Back by popular demand on Monday, November 8th, (8:30-3:00), Tom Chapin has returned from Arkansas to work with our Fast ForWord participant sites. Gain an indepth understanding of what interventions to use and when it is most effective to support our students. As a bonus, we will even explore other literacy strategies that enhance skill transfer…
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Launching 2010 Year
What a great launch on September 30th at Byrne Creek. Thanks to all of you who made it after a long day of work. Discussion ranged from review of student selection criteria, intervention boxes, new assessment binders to support milestones of where our students are, to connecting with our colleagues at all the sites. Individuals…
September – Welcome Back
Welcome back to another year of exciting things to discover. While I love the summer as a time for rejuvenation and wanderings of a different pace, September always brings a crispness in the air and a sense of quiet anticipation. We’re launching some things that are a little different this year, which will make life…
Year End Procedures
Hi Everyone, The days are counting down and summer is almost upon us. Thank you all for your hard work in supporting our students in Fast ForWord.
June 17th Fast ForWord Training
June 17th is Training/Learning Day! Schou – TLC (9:00-3:00) This is another opportunity for expanding your team – for any teacher, EA, administrative staff, support staff in your building (currently running Fast ForWord).
Surveys – Collecting Stories
Here are the surveys (pdf) for you to download. Hoping to collect all by Friday June 4th. Please send to Schou – Attention Janet.
Intervention – Clunks
A number of extra interventions were provided in your packages at the Participants meeting. Instructions for the Clunk Visual is now posted under INTERVENTIONS tab.
Bridging Reading with Kurzweil
So why Kurzweil? While students are exercising their brain with Fast ForWord, the need for practice with reading comprehension continues. This part of literacy is challenging as you need to have the student work within their ‘just right text’ zone. Otherwise, the student ends up expending critical brain energy on decoding and never getting to the…
Reaching the Milestones…
Some of you are on your second round of students and are compiling (or have already compiled) a picture of your students’ progress. In our meetings onsite, many of you have mentioned how you or other teachers have noticed a change in behaviours (increased engagement, some motivation, increased focus and on-task behaviours, and a belief…
Reading connections or Give Me a Bridge?
How do we help students with their reading in the classroom or in LSS while they are moving through Fast ForWord? There are times when having access to the same reading materials as everyone else is important. Especially true when you wish to practice comprehension and engage in group discussions. Although there are many options available to…
Important RPI ISSUES Affecting Data
Hi Everyone, PLEASE READ! If you are having issues with the RPI launching consistently and some of our sites are showing up with multiple archiving tending to corrupt and fragment the data files — please see the steps below. STEPS TO FOLLOW:
Closing Instructions for Winter Break…
Hi Everyone, Please ARCHIVE your student data and power off your computers for winter break. Thank you for all your hard work in supporting our students and see you all in January.
HELP – FAQ
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Conference powerpoints and notes…reviewing learning
The moment you’ve been waiting for… some of the powerpoints have come in. Click on the following titles to download the presentations from the BC Circle of Learning Conference. Keynote – Sherrelle Walker: Changing Lives with Fast ForWord Keynote – Tony Herdman: Neuroimaging of Reading Workshop – (Sherrelle Walker): Best Practices for Administrators Workshop…
Regional Circle of Learning Conference – Oct. 23, 2009
Next week, we’ll be at the Circle of Learning Conference hosted by Burnaby School District and Scientific Learning out at beautiful Byrne Creek Secondary. Registration is full. Our agenda is packed with information on brain neuroscience, hands-on workshops on Fast ForWord and Progress Tracker. We’re going to be actively engaging our brains in multiple ways and have…