PM Sessions, continued
Session Q— K, 1,4,5, & Elementary SPED Teachers LEGO: 6 Bricks Training Location: LEGO COMPASS HOUSE— 555 Taylor Road
Six Bricks is a hands-on tool for learning using LEGO R DUPLO bricks. Students can practice memory skills, movement, creativity, and more. Participants receive a class set of Six Bricks and through play, will learn several activities that can be used with children in the classroom the next day. Activities are easily adapted to match students’ skills and interests, and best of all, the activities are FUN! Teachers will also explore the theory of playful learning.
Session R— K, 1,4,5, & Elementary SPED Teachers LEGO: 6 Bricks Training Location: LEGO COMPASS HOUSE— 555 Taylor Road
Six Bricks is a hands-on tool for learning using LEGO R DUPLO bricks. Students can practice memory skills, movement, creativity, and more. Participants receive a class set of Six Bricks and through play, will learn several activities that can be used with children in the classroom the next day. Activities are easily adapted to match students’ skills and interests, and best of all, the activities are FUN! Teachers will also explore the theory of playful learning.
12:15 to 3:15 PM
Session S— K-4 Delivering Targeted Instruction through Mini-Lessons Meghann Burr & Michelle Middleton Location: Barnard Room 6 This session will provide teachers time to collaborate on the second cycle of information writing, with a focus on looking at student writing and planning mini-lessons based on students’ needs. Teachers are asked to bring the current or upcoming information unit of study, as well as students’ published work from the previous information writing unit.
Session T— 7-12 World Language Teachers
Student Engagement in World
Language Classrooms Amy Jensen Location: EHS A231 This session is a double – faceted session. To begin the session, a variety of games that can be used within the World Language classroom will be presented. Those in attendance will participate in the games, and there will be discussions on how the games can be adapted to the variety of language levels. The second portion of the session will be a share out, where teachers are asked to bring any games or highly-engaging activities that they use in their classrooms to share with the group.
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Session U— PK
Block Play Janine Chapdelaine Location: Stowe Room 15
In this session, teachers will learn strategies and techniques that promote exploration in block play with a focus on building structures and enclosures. We will discuss how to ask questions that promote scientific thinking and encourage children to develop and strengthen inquiry skills.
Session W— PK-12 Dyslexia: Accommodations and Modifications in the General
Education Setting Julie Giaccone Location: Barnard Rm 19
In this session, Julie Giaccone, an education specialist from CREC, will review the educational classification of Dyslexia and discuss recommendations and implementation practices for appropriate accommodations and modifications for students with Dyslexia in general education settings.
Session V— 9-12
Promoting Meaningful Academic Discourse
Erin Clark Location: EHS E330
Do you crave time to have meaningful conversations with your peers about what works in the classroom? Here in Enfield, we are fortunate to have a cadre of highly-skilled professionals with much to offer their peers. The Educator Exchange Sessions are designed to build the collective capacity of our entire staff by enlisting the expertise of people within our district. Each session will start with a brief presenter-led overview of best practices, which will lead into an open discussion of strategies that work in the classroom. This particular session will focus on how to incorporate meaningful discourse into the classroom. All attendees are asked to bring samples of lesson plans, handouts, rubrics, student work, or any other materials or ideas related to promoting meaningful student-to-student discourse in the classroom.
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