Register Now   Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2024 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 245503069 ML Teacher Toolbox: Using Sentence Frames and Word Banks to Support All Levels of Development It is no secret that sentence frames and word banks are useful tools! Engage in a simulation that will help you experience why they work, and when they fail. Then see examples at a variety of grade levels. Examine how to create and structure these tools to strategically advance speaking and writing levels for your students. Leave with ready-to-use frames and word banks for common classroom [...]

Register Now   Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 245503078 ML Teacher Toolbox:  On Your Feet Strategies and Structures We all know that kids of all ages need to move!  Join me in exploring productive and meaningful activities that get students engaged and on their feet in the classroom. Examine the benefits of meaningful movement for MLs and everyone else See examples of cooperative structures and movement protocols that promote interaction and language acquisition Leave with ready-to-use resources to use with your students in any content area  TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators [...]

Register Now   Date: Monday, March 11, 2024 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 245503039 ML Teacher Toolbox:  Using Hold-Up Tools to Boost Engagement Learn how Hold-Up Tools can boost engagement, give entry points to all learners, and increase your ability to assess understandings See sample activities that can be applied to all content areas Leave with ready-to-print and use hold-up tools to use with your class TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators of Multilingual Learners

Register Now   Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503075 20+ Diverse Picture Books: Nonfiction Edition 2024! Consider how to expand perspectives through meaningful use of nonfiction read-alouds connected to essential content topics. Discuss the many ways to use diverse picture books to teach nonfiction genre-specific features, organizational structures, and reading strategies. Hear excerpts, see a preview, and build your must-have list of nonfiction texts, including biographies, reference materials, literary nonfiction, and memoirs.  Grab activity ideas to use for each one, including some ready-to-print or share resources and prompts for critical [...]

Register Now   Date: Friday, July 12, 2024 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503012 Best Of” Teacher Toolbox: High Impact Resources to Prep Now and Use All Year Did you miss the Teacher Toolbox Series?  Come check out the highlight reel and leave with the top ideas and reproducibles to prep this summer.  Come grab tools, graphic organizers, sentence frames, and more that will make a big impact on the interaction and engagement of your multilingual students in the year ahead! Bring a link to your own favorite resource (created or borrowed) to share in [...]