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CANCELLED - #771 Help! My Kids Don't All Speak English

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Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 8/13/2009 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 10/2/2009 12:01 AM
Agency: CESA 5
Agency Contact: Julee Dredske
Agency Assistant: Douglas Shanks update
Location: Glacier Canyon Lodge
45 Hillman Rd
Lake Delton, WI 53965
Facility: Sandstone 1
Date/Time:
10/12/2009 08:30 AM - 03:30 PM
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Help! My Kids Don't All Speak English offers an exciting new take on English language instruction—the language workshop. Language workshop focuses on the specific language needs of every child, allowing you the flexibility to scaffold instruction by modeling specific uses of language, posing problems and ideas that expand kids' language skills, and teaching specific thinking strategies. Students will find the guidance and opportunity necessary for acquiring language, learn the structures of discussion and debate, and think through ideas and texts.

Nancy Akhavan details how to make language workshop happen in your classroom, sharing frameworks and strategies that help children:

• Share ideas, decisions, and understandings orally and in writing
• Think critically by analyzing, synthesizing, and comparing texts
• Acquire and apply the conventions of English
• Gain language skills through authentic literacy lessons.

Warm, supportive, and complete with classroom-tested units of study, example workshop lessons, ready-to-use graphic organizers, and a rich booklist designed specifically for use with language workshop, Nancy Akhavan's Help! My Kids Don't All Speak English is going to make a difference to every member of your classroom.

Nancy Akhavan is the author of the Heinemann titles The Title I Teacher's Guide to Teaching Reading, K–3 (2008), Help! My Kids Don't All Speak English (2006), How to Align Literacy Instruction, Assessment & Standards, and Achieve Results You Never Dreamed Possible (2004).

Early Bird discount if registered before September 1.

Teacher Standards
WES1The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils.
WES3The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities.
WES7The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.
WES8The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.
Administrator Standards
WAS1The administrator has an understanding of and demonstrates competence in the teacher standards under s. PI 34.02.
Pupil Services
WPS1The pupil services professional understands the teacher standards under s. PI 34.02.
Cancellation Policy: Registered participants will receive a full refund if they cancel before 10 working days before an event, minus any material costs that have already been incurred. Because of our commitment to the trainer and the food vendor, participants who cancel less than 10 working days or do not attend, will be billed the full fee. CESA 5 reserves the right to cancel any event. Registered participants will be notified via email if a cancellation occurs and will receive a full refund. Inclement weather policy: Every effort will be made to hold an event. CESA 5 will notify participants via email as soon as possible if an event has been canceled due to weather conditions.