A small group recently got together to tackle Progress Tracker – the reporting engine that provides an incredible amount of data to sift through. Here are some of the highlights of what was gleaned at our Interventions learning session (January 18, 2011): Prior to an intervention process, assess the situation: direct observation of student (what…
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It’s All About Reading – Learning Session
Our learning session on the new Reading Series is on Tuesday January 11 (3:30-5:30) at Schou – TLC. Our connecting questions: How does the new Reading exercises help to bridge students to gaining reading skills? What practices provided in the exercises can be shared in larger groups with classroom teachers? What students can best benefit…
January 2011 – Learning on the Calendar
Welcome to 2011. It’s the start of a new year and just the time to check what’s happening in the calendar. Since we moved our Learning Session Registrations online, we’ve had many people say how easy it is to check for events and to register. However, because it is so dynamic, sometimes in our busyness…
New Reading Products Info and Support
For those sites who are having the Reading Products installed, instruction manuals are located in the tab above > HOW TO’s. Date for learning: Tuesday January 11, 2011. (3:30-5:30pm) Schou – TLC Session will focus on introduction, focus of exercises, assessment, connections to reading and administrative setup with hands-on practice.
Coming Up
Kurzweil 3000 – Part 2: (This is really where the power of this tool takes off – ability to colour-code notes and annotate – making thinking come alive…) Monday Nov 29 (3:30-5:30) at Schou. We have a guest speaker who will take us through ‘going deeper with comprehension’. Destination Success – Using Assessment Features to…
Be An Interventions EXPERT!
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…
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.