7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom (All Levels) Virtual

What if you could design an amazing learning environment? We already have, and it's all contained in 7steps! 7 Steps to Building a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom provides a seven step process that creates a language-rich interactive classroom environment in which all students can thrive. Topics include differentiating instruction for students at a variety of language proficiencies, keeping all students absolutely engaged, and creating powerful learning supports. This session will be a 6 hour session presented by Carol Salva from Seidlitz Education.

Las Voces de SEL, Let Their Stories Be Heard (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Our students come from many different backgrounds. Many struggle to fit into their new environment, carrying baggage from their previous experiences. How can we welcome them into our classrooms and help them feel comfortable in their new home? This session will provide you with ideas and activities that can be incorporated into your SEL instruction to allow all voices to be heard based on a bilingual literacies framework.

Hooked on Ellevation Strategies Part 1 (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Learn how to build background knowledge, clarify input, fortify output, foster interactions and develop academic language. Ellevation strategies will make your content comprehensible while students are engaged in learning.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 5 - Spelling Patterns (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss instructional strategies and activities to perform a contrastive analysis of the elements of English and Spanish, specifically on spelling patterns on both languages.

Spanish Language: Spanish Vocabulary Instruction and Cross-Linguistic Connection to English (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

This training is predominantly done in Spanish. Learn research-based strategies and activities that develop students' vocabulary in Spanish as well as in English. Some of the topics included in this training are: (a) identifying academic vocabulary; (b) difficulty of academic vocabulary in the content areas: language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; (c) receptive and productive knowledge; (d) inflection, lemma, derivative, and word families; and (e) cross-linguistic transfer between Spanish and English.

Vocabulary Now: Part 2 (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Educators will explore different vocabulary strategies/activities that will build and stimulate word recognition, ideas, problem solving, writing, and metacognition. These activities/strategies will give students many opportunities to explore vocabulary that they are learning within the classroom setting. This presentation will encourage educators to help students build a firm foundation in the building blocks of language.

A Tisket, A Tasket: What's in a Story Basket? (Primary) Face to Face

Do you want to bring your favorite children's books to life? Come learn about story baskets and how to use them in a preschool, pre-K, kindergarten, or first grade classroom. Story baskets enhance narrative development and comprehension in your classroom. You will even make a story basket during the session to use immediately in your classroom.

Enhance Your Lessons Through Biliteracy Strategies (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Join us for this highly engaging session that will help bilingual teachers make cross linguistic connections through PVR. Participants will leave empowered and ready to differentiate and implement ELLevation strategies that will support their content for their students. Learn to scaffold instruction with structured conversations that will support students learning English and Spanish.

Language Bridging in the Elementary Bilingual Social Studies Classroom (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

This workshop looks at ways to implement the strategies of Preview/ View/ Review and language bridging within the elementary bilingual classroom. Together, these tools in a teacher's toolbelt lead to deeper content and language knowledge for Emergent Bilinguals.

Literacy and Art for Primary Classrooms (Primary) Face to Face

Come make art with me! Making connections between children's books and hands-on experiences. Using children's books to build background and provide young learners visual supports before making a piece of artwork. Participants will be taken through an art lesson that uses both English and Spanish children' books.

Enhancing Summarizing and Note Taking Skills (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Did you know that summarizing and note taking are highly effective strategies? John Hattie's research states that summarization has an affect size of .79! Join us for an engaging session about the art of summarizing and note taking in the classroom. Participants will be able to self reflect on their current use of these strategies in their classroom, adjust current strategies, and learn new strategies to implement throughout core content areas.

Structured Literacy Instruction for English Learners (Elementary) Virtual

During this session, participants will explore each of the components of Structured Literacy along with evidence-based strategies for lesson design and effective implementation. We will reference the work of Dr. Elsa Cardenas-Hagan as we present the essential components of Structured Literacy; discuss special considerations for implementation of Structured Literacy among English Learners; and highlight cross-linguistic features for the development of second language and literacy skills.

Engaging Vocabulary Strategies (Elementary) Face to Face

In this presentation, we will discuss how vocabulary is implemented when connecting background knowledge. Background knowledge is a critical component not just for us reading/writing teachers, but across all subject areas and being familiar with the vocabulary is essential for students to master their learning objectives. Through various hands-on activities, we will demonstrate and collaborate with teachers on effective strategies implemented that our EB students enjoy using and help them succeed. Research shows in order for students to comprehend and connect they must be presented vocabulary, not in the textbook as traditional or writing it down in a notebook, but rather include multiple opportunities of practice where students are allowed to hear, speak, read, and write.

