Revisions can be a useful tool for students to demonstrate understanding; however, time is the great barrier. How much time do the students need? When will I grade these? In this session, we will work to provide a narrower focus for students to revise small portions of their writing using specific wording from our rubric to practice the skills we want and to demonstrate their ability to meet expectations.
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Pre-service teachers and student teachers are introduced to various pedagogies as students and in-service educators. With so many choices and models, PSTs may feel overwhelmed. This presentation focuses on a literacy methods course through which pre-service teachers of English begin to navigate pedagogy, working to develop and sharpen their pedagogical commitments. The presenter will share how PSTs conceptualize pedagogy alongside particular texts, including their experiences as learners and field observers, and move to revise their pedagogies.
Even with a lot of support, teachers often believe that they have tried everything and become discouraged. Expand your “everything.” Bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude back to students who are struggling while developing their literacy skills. Become more aware of over 120 practices that will ignite improved student achievement and bring struggling learners the joy of success in school. Learn how to use powerful scaffolds to build the confidence and skillfulness of struggling and disinterested learners. See how you can add to your strategies that motivate students to become engaged, empowered, and ready to achieve without watering down content material and lowering standards. Participants will be involved in fast-paced reflection activities to more closely examine issues and options related to low student literacy performance.
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In this energetic session, panelists with over 80 years of collective experience share how they design innovations to successfully tackle the puzzle of meeting the needs of a wide range of learners within a single classroom setting. Attendees will participate in interactive scenarios; learn to contribute to effective change; and receive procedures for developing discussion-centric, inquiry units to ignite student curiosity and honor their humanity.
Do you feel like fun has been removed from writing instruction? Are students groaning when informed they will be completing a writing assignment? Writing memoirs brings excitement back and allows students to explore their identities while improving writing abilities. By engaging in their own memoir writing activities, participants will personally discover several ways to incorporate memoir writing into their own classrooms. Practical tips and ready-to-use examples will be provided because sharing memoirs can be cathartic while also building community within the classroom.
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