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Foundational Skills in Full Color: Playful, Research-Based Grammar, Vocabulary and Word Study Instruction
Monday, August 12, 2024 @ 4:00 pm EDT - 5:00 pm EDT EDT
Presented by Patty McGee, Author, Literacy Consultant; and Pam Koutrakos, Educator, Author
Sponsored by Learning Without Tears
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Did grammar get you down? Word study feeling ho-hum? Vocabulary zapping classroom energy? Join educators Pam and Patty as they share their Three E’s of language instruction: Explicit, Efficient, Exploratory.
Viewers discover the best that can happen when we marry the science of learning with students’ natural sense of inquiry. Join this edWebinar to learn how to design a playful, research-based approach to language learning that augments any reading and writing curriculum.
This recorded edWebinar is of interest to teachers of grades 1–5.
About the Presenters
Patty McGee is an author-educator, AKA “traveling teacher,” whose passion and vision is to create learning environments where educators and students discover their true potential and power. Patty’s favorite professional learning moments are when groups of teachers are working with students collaboratively in the classroom. She has served schools nationally and internationally to support literacy teaching and learning. Among a variety of publications, Patty is the author of Feedback that Moves Writers Forward: How to Escape Correcting Mode to Transform Student Writing (Corwin 2017) and Writers Workshop Made Simple: 7 Essentials for Every Classroom and Every Writer (Benchmark 2020). Learn more about Patty and her work at pattymcgee.org.
Pam Koutrakos is an experienced educator known for her positive outlook and ability to transform research into actionable classroom practices. Throughout the last 25 years, Pam has worked as a classroom teacher, interventionist, instructional coach, and consultant. She is the author of Word Study That Sticks: Best Practices K-6, The Word Study That Sticks Companion: Classroom-Ready Tools for Teachers and Students, K-6, and Mentor Texts That Multitask: A Less-Is-More Approach to Integrated Literacy Instruction, K-8. Pam has blogged for numerous organizations, has been a guest on multiple podcasts, and presents at conferences and events nationwide. Learn more about Pam and her work at pamkoutrakos.com.
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Learning Without Tears’ mission in today’s changing learning landscape is to ensure that the path to student success remains simple and fun. We provide child-friendly, hands-on, innovative instruction for early learning, handwriting, keyboarding, and writing strategies, and our programs reach more than 31 million students in Pre-K through fifth grade.
