CSI 2015 Program

Pitt County Schools
Curriculum Summer Institute

2015
Session Offerings

Current as of July 27, 2015
August 11-13, 2015

EB Aycock Middle School
Greenville, North Carolina

Table of Contents
Welcome .............................................................................................................................................. 4
Tuesday, August 11, 2014 ..................................................................................................................... 5
Full Day Sessions: 9:00-4:00 ...................................................................................................................... 6
Half-Day Sessions 9:00-12:00 .................................................................................................................... 7
Break Out Sessions: 9:00-10:15 ................................................................................................................ 9
Break Out Session: 10:30-11:45 .............................................................................................................. 10
Half-Day Sessions: 1:00-4:00 ................................................................................................................... 11
Wednesday, August 12, 2014 .............................................................................................................. 14
Full Day Sessions: 9:00-4:00 .................................................................................................................... 15
Half-Day Sessions: 9:00-12:00 ................................................................................................................. 16
Break Out Sessions: 9:00-10:15 .............................................................................................................. 16
Break Out Sessions: 10:30-11:45 ............................................................................................................ 18
Thursday, August 13, 2014 .................................................................................................................. 22
Full Day Sessions: 9:00-4:00 .................................................................................................................... 23
Break Out Sessions: 9:00-10:15 .............................................................................................................. 26
Break Out Sessions: 10:30-11:45 ............................................................................................................ 27
Session Planning Matrix ...................................................................................................................... 30
Welcome to the Curriculum Summer Institute 2015 session offering catalog! We are excited to offer a
different program this year for CSI to our teachers. This years conference will be hosted at EB Aycock Middle
school and will focus on empowering participants to engage more deeply with content rather than trying to
provide broad over-views of many things.
EB Aycock Middle School will be the new host of CSI this year on August 11-13. While this document
offers an overview of all sessions scheduled as of the date on the first page, as new sessions are added and
current sessions updated the most current version of this document will be available at
http://www.successforeverychild.com. The most up-to-date session information can be found by logging into
My Learning Plan after May 26, 2015.
In addition to a change in location, a couple of other important changes have been made in an
attempt to better meet the needs and desires of our staff. First, as a result of the change in location to a more
centrally located school, lunch will not be provided this year; we will break every day from 11:45-1:00 to
allow participants to take lunch off campus at one of the local eateries nearby. Second, in an effort to comply
with State Board of Education Policy, CEUs will not be automatically awarded for attendance. Instead, a new
form will be created in MLP where participants can submit a list of sessions they attend to request CEUs upon
completion of the conference; please note that in order to receive CEUs attendees must attend at least
10 hours of sessions and submit this form (it will be available at the conclusion of the conference). For
participants that register for multi-day trainings, CEUs will automatically be awarded, but for all other
sessions participants must request CEUs

Registration for all sessions will open on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 for teachers in Pitt County Schools.
Registration for teachers outside of Pitt County Schools will open on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.

Attendance at CSI 2014 is voluntary; for employees of Pitt County Schools, the $30 per session
registration fee will be waived; teachers and administrators outside Pitt County will be charged $30.00 per
session. Additionally, PCS schools will be charged the registration fee for any no-shows. To register for
sessions teachers must use My Learning Plan. An alternative registration format will be available for new
teachers to the county who do not have MLP accounts and for anyone outside the county via by a link
published on http://www.successforeverychild.com

Planning for this years institute began many months ago, and the people listed below each had a part
in the development of CSI 2015; without their support this event could not take place.
Preston Bowers, High School Academic Innovation Coordinator
Thomas Feller, Professional Learning Coordinator
Bill Frazier, 9-12 Director
Melissa Mitchell, K-8 Program Secretary
Sandra Morris, Federal Programs Director
Cheryl Olmsted, Assistant Superintendent for EPS
Lisa Tate, K-5 Director
Chris Wheeler, Administrative Assistant to Cheryl Olmsted
Shannon Wainright, 6-8 Director
Robin Wright, EC Director

A special thank-you to Janarde Cannon, the Principal at EB Aycock Middle School, and his staff for
hosting us again this year.

We look forward to seeing you in August!