Words, Words, Words: Strategies to Increase Vocabulary in Young Children (Primary) Face to Face

Join Frogstreet's expert, Monica Cordoba for this great session. This course will identify the most effective strategies for teaching vocabulary based on the research documented in the article “Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel” 2008) and supported by the book Early Childhood Literacy: The National Early Literacy Panel and Beyond (Shanahan & Lonigan, 2012). Participants will review myths of vocabulary instruction and expand knowledge of research-based practices including tiered vocabulary instruction.

Las Voces de SEL, Let Their Stories Be Heard (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Our students come from many different backgrounds. Many struggle to fit into their new environment, carrying baggage from their previous experiences. How can we welcome them into our classrooms and help them feel comfortable in their new home? This session will provide you with ideas and activities that can be incorporated into your SEL instruction to allow all voices to be heard based on a bilingual literacies framework.

Hooked on Ellevation Strategies Part 2 (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Learn how to build background knowledge, clarify input, fortify output, foster interactions and develop academic language. Ellevation strategies will make your content comprehensible while students are engaged in learning. Part 2

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 5 - Spelling Patterns (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss instructional strategies and activities to perform a contrastive analysis of the elements of English and Spanish, specifically on spelling patterns on both languages.

Spanish Language: Spanish Vocabulary Instruction and Cross-Linguistic Connection to English (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

This training is predominantly done in Spanish. Learn research-based strategies and activities that develop students' vocabulary in Spanish as well as in English. Some of the topics included in this training are: (a) identifying academic vocabulary; (b) difficulty of academic vocabulary in the content areas: language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; (c) receptive and productive knowledge; (d) inflection, lemma, derivative, and word families; and (e) cross-linguistic transfer between Spanish and English.

EB Friendly Environment: Anchors that Teach, Reinforce, and Support (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Get ready to begin the school year with high expectations and stronger anchor charts! We will learn different ways to make anchor charts that will explicitly support your students. We will also work on our anchors for the beginning of the year as we put into practice our new knowledge reinforcing our curriculum!

A Tisket, A Tasket: What's in a Story Basket? (Primary) Face to Face

Do you want to bring your favorite children's books to life? Come learn about story baskets and how to use them in a preschool, pre-K, kindergarten, or first grade classroom. Story baskets enhance narrative development and comprehension in your classroom. You will even make a story basket during the session to use immediately in your classroom.

Enhance Your Lessons Through Biliteracy Strategies (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Join us for this highly engaging session that will help bilingual teachers make cross linguistic connections through PVR. Participants will leave empowered and ready to differentiate and implement ELLevation strategies that will support their content for their students. Learn to scaffold instruction with structured conversations that will support students learning English and Spanish.

Language Bridging in the Elementary Bilingual Social Studies Classroom (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

This workshop looks at ways to implement the strategies of Preview/ View/ Review and language bridging within the elementary bilingual classroom. Together, these tools in a teacher's toolbelt lead to deeper content and language knowledge for Emergent Bilinguals.

Literacy and Art for Primary Classrooms (Primary) Face to Face

Come make art with me! Making connections between children's books and hands-on experiences. Using children's books to build background and provide young learners visual supports before making a piece of artwork. Participants will be taken through an art lesson that uses both English and Spanish children' books.

Using Mentor Texts and Sentence Frames to improve Emergent Bilinguals' Writing (Elementary) Virtual

The objective for this session is for teachers to learn how to teach emergent bilinguals to integrate mentor texts and sentence frames into their own writing as a scaffold while they are acquiring their 2nd language. Participants will have hands-on experience incorporating sentence frames while writing about a specific topic related to CKLA units..

Engaging Vocabulary Strategies (Elementary) Face to Face

In this presentation, we will discuss how vocabulary is implemented when connecting background knowledge. Background knowledge is a critical component not just for us reading/writing teachers, but across all subject areas and being familiar with the vocabulary is essential for students to master their learning objectives. Through various hands-on activities, we will demonstrate and collaborate with teachers on effective strategies implemented that our EB students enjoy using and help them succeed. Research shows in order for students to comprehend and connect they must be presented vocabulary, not in the textbook as traditional or writing it down in a notebook, but rather include multiple opportunities of practice where students are allowed to hear, speak, read, and write.

