STAAR Distinguished Speaker Series: Kylene Beers and Bob Probst

Region 13 is proud to continue the ELAR Distinguished Speaker Series for ELAR educators.  Throughout the year, a renowned and highly-acclaimed ELAR expert will deliver a workshop that prepares educators for the rigor and demand of the STAAR, AP courses, and post-secondary readiness.  Come be inspired by some of the greatest minds working in the field of literacy research and rejuvenate your classroom practices! 

This year we welcome these highly sought after presenters: Kylene Beers and Bob Probst, Kelly Gallagher, Jeff Anderson, Georgia Heard, Gretchen Bernabei, Stephanie Harvey, and Debbie Miller.


NOTE: This workshop starts at 8:00 am.

 

Close Reading of Fiction and Nonfiction Texts

Writers, speakers, and educators, Kylene Beers and Robert (Bob) Probst have worked together for over a decade helping teachers improve the literacy lives of students. Kylene is the author of When Kids Can't Read/What Teachers Can Do and Bob is the author of Response and Analysis. Together they are coauthors of Notice & Note: Strategies for Close Reading and co-editors, with Linda Rief, of Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice.


Join us in this hands-on interactive session as we share strategies for helping students read fiction and nonfiction closely. We’ll also share strategies that encourage engagement and help students develop their own questions about a text. Finally, we’ll spend some time talking about vocabulary development. This is workshop is most appropriate for teachers grades 4 - 12, though the early elementary teachers who attend our workshops tell us they see easy ways to adapt these strategies for their younger students. Language arts teachers, reading specialists, literacy coaches, resource, ESL, social studies, and science teachers will find information that helps them. Participants will have a sneak peak at our forthcoming book titled Reading Nonfiction: Stances, Signposts, and Strategies


 


ELAR Teachers
Kylene Beers and Bob Probst
Elementary, STAAR, Assessment, Writing, EOC-STAAR, Instructional Strategies, Reading Language Arts (RLA), Literacy
In-person

$150.00
CPE Credits: 6.00  
Registration Closes: 10/1/2015 1:00 pm
ESC Region 13
5701 Springdale Road
Austin, TX 78723
Wed. 9/30/2015 - 8:00am to 3:00pm
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