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Monday, April 28, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT
Presented by Dr. Katie Toppel, English Language Development Specialist
Sponsored by Savvas Learning Company
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Vocabulary is an essential skill for all students—and it is especially critical for English learners. A strong vocabulary is necessary to succeed not only in language arts but also across the content areas like science and social studies. How can we help all our students build stronger academic vocabularies while providing the targeted support our multilingual learners need?
In this edWebinar, Dr. Katie Toppel will share techniques and activities you can use to support productive vocabulary practice in your classroom. Drawing on her experience as an English Language Development Specialist and ESOL Educator, Dr. Toppel will highlight the connective thread between reading, writing, speaking, and listening in building students’ vocabulary knowledge.
Attendees will leave this session with:
- Fun, interactive practice and application activities for building students’ vocabulary
- Proven instructional techniques and activities for supporting multilingual learners’ academic language development
- A lesson-planning tool for making grade-level content accessible and engaging for English learners
All educators who work with multilingual learners—especially K-12 classroom teachers, reading coaches, literacy leaders, instructional leaders, special educators, and curriculum directors—are encouraged to attend this edWebinar. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
About the Presenter
Dr. Katie Toppel is an English Language Development Specialist in Oregon serving multilingual learners through co-planning, co-teaching, and small-group instruction. Dr. Toppel’s instructional background includes experience teaching kindergarten and first grade in addition to working as a K-12 Support Services Teacher at the Franconian International School in Germany. She has taught courses in the ESOL endorsement series at Portland State University and continues to support teachers in their professional learning journeys. In addition, Dr. Toppel is the newest member of the SIOP author team. She co-authored Making Content Comprehensible for Multilingual Learners: The SIOP® Model, 6th Edition with the founding SIOP authors. She was also a co-author on DIY PD: A Guide to Self-Directed Learning for Educators of Multilingual Learners.
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