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READ THE 'WRITE' WAY!�����������
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Speaker:
Bonnie Lee Apple, Ed.M.,
Teaching Consultant, Audience: teachers of grades 1-3 Description: Taking an educational trip down The Writing Road to Reading to�learn how to develop good readers, writers and spellers Chairman: Mildred A. Talbot, Trustee, Reading Reform Foundation |
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CONTENT AREA LEARNING:
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS CAN
HELP
Speaker:
Esther Klein Friedman, Ph.D.,
Dir., Communication Arts Audience: teachers of grades 4-6 Description: Teaching the use of graphic organizers to assist the reader in remembering information through meaningful concepts Chairman: Phyllis Koenig, Speech Therapist, Dist. 4 |
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Speaker:
Emily Goldberg, Developmental Audience: pre-kindergarten through grade 1 teachers Description:� Teaching letter sounds, blending these sounds immediately into words, and preventing reading and writing reversals Chairman:� Rory Scott, Dir., Harbor Morningside Children's Center |
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(4)�THE OLDER LEARNER:
BEGINNING ANEW - PART I OF A TWO-PART SESSION (must attend both sessions)
Speaker: Linda Lentini, Trainer, Wilson Language Program���������� Audience: teachers of high school and adult students Description: Demonstration of key strategies and principles for teaching reading�and writing to older students Chairman: Ellen Gordon, Special Education Teacher, P.S. 206, Dist. 4 |
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Speaker:
Claire D. Nissenbaum, M.A.,
Dir., Audience: teachers of grades 3-5 Description: Effective strategies and techniques for teaching reading and spelling�in a meaningful way Chairman: Diana Ambats, Consultant Teacher, P.S. 57, Dist. 4 |
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Speaker: Hyla Rubin, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof., Graduate Program in Literacy, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY Audience: kindergarten through grade 2 teachers � Description: How to teach oral language, phonological awareness and�� beginning reading and writing skills within
curriculum-based classroom�activities Chairman: Susan Oliver, Educational Specialist, Boys Harbor, Inc., Dist. 4 |
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MULTISENSORY PHONETIC
INSTRUCTION IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM
Speaker:
Esther Morgan Sands, M.S.,
Supervisor of Teacher Training, Reading Reform Foundation; Fellow,
Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners & Educators Description:�A
brief overview of the sequence of daily and weekly instruction commencing from sounds and spelling to
smooth reading Chairman: Aileen Lewisohn Godsick, President, Reading Reform Foundation |
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BUILDING LINGUISTIC
COMPLEXITY THROUGH SENTENCE WRITING
Speaker:
Maureen A. Sweeney, M.S., Assistant Head; Director of Admissions, Audience: elementary and middle grade teachers Description: Using techniques, developed by Judith C. Hochman in Basic Writing Skills, to increase students' writing ability Chairman: Charlotte Haber, Assistant. Supervisor of Teacher Training, Reading Reform Foundation |
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(9)����THE IMPACT OF ORAL
LANGUAGE ON READING COMPREHENSION
Speaker:
Phyllis Bertin, Director of
Reading, Windward Teacher Training Institute, Audience: teachers of grades 1-3 Description:
Focusing
on techniques for improving word knowledge and�� Chairman: Mildred A. Talbot, Trustee, Reading Reform Foundation |
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Speaker:
Josh Broder, Theater Teaching
Artist, Lincoln Center Institute, Audience: teachers of grades 6-12 Description:� Modeling a process, developed by Lincoln Center Institute, to focus on the classic text of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar by viewing selected videotapes of the Aquila Theatre Company production, combined with experiential activities, discussion and analysis applicable to the classroom Chairman: Nicole Colwell, Trustee, Reading Reform Foundation |
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Speaker: Emily Goldberg, Developmental Reading Consultant Audience: pre-kindergarten through grade 1 teachers Description:� Teaching letter sounds, blending these sounds immediately into words, and preventing reading and writing reversals Chairman:� Rory Scott, Director Harbor Morningside Children's Center |
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THE OLDER LEARNER: BEGINNING ANEW - PART II OF A TWO-PART SESSION (must
attend both sessions)
Speaker: Linda Lentini, Trainer, Wilson Language Program���������� Audience: teachers of high school and adult students Description: Demonstration of key strategies and principles for teaching reading� and writing to older students Chairman: Ellen Gordon, Special Education Teacher, P.S. 206, Dist. 4 |
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BEGINNING
COMPREHENSION SKILLS - PART I OF A TWO-PART SESSION (must attend both
sessions)
