It's June!
How do you Keep Calm and Teach On at this time of year?
K-12 Teachers from our literacy networks shared many suggestions in our May meetings that keeps kids engaged so you can teach on:
- Get outside! This is a good time for students to write using the five senses, nature observations, the health benefits of being outdoors or a myriad of other things that come to us with a change of scenery.
- Reflect! Teachers and students need to reflect upon all the hard work done throughout the year. Take some time to review all of that and write reflection letters to yourselves or parents.
- Storytelling! If you feel you didn't read aloud as much as you wanted to this year, or your students like oral storytelling, make time for that now. It's engaging for all age groups.
- Try a new tool! Exercise skills learned throughout the year with a new tool:
- Pinterest for creating food groups/healthy meal boards
- This I Believe writing
- Kahoot game based learning
- Aurasma presentations for augmented reality
- Wonderopolis to explore the many questions kids have.
Summer Reading
Summer Professional Development
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Writing Collaborative
June 16, 17, 18 WISD 8:30-3:00 Open to all grade 4-12 teachers $125
Helping teachers and students understand writing in the content areas in order to make explicit the processes and strategies needed to improve student writing.
**All trainings are three days in length:
Lunch not provided. SCHECHS available.
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The Study of Early Literacy
August 3-7 8:30-3:30 WISD FREE
( Open to PreK-3 Livingston and Washtenaw Educators only)
The Study of Early Literacy (SOEL) is a committed group of PreK-3 educators learning, researching, and applying best practices in the teaching of early literacy. While SOEL gears up for our third year, we are pleased that our work has led to a publication in the Michigan Reading Journal.
Interested in joining us this summer and for the 2015-2016 school year? Read and complete this form or contact me at mbrooksyip@washtenawisd.org or 734-994-8100 ext. 1266.
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See more information HERE
Interested in joining us this summer and for the 2015-2016 school year? Read and complete this form or contact me at mbrooksyip@washtenawisd.org or 734-994-8100 ext. 1266.
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Echoes and Reflections: Holocaust Education
August 27, 2015 8:30-3:30 at WISD.Open to ALL Social Studies teachers in grades 6-12 FREE SCHECHS availableLunch not provided.
Echoes and Reflections is a comprehensive Holocaust education program that delivers professional development and a rich array of resources for middle and high school teachers. Echoes and Reflections prepares educators to teach about the Holocaust in a way that stimulates engagement and critical thinking while providing opportunities for students to see the relevance of this complex history to their own lives.See more information HERE