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Full Day Sessions: Tuesday
9:00-4:00
Language! Initial Training

Provides initial training to implement Language! program. This is a two day training and
participants should attend both days. Participants should bring the following Language!
materials to the training: Language! Teacher Resource Guide; Language! Teacher Guide Level A
or C - Volume 1 only; Language! Teacher's Placement and Assessment Guide; Student
Interactive Text; Student Hardback Text. If participant does not have access to these materials,
please notify Vanessa Tripp (trippva@pitt.k12.nc.us). Participants should bring a laptop if
possible.

Audience: K-12 Language! Teachers
Enrollment Maximum: 30

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Youth Mental Health First Aid USA is a full day public education program which introduces
participants to the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in
adolescents, builds understanding of the importance of early intervention, and teaches
individuals how to help an adolescent in crisis or experiencing a mental health challenge.
Mental Health First Aid uses role-playing and simulations to demonstrate how to assess a
mental health crisis; select interventions and provide initial help; and connect young people to
professional, peer, social, and self-help care.

Audience: Teachers, Administrators
Thinking Maps Training for New Teachers

Visualizing our thinking allows us to have a concrete image of our abstract thoughts. Visual
representations enhance the brain's natural ability to detect and construct meaningful
patterns. Thinking Maps reduce anxiety by providing familiar visual patterns for thinking and
working with complex ideas and situations. This session, designed for new teachers to PCS, will
train them in the basics of using Thinking Maps in their classroom. Thinking Maps training is
required for all new teachers in PCS; participants must bring the manual assigned by their
school.

Audience: New K-5 Teachers in PCS

Tuesday Sessions 6

Building Instructional Excellence Through Instructional Strategies

This interactive session is designed to demonstrate how to move K-8 mathematics
instruction toward high rigor and relevance using research-based instructional strategies.
Educators will participate first-hand in a professional learning situation that models
effective instruction around strategies that can be applied directly in their classrooms.
These instructional strategies are designed to help teachers create and implement an
effective, engaging learner environment in Pitt County Schools.

Audience: K-8 Math Teachers
Presenter: Marlene Robinson, Consultant
Half-Day Sessions: Tuesday
9:00-12:00

It's Alive! - Professional Development in Life Sciences Education for K-5
This high-energy, hands-on, science laboratory experience will leave you amazed, inspired, and
ready to teach effective, goal-specific lessons that you and your students will love! Children are
naturally curious about the world around them - they want to talk about, read about, write
about and DO science. This makes nature one of our most valuable instructional tools. Join us
and learn how to use the things that grow and live right outside your classroom to develop high
level thinking skills, observational skills, communication skills and essential vocabulary.
Audience: K-5 Science Teachers

Presenter: Samantha Chauncey, Pitt Community College

Realize Math I, II, and III

Pearson Realize is the online resource of several PCS High School Math courses including Math
1, 2, & 3. With rich and engaging content, embedded assessment with instant data, and flexible
classroom management tools, Realize gives you the power to raise interest and achievement
for every student.
Audience: 8-12 Math Teachers
Teaching with Urgency and Rigor to Improve K-2 Reading Comprehension
Tuesday Sessions 7

Improving reading comprehension through direct explicit comprehension strategy instruction

and supporting students as they express their text reading comprehension orally and in writing
with text based evidence, all the while building and revisiting their background knowledge
about the world around them.
Audience: K-2 Teachers
Presenter: Jennifer Jones, Consultant

Sprucing Up Math EOG Review
In this session the presenter will discuss fun and easy ways to make Math EOG review fun,
exciting and meaningful for the students and teacher. I will show ways in which teachers with
all levels of resources can review for the EOG and keep students active and engaged.
Audience: K-5, 6-8 Teachers

Presenters: Heidi Criswell, Beth Madigan, and Lydia ORear
21st Century Instructional Tools: SchoolNet

Learn how to use SchoolNet to generate test and practice questions, how to analyze data to
inform instruction, and how to track student mastery towards learning objectives.

Presenter: Amber Bass-Godfrey, DPI

Envisions Math K-2
In this session teachers will learn to use the new Envisions math resource for their students;
participants will need a laptop.
Audience: K-2 Teachers, Coaches

Presenter: Pearson

Tuesday Sessions 8

Break Out Sessions: Tuesday
9:00-10:15

"WORD UP!" Fun Ways to Engage Students with Vocabulary
Do you find that your students are getting "stumped" with vocabulary? Would they think that
statement had something to do with a tree? Then come find some engaging ways to help your
students improve their vocabulary without needing to merely copy definitions.