Speaker: Marcia Mann, Director, Bailin-Mann Associates Audience: teachers of grades 4-6 Description:� Using decoding skills, accurate spelling, word roots, sentence and paragraph structure as a basis for thoughtful comprehension Chairman: Sharon R. Krauze, Learning Specialist, Private Practice |
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THE GENERAL EDUCATION
CLASSROOM: WHAT TEACHERS CAN EASILY DO � PART II OF A TWO-PART SESSION
(must both sessions)
Speaker:
Claire D. Nissenbaum, M.A.,
Director Atlantic Seaboard
Audience: teachers of grades 3-5 Description: Effective strategies and techniques for teaching reading and spelling� in a meaningful way Chairman: Diana Ambats, Consultant Teacher, P.S. 57, Dist. 4 |
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DEVELOPING LANGUAGE AND
LITERACY SKILLS IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOM � PART II OF A
THREE-PART SESSION (must attend all three sessions)
Speaker: Hyla Rubin, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof., Graduate Program in Literacy, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY Audience: kindergarten through grade 2 teachers � Description: How to teach oral language, phonological awareness and�� beginning reading and writing skills within
curriculum-based classroom� activities Chairman: Susan Oliver, Educational Specialist, Boys Harbor, Inc., Dist. 4 |
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Speakers:
Gloria Y. Schwartz, Director Harbor Literacy Center; Leona
D. Spector, M.S., Reading Consultant; Author; Trustee, Reading
Reform Foundation; Fellow, Orton-Gillingham Academy
Audience: teachers of high school students Description:� Spector Phonics, a multisensory, structured, sequential program integrating the language system of English with reading, writing, spelling, vocabulary and comprehension Chairman: Louise
L. Arias, Trustee, Reading Reform Foundation
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(17) CHOOSING AND USING GOOD LITERATURE Speaker: Bernice Arricale, Staff Developer, Dist. 4 Audience: teachers of grades 1-3 Description: Demonstrating the use of good literature to develop vocabulary and comprehension skills Chairman: Charlotte Haber, Assistant Supervisor of Teacher Training, Reading Reform Foundation |
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Speaker:
Josh Broder, Theater Teaching
Artist, Lincoln Center Institute, Audience: teachers of grades 6-12 Description:� Modeling a process, developed by Lincoln Center Institute, to focus on the classic text of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar by viewing selected videotapes of the Aquila Theatre Company production, combined with experiential activities, discussion and analysis applicable to the classroom Chairman: Nicole Colwell, Trustee, Reading Reform Foundation |
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Speaker: Emily Goldberg, Developmental Reading Consultant Audience: pre-kindergarten through grade 1 teachers Description:� Teaching letter sounds, blending these sounds immediately into words, and preventing reading and writing reversals Chairman:� Rory Scott, Dir., Harbor Morningside Children's Center |
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���� BEGINNING
COMPREHENSION SKILLS - PART II OF A TWO-PART SESSION (must attend both
sessions)
Speaker: Marcia Mann, Director, Bailin-Mann Associates Audience: teachers of grades 4-6 Description:� Using decoding skills, accurate spelling, word roots, sentence and paragraph structure as a basis for thoughtful comprehension Chairman: Sharon R. Krauze, Learning Specialist, Private Practice |
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(21)����� BECOMING A STRATEGIC READER Speaker: Eileen Marzola, Educational Consultant Audience: teachers of grades 4-6 Description: Improving reading comprehension in both narrative and content-area texts, based on practical application of current research Chairman: Louise L. Arias, Trustee, Reading Reform Foundation |
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BEYOND DECODING: THE
SECONDARY LEVEL
Speaker:
Carol Pine, Resource Room
Teacher, Massapequa H.S.; Int'l Dyslexia Association Trainer; Project
Literacy/Outreach Trainer
Audience:
high school teacher Chairman: Phyllis Koenig, Speech Therapist, Dist. 4 |
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Speaker: Hyla Rubin, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof., Graduate Program in Literacy, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY Audience: kindergarten through grade 2 teachers � Description: How to teach oral language, phonological awareness and�� beginning reading and writing skills within
curriculum-based classroom� activities Chairman: Susan Oliver, Educational Specialist, Boys Harbor, Inc., Dist. 4 |
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Speakers: Lauren Wedeles, Executive Director Reading Reform Foundation�and Esther Morgan Sands, Supervisor of Teacher Training, Reading Reform Foundation; Fellow, Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners & Educators Audience: administrators and general education personnel Description:� How Reading Reform Foundation introduces, plans and implements a collaborative program of multisensory instruction in� regular-education classrooms |