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Keynotes with Kathie Cloonan
Maintaining the Balance in a Balanced Literacy K-6
This fast paced and motivational keynote clarifies for teachers exactly what the differences are between each of these four most powerful literacy components - Read Aloud, Shared Reading, Guided Reading, and Independent Reading. Kathie shares the definitions, advantages and the limitations of each component with techniques for making sure they are kept in balanced within the classroom day.
Kathie ends her keynote with some great facts and figures about how American schools measure up worldwide.
Teachers have a lot be proud and Kathie tells it like it is!! 45 minutes
With A Song In Your Heart K-2
This toe-tapping keynote combines music and song with the latest brain-based research. Kathie gives teachers 10 easy ways to add music into their classrooms and enhance the learning environment without taking away from instructional time. 45 minutes
Celebrating Your Child's Successes Parents K-3
Kathie encourages parents to help their children love to read rather than learn to read. She urges parents to leave the 'tough stuff' to the teachers and instead focus their attention on celebrating what their children can do. Kathie will suggest easy-to-do ideas for parents to help build their child's confidence and their
love for reading!
45 minutes - 1hour
Administrator's Workshop:
What Administrators Need to Know About Balanced Literacy and Guided Reading
This administrative workshop is designed as an introduction to Guided Reading. This workshop will be tailored to the unique, individual needs of the participants. In this interactive session, principals will generate questions they have about Balanced Literacy and Guided Reading. This half day session will then address those specific areas.
Areas of focus can include:
- The components that make up Balanced Literacy - definitions, advantages and limitations
of each
- What authentic Guided Reading is, what it is not, and how to tell the difference
- What teachers' biggest concerns are and how to address them
- What an effective Guided Reading lesson should include
- How and where Guided Reading fits across the K-5 span
- What administrators should see in a Balanced Literacy/Guided Reading classroom
- Suggestions to support staff in implementing a quality Balanced Literacy curriculum
- Various Guided Reading materials and criteria for determining good quality materials
- Assessment and properly matching materials to students' needs
- A checklist for observing/evaluating a Guided Reading lesson
Half Day
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