Presenter: Denise Owens, Eastern Elementary

21st Century Instructional Tools: Canvas

Beginning in 2015-16, Pitt County Schools will utilize Canvas by Instructure as the official district
LMS. A Learning Management System is a way to connect all the digital tools that teachers use
in one place. This presentation will offer a brief overview of features, capabilities, login
information, and further training options. For a preview of Canvas, go to
http://www.canvaslms.com/
Audience: Teachers

Effective Thinking and Writing in EVERY AP class

Every AP course - regardless of content area - requires students to effectively communicate
their understanding of important ideas in a written format. Thinking and writing are critical to
success in AP courses. This session will look at strategies for successful writing on AP exams
based on my experience as an AP Reader in European History and a teacher of AP European
History and AP US History.
Audience: 9-12 AP Teachers

Presenter: Nicki Griffin, South Central HS
Tuesday Sessions 9

We ALL Academic English as a Second Language!

This training is the first of a four part series, with parts 2-4 offered during the school year on
district professional learning days. In part 1, entitled Expediting Comprehension for ELLs and
their English-speaking Peers, participants will learn new strategies from the current state-led
initiative, ExC-ELL, a research-based approach to expediting comprehension in our diverse
classrooms. These strategies provide students with the tools they need to master the academic
language that drives our curriculum. The ExC-ELL approach provides teachers with a variety of
ways to include ELL students in the activities of the regular classroom. It is modification
through inclusion, and any student that struggles with using top-tier academic language will
benefit from the ExC-ELL approach to learning. Join us for an interactive session where you will
learn strategies to use with all of your students as they build academic vocabulary and apply it
to their reading and writing skills. Your students will begin to make academic English their own
as they acquire vocabulary in a 7-step process, negotiate the meaning of new words through
paired reading, and demonstrate comprehension through collaborative writing activities.

Presenters: Amanda Brewington & Hannah Butler

10:30-11:45

Diving Into Data
In this session you will learn how to utilize data to develop intrinsic motivation in your class.
You will learn how to use and display data including STAR data, benchmarks, CFA's and
classroom tests.
Audience: Teachers

Presenter: Donna Steele & Allison Christman, AG Cox
Tuesday Sessions 10

My Access - Because Writing Matters

MY Access! School Edition is the award-winning, cloud based writing development solution that
utilizes artificial intelligence and linguistic technologies to bring wide-scale differentiated
instruction to the writing process. Educators can make timely, data-driven decisions for
successful differentiated instruction and motivate students to write more frequently by
providing them with immediate feedback. This digital resource will be used exclusively at each
high school for English 1 students. This session is a precursor to more formal training on
8/18/15.

Audience: 9-12 Teachers
21st Century Instructional Tools: Canvas (repeated session)

See page 9 for description
Audience: Teachers

Half-Day Sessions: Tuesday

1:00-4:00
Magic Science! - Professional Development in Physical Science Education

Can we teach chemistry and physics in K-5? Of course--and we must! Join us for a fun filled
laboratory session that demonstrates the marvel and magic of science. Learn how to use
science to motivate and inspire your students to utilize and develop high-level thinking,
communication, and comprehension skills. Make potions that miraculously change colors, use
water as glue and more as we show you how to teach fundamentals of chemistry and physical
science with research-based, best teaching practices in inquiry instruction.

Presenter: Samantha Chauncey, Pitt Community College

Tuesday Sessions 11

Teaching with Urgency and Rigor to Improve 3-5 Reading Comprehension

Building student vocabulary, both expressive and receptive, through direct and indirect
vocabulary instruction. Teachers will learn strategies for teaching Tier 2 vocabulary through
Text Talk lessons and the 6-step process for teaching Tier 3 words.

Presenter: Jennifer Jones, Consultant

21st Century Instructional Tools: SchoolNet (repeat session)


Envisions Math 3-5
In this session teachers will learn to use the new Envisions math resource for their students;
participants will need a laptop.
Audience: 3-5 Teachers, Coaches

Presenter: Pearson

1:00-2:15

Audience: Teachers
Tuesday Sessions 12

2:30-3:45

Audience: Teachers

Work Session
This session will allow teachers to collaborate and network to design new lesson plans and/or
assessments aligned with the new standards. Registration is NOT required to participate in this
session and CEUs will not be awarded for participation.

