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1.Complimentary e-Books
2. Video Clips of Joyful Accelerated Literacy Strategies
3. Seminars and Workshops 2008-2009 1. Writing to Read in Kindergarten: Explore the Power of "Kid Writing"
Presented by Julie Lay
November 7, 2008 - Salem, Oregon Julie Lay is a mentor kindergarten and NBCT teacher who has developed a model "writing to read" classroom. Spend a day with Julie and learn practical tips for organizing the literacy environment and see why the "Kid Writing" approach is such a powerful way to systematically develop phonics skills and word recognition through journal writing. Learn multisensory ABC and phonics immersion strategies and how to create interactive word walls. Teach high-frequency words "by heart" and use sign language for classroom management while enhancing literacy acquisition. Explore writing and art across the curriculum. Includes comprehensive handbook with writing rubrics and Star Chart assessments. See Photo Essays: "Writing-to-Read" in Kindergarten and "Writing-to-Read" in Kindergarten Part II
Download Writing-to-Read Seminar Sampler: Complimentary e-Book. Download "Kid Writing" seminar flier. Possible 2008-2009 seminar locations. Please email us, info@nellieedge.com, with your interest in attending this "Kid Writing" Seminar in the following locations (as soon as we see significant email response, we will schedule our next out-of-area seminar):
2. (Day 1) The Original Magic of Signing Songs Seminar: Maximizing Language Through the Magic of Signing Songs (PreK-2)
Presented by Nellie Edge and Diane Larson PLAN NOW FOR SUMMER 2009! Download Previous Seminar Flier (pdf format) See Photo Essay: The Magic of Signing Songs (research and benefits for accelerated literacy)  See ASL Video Clip from Seminar DVD: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
This seminar comes with new DVD, beautiful revised literacy manual, ASL handbook, and anthology set. Thousands of Northwest teachers have enriched their classrooms as a result of this seminar featuring brain research, curriculum extensions and favorite children's songs in sign language.
(Day 2) The Magic of Signing Songs: Enhancing All Children's Language and Literacy (PreK -1)
Presented by Diane Larson and Nellie Edge
Portland, OR- July, 2009 (Date TBA) - Details coming January, 2009 Email for details: info@nellieedge.com Download Previous Seminar Flier (pdf format) See Photo Essay: The Magic of Signing Songs (research and accelerated literacy benefits) See ASL Video Clip from Seminar DVD: Pledge of Allegiance
Teachers across the country have loved this joyful and multisensory approach to literacy. Learn powerful, research-proven ABC and phonics immersion strategies that work with all children. Discover how incorporating American Sign Language greatly accelerates all language and literacy skills.
Complimentary Full-Color e-Book of seminar highlights available in January, 2009.
We are excited to be giving teachers complimentary free e-Books featuring 20-30 pages from our seminar literacy manuals as seminar announcements now rather than mailing out seminar fliers. Seminar dates and locations will also be posted on our website and newsletters. Sign up for our newsletter to receive details. 3. Best Practices in Joyful Accelerated Kindergarten Literacy: High Expectations • Joyful Learning • Proven Strategies (a.k.a. Celebrate Language and Accelerate Literacy) Presented by Nellie Edge
Please email us, info@nellieedge.com, with your interest in attending this Seminar in the following locations:
Professional Development Credits, Washington Clock Hours and STARS Credits Available See Seminar Content Photo Essays: Accelerate Literacy through Joyful Learning and Celebrate Language and Accelerate Literacy
What are the most brain-friendly and engaging literacy strategies we can use to create a joyful and challenging kindergarten? Explore exemplary literacy instruction with Nellie Edge as she inspires you to build the oral language and literacy foundations—honoring research—and honoring childhood.
