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Foundational Literacy for Families: Early Writing
Writing through the early years is complex. Children must have plenty of opportunities to explore both the concept that they can control and create...
Foundational Literacy for Families: Early Communication
Early language development involves children’s ability to both understand the input of language, words, and gestures, and express themselves in a...
Interactive History with Historypin
This video will give you an introduction to and show you features of the interactive mapping software Historypin. Historypin is a free,...
Newsela: Connect Current Events to Today's Student
With a targeted and bold goal to improve reading comprehension in students grades 2 through 12, Newsela offers an extensive digital library spanning...
CommonLit Tutorial
Look no further if you're looking for quality, rigorous, and standards-based texts for literacy instruction! CommonLit provides...
CommonLit: An Online Library of Free Texts
CommonLit provides instructional materials to support literacy development aimed at students in grades 5-12. Included in their library are short...
Station Rotation Model (6-12; All subject areas) with Dr. Catlin Tucker
This session will focus on guiding secondary teachers through the process of taking their linear teacher-led approach to instruction and designing a...
Google Slides: Reading Recordings with Vocaroo
Have you ever thought, "My students just aren't old enough to use Google Slides?" or "I'm not sure I can foster strong reading skills using the...
6 Ways to Use Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
Many students use digital storytelling to demonstrate their knowledge and ability to write narrative stories. However, the power of digital...
Digital Storytelling as Authentic Assessment
To help students develop 21st-century skills, they will need to move beyond the traditional tests usually given and provide more authentic,...
Digital Storytelling: Sample Rubric
When you're ready to assess student digital stories, it will be helpful to use a rubric. There's no need to create your own when Kathy Schrock,...
Foundational Literacy for Families: Early Reading
Learning to read is fundamental to children’s success in school, and the process of developing emergent literacy skills related to future reading...
The Importance of Read Alouds for Middle Schoolers
Should read-alouds happen with kids once they are reading on their own? Please join us to discuss the why and how of reading aloud to middle...
Building Thinking Classrooms in ELA
Guiding Questions: What does an ELA Thinking Classroom look like? What works when applying the "Building Thinking Classrooms" approach to...
Station Rotation Model (K-5; ELA and Math focus) with Dr. Catlin Tucker
This session will focus on how elementary teachers can use the station rotation model in their ELA and math blocks to create more opportunities to...
Early Learning Curriculum Support & Guidance
The release of the Indiana Early Learning Standards provided common language and expectations for early childhood educators. The question now centers...
Teacher Voice for Structured Literacy: A Case Study of District Change
Educators from Mountain Views Supervisory Union in Vermont will share their grassroots-initiated structured literacy change story. How did an...
Kindergarten Readiness Overview
Information to support families around the topic of kindergarten readiness.
Your Brain on Books: Reading in a Digital World
This session will discuss the reading brain, what that means in a world with increasingly ubiquitous technology, and the ways that impacts how we...
Talking Points
Talking Points offers two-way auto-translation between teachers and families. No smartphones, computers, or wifi are required; for families, getting...
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