Promoting Diversity Within Readings & Lessons (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Desiring to find multicultural resources and literature to use for upcoming lessons, whether it be online or face-to-face? Looking for a way to include technology in lessons for Kinder to 5th grade? Come to this session for a model lesson and resources that you can implement in the next unit! The focus will be reaching on Special Education and English Language Learners. Participants will learn why it is necessary to have diverse literature and what they can do to implement tips shared!

Background Knowledge, The Spark that Ignites your Lesson (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Looking for the key to unlock your students' success? Your EBs' experiences and existing knowledge is the spark that will ignite your lessons. With increasingly rigorous content, EBs struggle to connect. Join us for a step by step approach to know which background knowledge to activate and explore deeper.

Hooked on Ellevation Strategies Part 1 (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Learn how to build background knowledge, clarify input, fortify output, foster interactions and develop academic language. Ellevation strategies will make your content comprehensible while students are engaged in learning.

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 6 - Syntax-Grammar and Prepositions (Elementary) Face to Face

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss instructional strategies and activities to perform a contrastive analysis of the elements of English and Spanish, specifically on the syntax/grammar and prepositions of both languages.

Reading Comprehension Strategies for Spanish Literacy Development and Cross-Linguistic Connections (Elementary) Virtual

Reading Comprehension Strategies for Spanish Literacy Development and Cross Linguistic Connection to English

This training is predominantly done in Spanish. Learn research-based instructional strategies and activities that increase reading comprehension in Spanish and English. Some of the topics included in this training are: (a) causes of poor reading comprehension; (b) relevance of background knowledge in the comprehension process; (c) literal, inferential, and metacognitive comprehension processes; and (d) cross linguistic transfer between Spanish and English.

Vocabulary Now: Part 2 (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Educators will explore different vocabulary strategies/activities that will build and stimulate word recognition, ideas, problem solving, writing, and metacognition. These activities/strategies will give students many opportunities to explore vocabulary that they are learning within the classroom setting. This presentation will encourage educators to help students build a firm foundation in the building blocks of language.

EBs Academic Success - What Every Teacher Needs to know (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Summer is a great time to recharge your batteries and to be ready for a new school year. When school starts in August, you will get new students that are coming with their own experiences and knowledge. Students that come looking for teachers that are well prepared to engage them, to challenge them, and to provide them with the support they need to address their students' learning needs. Thinking about this, educators need to be ready with new or renovated skills and strategies and new ways to connect with their EBs as well as with other students in their classrooms. So, my invitation is for you to engage as a learner, build on your own competencies and strengths and to try out as many of the ideas presented in this professional development as you can. Remember, the more you learn, the better you will be able to serve your students!

Let Them Talk: Promoting Oral Language in the Early Childhood Classroom (Primary) Face to Face

Oral language has been described as the “engine” of learning and thinking. This is especially true for dual language learners who face unique challenges as they develop as readers and writers. This session will present specific strategies for promoting oral language in early childhood classrooms. These strategies can provide both a strong foundation in children’s first language and a meaningful context for dual language learners. Topics addressed will include the role of extended conversation in the classroom, empowering children to experiment with language, and creating a classroom environment that is language-rich, open-ended, and engaging for young children.

Work Smarter Not Harder: Using Benchmark E-Readers to Teach SLA in the Social Studies (Bil 3rd-5th Elementary) Virtual

One thing that works against all bilingual teachers is having enough time to fit it all in. In this workshop, you will learn how to incorporate Benchmark E-readers and Spanish Language Arts into your Social Studies instruction. Teachers will walk away with an understanding of TEKS aligned resources for grades 3-5 as well as samples and tools to support leveraging these resources to cover Spanish Language Arts Reading and Writing skills.

"The Pen is Mightier than the Sword" (Primary) Face to Face

Primary teachers will dive into the stages of writing and join us as we dismantle the steps in the writing process. Leave this session prepared to develop automatic and fluent writers. You will not only gain knowledge but materials that will improve the quality of your writing lessons.

Let's ELLevate with Eureka (Elementary) Face to Face

If the students are doing the talking.... the students are doing the learning! Participants will learn how to promote student discourse using ELLevation strategies in the math classroom. Come to this engaging session so students can internalize math skills during purposeful discussions.

Using Mentor Texts and Sentence Frames to improve Emergent Bilinguals' Writing (Elementary) Virtual

The objective for this session is for teachers to learn how to teach emergent bilinguals to integrate mentor texts and sentence frames into their own writing as a scaffold while they are acquiring their 2nd language. Participants will have hands-on experience incorporating sentence frames while writing about a specific topic related to CKLA units.

