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Friday, March 7, 2008
Spotlight on Vocabulary
In March and April at SchoolsMovingUp, we are featuring three new Online Events presented by Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Adjunct Professor at the University of California at Berkeley and facilitator of the California Vocabulary Forum (CVF). Two events will highlight the implementation of vocabulary strategies at the school and county levels respectively, while the third focuses on science vocabulary instruction. In addition to this series, we are hosting a number of other events in the coming months, so please check our
Online Events Page.
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A School Immersed in Vocabulary
March 18 - Free Online Event
This webinar will highlight one California school’s improvement in vocabulary instruction based on information from the California Vocabulary Forum (CVF). The principal and on-site coaches have led school staff in translating 18 months of CVF webcast content into practice. Dr. Hiebert’s presentation will provide examples of how the entire kindergarten through fifth grade school staff has been applying information from the CVF to improve their students’ performance. This webinar will feature audio interviews with the school staff.
A County Immersed in Vocabulary
April 22 - Free Online Event
In this webinar, Dr. Hiebert will highlight a county-wide effort emanating from CVF. Each grade span (elementary, middle, and high school) has focused on a particular kind of vocabulary activity. For each vocabulary activity, an appropriate assessment was identified to verify that students were making the necessary gains. This presentation will provide examples of activities and assessments with photos of classrooms and interviews with teachers and county staff.
Critical Science Vocabulary
April 30 - Free Online Event
If the concepts and vocabulary of science are not taught in grades one through four, students in middle school and beyond will be faced with an inordinate number of challenging words, representing complex and unknown concepts. In this presentation, Dr. Hiebert will discuss the need to make science vocabulary education a priority in grades one through four. She will include in her presentation the implications of findings from a recent study that indicates a significant decrease in the amount of time devoted to science instruction and also examine how the Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading project has supported students’ vocabulary and literacy learning with science content.
Tools for Literacy: Technology to Support Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
October 24, 2007 - Online Event
Technology provides a new opportunity to remove barriers to learning and improve the literacy skills of all students. Through discussion and demonstration, Kathleen H. McClaskey, President of EdTech Associates and Joan Sedita, founding partner of Keys to Literacy, introduced participants to accessible desktop and “no cost” online tools that could be used to support the teaching and learning of reading comprehension and vocabulary strategies. Suggestions were provided for how these technology tools could be used in a variety of reading and writing tasks. This event emphasized the importance of direct comprehension and vocabulary instruction, as well as how to integrate the technology tools into this instruction.
(NOTE: Joan Sedita will also be hosting another event on April 9th, titled The Key Three Routine: Comprehension Strategy Instruction)
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