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ALANA
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Alana Morris has been an educator for 16 years and has taught all levels from elementary through high school. She is currently the language arts program director in Aldine Independent School District for grades 5–8. She actively serves on the state board of the Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, is the president of the North Harris County Council of Teachers of English, and is president-elect of
C.R.E.S.T. (Coalition of Reading and English Supervisors of Texas). |
Workshop:
Research Based Strategies in Word Study
for TAKS Reading and Writing K-12
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Free copy of Alana's new book with your registration
Vocabulary Unplugged
30 Lessons that will Revolutionize How You Teach Vocabulary K-12
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Research-based evidence supports the use of teaching to the multiple ways that students learn and retain information. Improving a student’s vocabulary requires constant focus on exploring new words and patterns of language. If your still standing beside your dusty overhead projector with your weekly vocab words you need to come spend a day with outstanding teacher, Alana Morris. She will show you how to unplug the overhead and “plug in” to brain based learning strategies that engage students’ minds with the study and love of words. All grade level teachers will benefit from Alana’s unique and creative approach to word study.
"Alana Morris is a gifted educator who looks deep inside a child's learning experiences and pulls out the very best of each student's potential with her exciting and educationally grounded technology for teaching."
Dr. Kelley Barger
Fontbonne University Professor
St. Louis, Missouri
“There's a strategy for everyone! All of my kids love doing The Syllable Squat, and you should have seen the parents giving it a try!”
Marc
Venegas
4th. Grade teacher
Alief ISD, Houston, Texas |
Vocabulary instruction will never be the same after Alana Morris shows you how to unplug the overhead and plug in your students to the joy of words.
You will learn ways to:
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Utilize solid brain research to maximize word study.
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Help students understand the connection between context clues and inference.
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Use students’ own writing to enhance word study.
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Bring energy and life into learning and rehearsing words.
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Use poetry and music to build motivation and strengthen memory connections for words.
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Help students remember the words they learn
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Teach students love the language they are learning.
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Bring movement into learning words and enhance students’ recall of the words without rote memory.
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Analyze structural components of language that are crucial for vocabulary.
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Review and rehearse words students have learned so they own them rather than just know them.
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Use multiple resources to explore words and language.
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Prepare students for vocabulary on standardized assessments.
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Turn your kids onto words!
| "My annual teacher observation happened to occur while I was teaching one of Alana's vocabulary lessons that I called "Vocabulary Charades" - not only did the students shine, but my administrator was very impressed with the student "charades" which demonstrated the difficult vocabulary word. Further, they were successful when tested to match word with definition as well as writing sentences using the words and adding definitions as context clues!"
Linda Toner - Grade 5 |
Who should attend?
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Language Arts Teachers 1-8
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English/Reading teachers 9-12
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Content area teachers, especially science and social studies
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Reading Specialists
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Writing Specialists
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Special Educators
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ESL Teachers
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Administrators
Funding sources
Title One
NCLB
Chapter One
Space
is limited--Register today
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