Promoting Diversity Within Readings & Lessons (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Desiring to find multicultural resources and literature to use for upcoming lessons, whether it be online or face-to-face? Looking for a way to include technology in lessons for Kinder to 5th grade? Come to this session for a model lesson and resources that you can implement in the next unit! The focus will be reaching on Special Education and English Language Learners. Participants will learn why it is necessary to have diverse literature and what they can do to implement tips shared!

Building Early Literacy Skills (Primary) Face to Face

Join Frogstreet's expert, Monica Cordoba for this great session. Participants are guided along a developmental sequence of emergent literacy based on the research documented in the article “Developing Early Literacy: Report of the National Early Literacy Panel” (2008) and supported by the book Early Childhood Literacy: The National Early Literacy Panel and Beyond (Shanahan & Lonigan, 2012). Participants will review literacy instruction models that include strategies to build oral language skills focused on vocabulary and comprehension, phonological awareness, concepts of print, expressive writing, and alphabet knowledge.

Background Knowledge, The Spark that Ignites your Lesson (Primary and Elementary) Virtual

Looking for the key to unlock your students' success? Your EBs' experiences and existing knowledge is the spark that will ignite your lessons. With increasingly rigorous content, EBs struggle to connect. Join us for a step by step approach to know which background knowledge to activate and explore deeper.

Hooked on Ellevation Strategies Part 2 (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Learn how to build background knowledge, clarify input, fortify output, foster interactions and develop academic language. Ellevation strategies will make your content comprehensible while students are engaged in learning. Part 2

Deeper Dive of Cross Linguistic Connections: Part 6 - Syntax-Grammar and Prepositions (Elementary) Face to Face

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss instructional strategies and activities to perform a contrastive analysis of the elements of English and Spanish, specifically on the syntax/grammar and prepositions of both languages.

Reading Comprehension Strategies for Spanish Literacy Development and Cross-Linguistic Connections (Elementary) Virtual

Reading Comprehension Strategies for Spanish Literacy Development and Cross Linguistic Connection to English

This training is predominantly done in Spanish. Learn research-based instructional strategies and activities that increase reading comprehension in Spanish and English. Some of the topics included in this training are: (a) causes of poor reading comprehension; (b) relevance of background knowledge in the comprehension process; (c) literal, inferential, and metacognitive comprehension processes; and (d) cross linguistic transfer between Spanish and English.

Vocabulary Now: Part 2 (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Educators will explore different vocabulary strategies/activities that will build and stimulate word recognition, ideas, problem solving, writing, and metacognition. These activities/strategies will give students many opportunities to explore vocabulary that they are learning within the classroom setting. This presentation will encourage educators to help students build a firm foundation in the building blocks of language.

EBs Academic Success - What Every Teacher Needs to know (Primary and Elementary) Face to Face

Summer is a great time to recharge your batteries and to be ready for a new school year. When school starts in August, you will get new students that are coming with their own experiences and knowledge. Students that come looking for teachers that are well prepared to engage them, to challenge them, and to provide them with the support they need to address their students' learning needs. Thinking about this, educators need to be ready with new or renovated skills and strategies and new ways to connect with their EBs as well as with other students in their classrooms. So, my invitation is for you to engage as a learner, build on your own competencies and strengths and to try out as many of the ideas presented in this professional development as you can. Remember, the more you learn, the better you will be able to serve your students!

Let Them Talk: Promoting Oral Language in the Early Childhood Classroom (Primary) Face to Face

Oral language has been described as the “engine” of learning and thinking. This is especially true for dual language learners who face unique challenges as they develop as readers and writers. This session will present specific strategies for promoting oral language in early childhood classrooms. These strategies can provide both a strong foundation in children’s first language and a meaningful context for dual language learners. Topics addressed will include the role of extended conversation in the classroom, empowering children to experiment with language, and creating a classroom environment that is language-rich, open-ended, and engaging for young children.

"The Pen is Mightier than the Sword" (Primary) Face to Face

Primary teachers will dive into the stages of writing and join us as we dismantle the steps in the writing process. Leave this session prepared to develop automatic and fluent writers. You will not only gain knowledge but materials that will improve the quality of your writing lessons.

Using Mentor Texts and Sentence Frames to improve Emergent Bilinguals' Writing (Elementary) Virtual

The objective for this session is for teachers to learn how to teach emergent bilinguals to integrate mentor texts and sentence frames into their own writing as a scaffold while they are acquiring their 2nd language. Participants will have hands-on experience incorporating sentence frames while writing about a specific topic related to CKLA units.