Location: Media Center

Audience: Teachers
Enrollment Maximum: Unlimited

Tuesday Sessions 13

Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Full Day Sessions: Wednesday
9:00-4:00
Language! Initial Training (Day 2)

This is day 2 of the Language! Initial Training; participants must register for both days

Audience: K-12 Language! Teachers

Transmath Initial Training

Provides initial training to implement Transmath program. Participants should bring the
followin Transmath materials to the training: Teacher Edition; Teacher Edition Placement
Guide; Teacher Resource Guide. If participants do not have access to these Transmath
materials, contact Vanessa Tripp (trippva@pitt.k12.nc.us). Participants should bring a laptop if
possible.


The Big 7 & Classroom Management for Challenging Students

A lively interactive presentation provides descriptions of the Big Seven, daily Instruction
techniques: Class-Yes, the Five Classroom Rules, Teach-Okay, the Scoreboard, Hands & Eyes,
Mirror, and Switch. You'll marvel at the easy classroom management system: Scoreboard,
Practice Cards, Guff Counter, Independents, Bulls-eye Game, and Agreement Bridge. Explore
the wonders of WBT student leadership training used to transform your most unruly,
challenging students!

Presenter: Jasselle Cirino, Consultant

Wednesday Sessions 15

PBIS Module I
Schools interested in implementing PBIS Module I can attend this two-day training to begin the
program; note that attendance at this session must be pre-approved by Thomas Feller and the
entire 5-7 member team, including an administrator, must attend both days of training.

Audience: School PBIS Teams
Presenters: Osmond Lister, DPI and Thomas Feller
Half-Day Sessions: Wednesday
9:00-12:00
Envisions Math 3-5 (repeated session)


Break Out Sessions: Wednesday
9:00-10:15
The ELA Standards Unpacked (K-2)

This session will provide K-2 teachers with unpacked ELA standards. The resources provided
will identify what mastery of the ELA standards looks like from a student. The information that
is shared with K-2 teachers will breakdown exactly what the teacher does, what the student
does, and the academic vocabulary associated with each standard.
Presenter: Alan Becker


Grades. Their Power. The Law. Are You in Violation?

Assignments and grades have certain parameters, but all too often, what is in a teacher's grade
book is in violation of board policy. This could mean big trouble if that teacher ever had to
defend himself before the board or in a court of law. During this workshop, participants will
learn the rules, measure their own grading practices and prepare to enter the new school year
with a redefined outlook on grading practice.

Presenter: Kim Lucas

Thinking with ""
Your students will create a visual presentation on any topic you choose. It will include audio,
visual and textual presentations. Students will create stunning presentations using this
extension. This extension is appropriate for math, language arts, science or social studies
teachers. Please bring a device so you can create a thinklink assignment.
Audience: K-5, 6-8, 9-12 Teachers
Presenters: Donna Steele and Chuck Branch, AGC Cox Middle School

NBPTS: Gear Up for Renewal
NBCTs in year 8 or 9 can begin the renewal process before the application process opens in
September. Certificates expiring 2016 or 2017 need attention now. Renewal focuses on
Personal Growth Experiences and the impact on learners. This will be an informational/first
step renewal session to learn about cost, process, formats, and electronic submission.
Audience: Teachers
Presenters: Donna Mathews, South Central HS


10:30-11:45
The ELA Standards Unpacked (3-5)

This session will provide 3-5 teachers with unpacked ELA standards. The resources provided
will identify what mastery of the ELA standards looks like from a student. The information that
is shared with 3-5 teachers will breakdown exactly what the teacher does, what the student
does, and the academic vocabulary associated with each standard.

