PAST: SLIDING INTO SUMMER LEARNING WITH WRITEREADER

Talking Points:

• How to easily integrate WriteReader and Summer Learning Program standards
• Discover WriteReader tools and features that can support summer school language and literacy skills
• Experience sharing sessions using WriteReader with Elementary and Middle School students

Bio Katie Gardner

Katie is an Elementary English as a Second Language Teacher in Salisbury, North Carolina. She is an Apple Distinguished Educator Class of 2017 and a National Board Certified Teacher in English as a New Language. She has a passion for creating blended learning lessons to engage early learners and support second language acquisition. Katie has been a featured presenter or workshop leader at National early learning, technology, and ESL conferences.

Bio Katherine Bostain

“Katie” has been an educator in the Rowan-Salisbury School System for over 20 years. She has taught: Kindergarten, First Grade, K-5 ESL and is currently teaching 6-8 ESL. She enjoys finding different tools and techniques to meet student needs. She loves sharing what she learns through PDs (professional development). She is a LEGO Master Educator, Qball Ambassador, Seesaw Ambassador, Apple Teacher and was just named The North Rowan Middle School Teacher of the Year 2021.

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PAST: WRITING DEVELOPMENT STAGES FOR 1ST & 2ND GRADERS

Sharing points

• a definition of the emergent writing stage for children 5-7 years old
• ideas and strategies to support young children’s growing literacy skills and motivation
• the importance of and correlation between writing and reading
• ways to support young learners’ book creation by using templates

Speaker bio: Traci Piltz

Traci is an award-winning educator, with nearly 20 years of experience teaching young learners. She holds an M.Ed. degree in early childhood reading & literacy, and has spent the past 6 years of her career as a technology integration specialist.

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PAST: DEVELOPING EMERGENT WRITERS 

Sharing points

• Discover ways to engage and excite emergent writers in writing tasks with Writereader.
• Use Writereader to scaffold and differentiate writing tasks.
• Multimodal features of Writereader guide and support emergent writers in the creation of personalized digital books
• Explore ways Writereader promotes the integration of content areas and literacy skills within writing tasks found in a variety of learning environments.

Bio Katie Gardner

Katie is an Elementary English as a Second Language Teacher in Salisbury, North Carolina. She is an Apple Distinguished Educator Class of 2017 and a National Board Certified Teacher in English as a New Language. She has a passion for creating blended learning lessons to engage early learners and support second language acquisition. Katie has been a featured presenter or workshop leader at National early learning, technology, and ESL conferences.

Bio Traci Piltz

Traci is an award-winning educator, with nearly 20 years of experience teaching young learners. She holds an M.Ed. degree in early childhood reading & literacy, and has spent the past 6 years of her career as a technology integration specialist.

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PAST: CREATING MATH STORIES WITH ELEMENTARY STUDENTS

17th February 2021 4 pm ET/10 pm CET (45 min.)

Sharing points

Get inspired on how to engage your students in creating math stories:

• Utilize the math image collection to create math stories
• Create math storybook templates
• Utilize adult writing and feedback features to provide support and feedback on student books

Bio

Traci Piltz is an award-winning educator, with nearly 20 years of experience teaching young learners. She holds an M.Ed. degree in early childhood reading and literacy, and has spent the past 6 years of her career as a technology integration specialist.

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PAST: DEVELOPING ALL LANGUAGE DOMAINS WITH WRITEREADER 

13th January 2021 4 pm ET/10 pm CET (45 min.)

Sharing points

Confirming Existence – Choosing Compelling Text

• Tips for choosing text that validates and confirms students’ backgrounds and cultures. 

Scaffolding Reading – Intentional Support to Read the Text

• A variety of strategies to make text comprehensible and fun (input).

Scaffolding Writing – Meet students Where they are

• Meet students at their writing level but provide strategies to encourage a higher level of writing (output). 

Publishing – Get Students Excited an Authentic Audience

• Intentionally showing students the audience they can inspire and teach with their published book using WriteReader.

Bio

Astrid Emily Francis is an English as a Second Language teacher at Concord High School in Concord, North Carolina. She serves students in 9th-12th grade with various English proficiency levels. Previously, Emily was an ESL teacher, at W.M. Irvin Elementary School, Concord, North Carolina. Emily’s experience as an English Language Learner inspired her to become an ESL teacher and affords her a deep understanding of the challenges her students must overcome to find success. Emily earned a BA in Spanish, and a MAT in ESL from UNC-Charlotte. She serves as a professional development facilitator, motivational speaker, and Keynote. Emily is a Team member of Confianza LLC and forms part of the Executive Board of Carolina TESOL. 

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