4. Parents as Partners in Kindergarten Literacy: Family Connections that Multiply Our Teaching Effectiveness Presented by Nellie Edge
Professional Development Credits and Washington Clock Hours Available See photo essay: How Parents and Grandparents Enhance Our Curriculum Create a supportive parents as partners program with easy-to -implement strategies that will make a powerful difference in each child's language and literacy development, social skills and love of learning. Saturday "In Kindergarten" Workshops
Literature Alive in Kindergarten Presented by Kathie Bridges with Nellie Edge facilitating
Salem, Oregon
Professional Development Credits and Washington Clock Hours Available How do we develop a classroom of kindergartners who not only learn to read and write—but choose to read and write? How do we honor the need for socio-dramatic play—and the need for a rigorous literacy focus in a half-day kindergarten? Kathie Bridges' comprehensive and engaging approach to literacy reflects her deep knowledge of children, her love of language, and a systematic, differentiated approach to literacy. With great skill, wisdom, and delight, Kathie demonstrates how to raise the literacy standards and still keep kindergarten a "child's garden." Includes:
Joyful and Rigorous Kindergarten Experiences: Celebrate the Imagination and Challenge All Learners A Saturday Kindergarten Workshop Presented by Diane Bonica with Nellie Edge facilitating Tigard, Oregon Professional Development Credits and Washington Clock Hours Available
Discover a treasure trove of meaningful and creative curriculum ideas in Diane Bonica’s exemplary, child-centered kindergarten. You will be welcomed into “The Chicka-Boom Classroom” complete with a menagerie of giraffes, and a high level of science, math and literacy engagement. Discover how to truly honor childhood and challenge children to think deeply and love learning. This all-day, “in-kindergarten” workshop features:
Joyful Learning in a Child's Garden: Celebrating Language and Accelerating Literacy
We are Rebuilding our Northwest Coalition for Excellence in Kindergarten and Early Literacy.
We appreciate the past support of key colleagues from the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Lane E.S.D., Willamette University School of Education, Oregon Reading Association, Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children and the Oregon Arts Association. During the 2008/2009 school year we anticipate dialoging again with interested educators from these organizations and the Oregon Chatboard Project and Oregon Department of Education: How can we collaborate to promote excellence in kindergarten literacy? Quality kindergarten teaching with “parents as partners” is the vital foundation necessary for closing the achievement gap. Isn’t it time we ask Oregon’s accomplished kindergarten teachers what they have learned from research and "wisdom of practice" about accelerating literacy for all of our children? 4. Photo Essays: Brain-Friendly Literacy™
Exemplary early childhood classrooms celebrate language and celebrate childhood. They actively engage children in joyful learning and meaningful print. We are excited to share inspiring glimpses – through photo essays – of life and literacy inside classrooms that take advantage of how the brain learns best. 5. Visit 2008-2009 Award-Winning Kindergarten and Early Literacy Classrooms Online:
We are honored to share our Excellence in Kindergarten and Early Literacy website awards. Each of these teachers have created a "child's garden," where active learning, social-emotional development, and high literacy standards are joyfully woven together. You will see a multisensory and differentiated approach to literacy, high expectations and wonderful "kid writing." You will also see and read about literacy-rich play centers, a curriculum that values the educational arts, beautiful environments and respectful and supportive parent connections. Now we all have the insights from mentor teachers as close as our computer. A special thank you to these awesome teachers: Jane Chastain, Karen Cox, Nora Flanagan, Diane Bonica, Vanessa Levin, Jack Fontanella, Isabell Cardonick, and Kim Jordano.
8. Kindergarten Support Groups - Salem Cadre 2008-2009
Art, Literacy, and the Kindergarten Child with Laura Flocker (all-day kindergarten) Candalaria Elementary, 953 Hansen Ave. S., Salem, OR 97302. School phone number is (503) 399-3136. Laura will share her passion for teaching art in kindergarten and her high expectations for student engagement in art, science, and literacy. Nellie will highlight best practices for teaching handwriting with a focus on fluency. We will have examples of best “Just Right: I Can Read” books to build individual book boxes for “Read To Self” from The Daily 5. Be sure to view Laura Flockers awesome website : Parent Information.