Using Guided Reading & Writing to Prepare Students for TRC (Written & Oral
Comprehension)
This session will be geared toward preparing students for the TRC portion of READ 3D
benchmark assessments. We will discuss how to group students for guided reading by digging
deeper into the benchmark data. We will also focus on choosing target goals for each reading
group and how to prepare each group for oral and written comprehension according to their
expected testing level. We will use leveled text to practice creating TRC written and oral
comprehension question stems. You will leave this session with a stronger understanding of
how to prepare your students to succeed on the TRC benchmark assessments.
Presenter: Lindsay Pahe, Katie Reynolds, and Stephanie Phelps, South Greenville Elementary

NBPTS: Discover National Board Certification
Join over 20,000 teachers in North Carolina by becoming one of the next National Board
Certified Teachers. This session will cover what it means to be board certified, what the 25
certification areas include, and what four areas will be evaluated through the new process. We
will review the two modules introduced in Fall 2014 and discuss the newest module and its
release date. Cost and loan information will be available.
Audience: Teachers
Presenter: Donna Matthews, South Central HS


Half-Day Sessions: Wednesday
1:00-4:00
Middle School & Struggling Readers

All too often, students enter middle school not reading on grade level. So, what's a teacher to
do? This course is designed to help teachers understand the brain when it comes to reading,
identify why and where the students are struggling and prepare an explicit and direct approach
to closing gaps.
Presenter: Kimberly Lucas

Purposeful Literacy Centers for the K-5 Classroom

Having a purposeful literacy center in the classroom is all about student engagement and
rigorous learning activities when the teacher is conducting small group instruction. This session
will provide teachers with an eye opening view of what a purposeful literacy center looks like in
an elementary classroom. Teachers will learn how to set up a center that lends itself to zero
interruptions while conducting a teacher led small group. Teachers will also learn how to
provide rigorous learning activities, using a simple rubric, for all of your centers. Centers are all
about student engagement and the teachers will be engaged as well as they determine the
grade level and analyze six different purposeful literacy centers that can be used in a K-5
classroom.


Envisions Math K-2 (repeated session)



1:00-2:15
Probing for Understanding - Formative Assessment in Science K-8

Determining student understanding in the sciences can be difficult not only because the
content can be confusing at times but because in science, student preconceptions and
misconceptions are so powerful. Using formative assessment probes, teachers will examine
and expand their toolbox for assessing what students actually know in science and leave this
session with research-based, state sanctioned methods to formatively assess their students'
knowledge of the science essential standards.
Presenter: Fritz Robinett

Creating Critical Thinkers

This session will focus on what Project Based Learning looks like in a sixth grade science/ math
classroom. Come learn how to get your students to think and incorporate 21st Century skills in
all discipline areas. You will begin to develop your own PBL in your content area and share
ideas with fellow teachers.
Audience: Teachers
Presenter: Donna Steele, AG Cox Middle School

Audience: Teachers


2:30-3:45

Audience: Teachers

Work Session


Audience: Teachers

Thursday, August 13, 2015
Full Day Sessions: Thursday
9:00-4:00
Language! Refresher Training

Provides refresher training related to implementation of the Language! program. In order to
participate in this refresher training, participants must have previously completed Language!
Initial Training. This is a one day training. Participants should bring the following Language!
materials to the training: Language! Teacher Resource Guide; Language! Teacher Guide Level A
or C - Volume 1 only; Language! Teacher's Placement and Assessment Guide; Student
Interactive Text; Student Hardback Text. Participants should bring a laptop if possible.

Audience: Language! Teachers

Vmath Initial Training

Provides initial training to implement the Vmath (Voyager Math) program. This is a one day
training. Participants should bring a Vmath Teacher's Kit to the training. If participants do not
have access to Vmath Teacher's Kit, contact Vanessa Tripp (trippva@pitt.k12.nc.us).
Participants should bring a laptop if possible.


Lesson Design & Delivery

Discover WBTs simple, powerful Five Step Lesson Template for structuring lessons. At every
step of the template, you'll learn how to incorporate WBT's signature elements: whole brain
instruction, deep student engagement and magnetic learning fun. The Five Step Lesson
Template is perfect for teaching everything from the most complex core standards to the
simplest classroom procedures ... and every lesson develops powerful higher order thinking
skills (HOTS!).

Presenter: Jasselle Cirino, Consultant

Thursday Sessions 23

Write From the Beginning for New PCS Teachers (Day 1)

Write from the Beginning is a PCS district initiative; this two-day training is designed for new
teachers in the district to learn the program and begin implementing it the very first day of
school. Teachers must bring the manual assigned them from their school; day two of the
training will take place on October 26, a district professional learning day, and participants must
attend both days of training. Teachers should register for the appropriate grade span (the
training is offered for K-1, 2-3, 4-5, and 6-8); this is a required training for teachers new to PCS.

