartLiteracySpecialistBeavertonSchoolDistrict
MotivatingDiscouragedReaders:6-12*
Strugglingreadersneedanewapproachtogetpastthediscouragementtheyfeel.Learnstrategiestoimprovecomprehensionthatwillempowerand
encouragereaders.Giveyourstudentstheconfidencetounderstandtextandrediscoverthe
magicofreading.
withWadeMcJacobsLearningSpecialistTigard-TualatinDistrict
$45MemberPortlandReadingCouncil•Continentalbreakfast&materialsincluded$65Non-member •PDUcertificateprovided
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October12thSessionDescriptions
! PuttingItAllTogether:SupportingStudentsinaK-5BalancedWorkshopClassroom
Thetermbalancedliteracymayhaveseveralmeaningsintheworldofateacher.Itmightmeanbalancingwholelanguageandphonicsapproachestoteachingreadingandwriting.Balancedliteracycouldrefertospecificcomponentssuchasdirectinstruction,interactivereadaloud,guidedreading,strategygroups,conferring,wordstudy,etc.Thistermshouldalsorefertobalancingateacher'sworkloadtoensureourreadingblockisfullofjoyforeveryoneinvolved!Asteachers,weareoftenleftwiththecomplicatedtaskofscheduling,organizingandplanningforourreadingworkshoptostrikethisperfectbalanceofteachingresponsivelytoourstudents'strengthsandneedswhilestrivingtomeettheCommonCoreStateStandards.Ifyouareponderingabouthowyoumightreviewand/orreviseyourcurrentreadinginstructionwithbalanceinmind,thissessionisforyou.
>Inthisinteractiveandengagingsession,participantswill:
•reviewthevariouscomponentsincludedinabalancedliteracyworkshop•prioritizeyourtimeandenergybyfocusingonwhichbalancedliteracycomponentstoimplementfirst•explorewaystoscheduleandorganizeareadingblockto"fititallin"andbuildonstudents’strengths•designaflexibleconferringstructureandplantoensuretransferrableteaching,learning,andfollow-through
Audience:AllK-5educators
JenBurkartisaK-8LiteracySpecialistintheBeavertonSchoolDistrictandadjunctprofessoratLewisandClarkCollege.Shedesignsanddeliverscustomizedstaffdevelopmentonliteracybestpracticesandspecializesindevelopingeffectiveindividualandschool-widereadinginterventions.
! MotivatingDiscouragedReadersinGrades6-12
Secondarystudentsareoftendiscouragedbecausetheveryactofreadingisachallenge.Asaresult,thesestudentseasilyfallbehindintheirwork,whichleadstofeelingsoffrustration.Studentscannotdiscoverthemagicofreadingbecausetheyfocusonlyontheminutiaeofnavigatingatext.
Thissessionwilladdressthisdiscouragementandprovideteacherswithstrategiestoopenthedoorforstrugglingreadersandallowthemaccesstorichideasinthetext.Studentswillbeabletoreadwithconfidenceacrossthecontentareas.
>Inthisinteractiveandengagingsession,participantswill:
•explorecomprehensionstrategiestoimprovestudentaccesstothecurriculum•experiencethefrustrationthatstrugglingreadersfeel•learnthe“ReadThroughIt”strategytodirectlyaddressdiscouragement
Audience:Grades6-12educatorsacrossthecontentareas
WadeMcJacobshasbeenaspecialeducationteacherfor31yearsintheTigard-TualatinSchoolDistrictandhasworkedwithat-riskyouthfor38years.Hehascreatedthe“Read-ThroughIt”strategythateffectivelybuildsconfidenceinstrugglingreaders.
EventSponsors:
Literacy Consultants PDX