We are still finalizing plans for the remaining Fall Salem Kindergarten Cadre meetings. E-mail us at info@nellieedge.com if you are not already signed up and would like to receive announcements at your home e-mail (sometimes school e-mails block our cadre notices and monthly newsletters). Join us for discussion, camaraderie, and action-research with a focus on Best Practices to build a Joyful Kindergarten Culture of Independent Readers and Writers. Eugene, Portland, Albany, Stayton area teachers: If you have studied with us in the past and are using our “Joyful Acceleratd Literacy Strategies” and “The Daily 5”, you are welcome to join us for these meetings. Our resource books are:
These professional development sessions are free. You will be encouraged to pursue a practical kindergarten research topic this year. Semester credits are available through the University of the Pacific. We will have registration details at our first meeting. Many of Salem’s mentor kindergarten teachers will hostthese monthly meetings in their beautiful classrooms. I will also host a few “living-room” workshops. If there are a few of you interested in further discussion of a specific topic highlighted in my literacy manuals, please coordinate with each other and contact me for an informal after school workshop (Always check the Salem-Keizer Website for any last minute changes or additions to this schedule) Past Salem Cadre Support Groups: Management and Organization Strategies for Kindergarten Success • Best Practices in Multisensory ABC and Phonics ImmersionHeld in Katie Nelson's classroom at Salem Heights Elementary, 3495 Liberty Road S., Salem, 97302-5606. School phone number is (503) 399-3187. Katie Nelson will share tried and proven strategies for managing and organizing the kindergarten environment. Nellie Edge will share her practical research on Multisensory ABC and Phonics Immersion. Creating a Caring Community Through Joyful Teaching and Positive Discipline • ABC and Phonics Immersion Dialog Held in Celeste Starr's classroom at Sumpter Elementary, 525 Rockwood St. SE, Salem. School phone number is (503) 399-3337. Celeste Starr will talk about how she builds a caring learning community (with delightful songs and dances!) and how she teaches kindness, respect, and responsibility. Bring your questions. We will also continue the ABC and Phonics Immersion dialog with Nellie Edge. Dance, Sing, and Sign: Best Practices for Large and Small Motor Development • ABC Fluency Research Held in Kathie Bridges' kindergarten at Pringle Elementary, 5500 Reed Lane SE, Salem. School phone number is (503) 399-3178. Kathie Bridges will share practical research on how to develop the small and large muscle skills necessary for writing success. Learn how to organize appropriate literacy centers and come prepared to dance! Nellie Edge will begin the dialog about exciting ABC fluency research and the powerful role kindergarten teachers play in building “brain-friendly” pathways for reading. More of exploring “The Daily 5” or “The Daily Three” in Kindergarten: How to Foster Literacy Independence (First part of the DVD) Debi Fauth's joyful kindergarten at Yoshikai Elementary School located at 4900 Jade Street NE Salem, OR 97305-3169; phone number 503-399-3438. You are welcome to come at 4:00pm for a tour of this wonderful kindergarten classroom and to visit with your colleagues! We will start the DVD viewing promptly at 4:30pm. We are excited to view “The Daily 5” DVD: the teacher modeling is superb. You will see actual demonstrations of the three ways to read a book independently and with a buddy. These are strategies you can easily use in the kindergarten classroom. We will explore how to create a culture for reading and begin systematically developing independent reading behavior — even in kindergarten. If you have not received a copy of the important resource The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser (“the 2 sisters”) please email Janice Wurgler at Wurgler_Janis@salkeiz.k12.or.us Interactive Writing and the Use of Individual White Boards Jeff James kindergarten classroom at Faye Wright Elementary located at 4060 Lone Oak Rd. SE, Salem, OR 97306; phone number 503-399-3198. Jeff will demonstrate how to conduct interactive writing lessons, and share tips on using individual white boards with kindergartners. He will also share his experience implementing some of “The Daily 5” strategies. Come early (4:00) to visit and tour his writing-to-read kindergarten. Your kindergarten colleagues have loved studying with this master teacher. The presentation will begin promptly at 4:30pm. Music is Magic in Accelerating Language and Literacy: Using Books That Sing and Rhyme to Create the “I Can Read” Habit Join Nellie Edge for a “Living Room Workshop” from 4:00-6:00pm in her South Salem home. E-mail for directions info@nellieedge.com and to let us know if you plan to attend. Space is limited. Please bring your Celebrate Language and Accelerate Literacy manual and carpool if possible.
What Do the Most Effective Kid Writing Classrooms Look Like? Kindergarten Classroom To Be Announced!
9. Past Topics from the Eugene Cadre
Consider Starting Your Own Kindergarten Support Group How to Involve "Parents as Partners" in Kindergarten Literacy
Mitzi Shirk and Susan Ventura's kindergarten at Edgewood Elementary, 577 East 46th Ave., Eugene, 541-687-3363. Explore a language-rich kindergarten and focus on Excellence in Kindergarten Literacy. Nellie Edge, Mitzi and Susan will share some of the best things kindergarten teachers do to collaborate with parents and multiply their teaching effectiveness. Please consider sharing an activity or communication idea that you have used to build respectful and successful parent connections. Handout provided.
Developing Phonemic Awareness — Best Practices Art and the Kindergarten Child Literacy through Children's Literature — Favorite Book Connections
Organizing Beautiful Kindergartens — Practical Strategies that Work and The Best Thing We Do to End the Year and Build Memories | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