Audience: New K-1 , 2-3, and 4-5Teachers to PCS

Write From the Beginning: for New 6-8 PCS Teachers (Day 1)
Argumentative Training for 6-8 teachers; participants must have completed WFTB training prior
to attending and should bring their manual assigned to them by the school. Day 2 will be on
October 26, 2015, a district professional learning day.

Audience: New 6-8 Teachers to PCS

Reading 3D
Reading 3D is a district and state initiative, and training is required for all teachers new to PCS
in grades K-3. Please note that this training will take place at Sadie Saulter, and all BTs will
be automatically registered for it, so only new experienced teachers need register. This is a
1.5 day training, with the second part of the training delivered on August 18, a district
professional learning day. This is a required training for all new K-3 teachers to Pitt County
Schools.

Audience: New K-3 Teachers to PCS

PBIS Module I
Day 2 of PBIS Module I training; participants must attend both days.

Audience: School PBIS Teams
nrollment Maximum: 30

Youth Mental Health First Aid (repeat session)

See page 6 for session details.


Half-Day Sessions: Thursday
9:00-12:00

Reading Comprehension in K-2
How do I get my students to grow? How can we get students to accelerate in written
comprehension? Teachers will learn how to teach their children to make their thinking "visible"
and apply to text in both written and oral comprehension. Teachers will have the opportunity
to build a bank of ideas for fiction and non fiction guided reading lessons for K-2 students.


Presenter: Krista Bunting and Ashley Smith, Wintergreen Primary School

Literature Circles with Intermediate Students: Choice + Constructive Talk =

Comprehension
When you finish a good book, what do you do? Chances are you want to TALK with someone
about it, not take a multiple choice quiz. The same is true for our students, too! This half-day
presentation will help teachers understand the many benefits of literature circles for
intermediate readers. We'll talk about the general structure and main ideas of literature
circles, thinking especially about how research supports student choice and constructive talk to
deepen students' comprehension of the texts they read. We'll also watch videos and get to try
some literature circles of our own and see how our understanding of this activity changes when
we engage deeply as readers with high-quality texts. Come ready to read, talk, think, and enjoy
books with one another.


Presenter: Dr. Caitlyn Ryan, East Carolina University


Break Out Sessions: Thursday
9:00-10:15
What's In Your Wallet

This session will highlight various Positive Behavior Support Programs that can be easily
implemented in both the general and adaptive EC classrooms. The students in my K-5
classroom currently have wallets where velcroed pennies are earned for working hard. These
pennies are cashed in daily at the Candy Store with extras going to their savings account.
That is where the title of my presentation Whats In Your Wallet comes from. Sample materials
will be brought in and shown as well as classroom pictures and videos throughout the
presentation. Resource guides with internet resources including the Whole Brain Teaching
techniques will also be shared. All these resources will be used to illustrate a variety of
programs that the participants can easily put into place upon returning to their classrooms. All
the techniques spotlighted have been field tested by the author in various settings throughout
the continuum of services for exceptional children, as well as various grade levels. Many
anecdotal stories will be shared regarding the students and parents investments in these
programs. Participants will have a notes handout from the PowerPoint. There will also be
several opportunities for the participants to share programs they use as well as ask questions
regarding particularly challenging behaviors they may be facing. The targeted audience would
be anyone seeking some tips and easy behavioral reward programs that support positive
behavior in the classroom.


Presenter: Wesley Trump, Sam D Bundy Elementary School

Using Picture Books to Teach Literacy Skills
This workshop will focus on improving students reading comprehension by using picture books
to teach literacy skills (ex. mood, plot, theme). We will explore well-known picture books and
which skills they fit best into. Teachers will receive/create ready-to-teach lesson plans for
implementing picture books in their classrooms.

