Keys to Vocabulary
Instruction and Assessment, Grades 3-12
Thursday, April 28, 2016
At the Southeastern Regional Education Service Center (SERESC)
29 Commerce Drive
Bedford, NH 03110
603 206-6800
Who Should Attend:
Classroom Teachers, Grades 3-12
Literacy Specialists / Coaches
Interventionists / Special Educators
Teachers of English Language Learners
Curriculum Coordinators
About the Presentation:
This session will present instruction practices from The Key Vocabulary Routine for teaching academic vocabulary. The student activities for many of these instructional practices can be used as formative assessment tools to determine student vocabulary growth.
Strategies highlighted during the workshop include:
- Word knowledge checklists for previewing
- Semantic feature analysis
- Categorizing
- Frayer and concept definition templates
- User-friendly definitions
- Morphology: word families
Outcomes:
As a result of attending, participants will:
- Embed vocabulary instructional practices presented in the workshop into content classroom instruction
- Learn how to review student responses to vocabulary activities as a way to informally determine growth in vocabulary knowledge
Schedule:
8:30 am................Program begins
10:00-10:15 am....Break
10:15-12:00 am....Morning session continues
12:00-12:45 pm....Working Lunch and Networking at SERESC
12:45-3:15 pm..... Afternoon Session
3:30.pm................Session Wrap Up
About the Presenter: Becky DeSmith
Becky has been a senior Keys to Literacy trainer since 2007 and, in addition to training its programs, serves as a mentor to other KTL trainers. Becky has been a literacy educator for over 35 years, beginning her career in upstate New York as a 7th grade English teacher. Throughout her career, Becky has taught at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, and been involved in many school and district-wide initiatives that address core literacy issues. Prior to coming to Keys to Literacy, Becky served as principal of Stony Hill Elementary School in Wilbraham, MA. In addition to her full-time teaching, Becky has presented professional development workshops for much of her career. She was a trainer for Teachers 21 delivering reading and writing workshops and graduate courses in literacy at schools throughout New England, and has trained numerous times for the New England League of Middle Schools. Becky received an M.Ed in Reading from Nazareth College in Rochester, New York and an M.A. in Educational Administration from SUNY Brockport. She received her B.S. in Secondary Education English from SUNY Potsdam. Becky has been recognized as a Teacher of the Year by the International Reading Association.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
8:30am-3:30pm Check-in starts at 8:00am
Certificate of Attendance available for 6 Contact Hours
$215.00 per participant
$195.00 early registration by 4/14/16-----Enter discount code: EARLY*REGISTRATION
For Member District Discount: See your school district administrator for a code to use when you register online.
Registration ends 4/21/16
Registration closes 7 days before event date. To inquire about available seats after this deadline, contact sabrina@seresc.net.
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Location:
SERESC Conference Center
29 Commerce Drive
Bedford, NH 03110
603-206-6800
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Location: 29 Commerce Drive, Bedford, NH, United States
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