Presenter: Kim Russell, Ayden Middle School



Audience: Teachers
10:30-11:45
We ALL Speak Academic English as a Second Language! (repeat session)

See page 10 for session description


Audience: Teachers
Half-Day Sessions: Thursday
1:00-4:00
Literature Circles with Intermediate Students: Choice + Constructive Talk =

Comprehension (repeat session)
See page 25 for session description



1:00-2:15
K-2 Comprehension: Making Thinking Visible

This study involves the direct teaching of comprehension strategies through concrete
experiences with first grade students. The purpose of this research is to develop authentic
rigorous instruction on comprehension to support students ability to respond to higher order
questioning with supporting details in both oral and written form. Data taken from
standardized testing shows students are stagnating in growth because of an inability to respond
to oral and written response questions after reading benchmark texts. This innovation involves
directly teaching 6 components of comprehension with an emphasis on hands on experience
and making thinking visible. Students were also supported by interactive journals as physical
representations of their learning. Upon completion of the project 100% of students showed
growth with a minimum of 3 levels and a maximum of 11 levels. I was also able to show that
this new learning was being applied across the curriculum.


Presenter: Ashley Smith, Wintergreen Primary School


Audience: Teachers

Break-Out Sessions: Thursday
2:30-3:45

Audience: Teachers


Work Session


Audience: Teachers


Session Planning Matrix

Use the matrix below to outline the sessions for which you want to register.
Registration will open on May 27 for all teachers. Except for specific sessions
notated in this guide, registration does not require the approval of principals or
district-level administrators to participate.

Tuesday, August 11, 2015
9:00-10:15
10:30-11:45
11:50-1:00
1:00-2:15
2:30-3:45
Session Name

Lunch (off campus)

9:00-10:15
10:30-11:45
11:50-1:00
1:00-2:15
2:30-3:45
Session Name

Lunch (off campus)

9:00-10:15
10:30-11:45
11:50-1:00
1:00-2:15
2:30-3:45
Session Name

Lunch (off campus)

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Thursday, August 13, 2015
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Curriculum Summer Institute

August 11-13, 2015

Full Day Sessions: Tuesday

Language! Initial Training

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Thinking Maps Training for New Teachers

Building Instructional Excellence Through Instructional Strategies

Half-Day Sessions: Tuesday

Realize Math I, II, and III

Teaching with Urgency and Rigor to Improve K-2 Reading Comprehension

Improving reading comprehension through direct explicit comprehension strategy instruction

Presenter: Jennifer Jones, Consultant

21st Century Instructional Tools: SchoolNet

Envisions Math K-2

Break Out Sessions: Tuesday

21st Century Instructional Tools: Canvas

Effective Thinking and Writing in EVERY AP class

We ALL Academic English as a Second Language!

Break Out Sessions: Tuesday

My Access - Because Writing Matters

21st Century Instructional Tools: Canvas (repeated session)

Half-Day Sessions: Tuesday

Magic Science! - Professional Development in Physical Science Education

Teaching with Urgency and Rigor to Improve 3-5 Reading Comprehension

21st Century Instructional Tools: SchoolNet (repeat session)

Envisions Math 3-5

Break Out Sessions: Tuesday

Break Out Sessions: Tuesday

21st Century Instructional Tools: Canvas (repeated session)

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Full Day Sessions: Wednesday

Language! Initial Training (Day 2)

Transmath Initial Training

The Big 7 & Classroom Management for Challenging Students

Half-Day Sessions: Wednesday

Envisions Math 3-5 (repeated session)

Break Out Sessions: Wednesday

The ELA Standards Unpacked (K-2)

Grades. Their Power. The Law. Are You in Violation?

Break Out Sessions: Wednesday

The ELA Standards Unpacked (3-5)

21st Century Instructional Tools: Canvas (repeated session)

Half-Day Sessions: Wednesday

Middle School & Struggling Readers

Purposeful Literacy Centers for the K-5 Classroom

Envisions Math K-2 (repeated session)

Break Out Sessions: Wednesday

Probing for Understanding - Formative Assessment in Science K-8

Creating Critical Thinkers

Break Out Sessions: Wednesday

21st Century Instructional Tools: Canvas (repeated session)

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Full Day Sessions: Thursday

Language! Refresher Training

Vmath Initial Training

Lesson Design & Delivery

Write From the Beginning for New PCS Teachers (Day 1)

Youth Mental Health First Aid (repeat session)

Half-Day Sessions: Thursday

Literature Circles with Intermediate Students: Choice + Constructive Talk =

Break Out Sessions: Thursday

What's In Your Wallet

Using Picture Books to Teach Literacy Skills