1.Complimentary e-Books
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Use Multisensory ABC and Phonics Immersion with Sign Language and Parents as Partners: Achieve Extraordinary Literacy Gains
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Ten Best Practices in Joyful Accelerated Kindergarten Literacy: Proven Strategies that Produce Exceptional Gains
What are the inspired practices that accomplished teachers use to accelerate literacy for all children? How do we intentionally create a community of responsible, self-motivated children who not only learn how to read and write, but also love to read and write? Expand your repertoire of practical, research-based strategies that produce extraordinary literacy gains: from kindergarten-friendly handwriting and phonics fun to memorable learning of high-frequency words “by heart.”
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Discover The Magic of Signing Songs: Complimentary e-Book
This New e-Book features highlights from Nellie Edge’s 2009 professional presentations at the Oregon Reading Association conference, California Kindergarten Association conference, and upcoming keynote for the National “I Teach K” Conference, July 15th in Los Vegas, Nevada. It includes excerpts from The Magic of Signing Songs seminar and literacy manual. Perhaps these thirty six pages and our ASL instructional video clips will provide the support you need to begin using American Sign Language with your children.
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Joyful Writing-to-Read Kindergartens: Complimentary e-Book
We have created our first complimentary 30-page e-Book for you: Joyful Writing-to-Read Kindergartens Accelerate Literacy. In PDF format, this features some of our favorite writing strategies from accomplished kindergarten teachers. You can print the entire book or single pages. Consider downloading parts of it in full color—the photos, “kid writing” and children’s art are quite wonderful.
If you find this e-Book useful, please share it with your kindergarten colleagues.
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Writing-to-Read Seminar Sampler: Complimentary e-Book
by Nellie Edge and Julie Lay
This 30-page, full-color Seminar Sampler is from the 165-page Seminar Literacy Manual Writing to Read in Kindergarten: Explore the Power of "Kid Writing". In PDF format, this features some great writing strategies and awesome photos from Julie Lay's Kindergarten.
Register Online Now for the Writing to Read Seminars. Only $129 through Sept. 15.
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2. Video Clips of Joyful Accelerated Literacy Strategies
3. Seminars and Workshops 2010
NEW Nellie Edge Web Seminars coming soon. View Details
3a. Organizational Model for Writing to Read in Kindergarten
New Workshop with Julie Lay and Nellie Edge
Saturday, February 13, 2010 - Salem Conference Center (Full)
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - Salem Conference Center - (Registration Open)
Read more about this seminar.
SALEM
Price:
$199.00
REGISTER ONLINE!
Enroll today for Thursday, July 22, 2010. Limited to 40 teachers.
$199 through June 5, 2010*
$229.00 after June 5, 2010*
Download the registration form to mail in.
If you are registering for others, please respond to the confirmation email with each name, phone number and email address.
If you are not a member simply add your email to the “Become a Member” box at the top of page.
3b.Favorite New Books and How To Use Them for Literacy and Delight in Kindergarten!
with author and storyteller, Nellie Edge
April 13, 2010 (Saturday) 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A small living room gathering in Salem, Oregon
Registration opens January 15, 2010.
Read more about this seminar.
3c.The Original Magic of Signing Songs Seminar: Maximizing Language Through the Magic of Signing Songs
Presented by Nellie Edge and Diane Larson
June 28 and 29, 2010 - Salem, OR
Read more about this seminar.
SALEM, OR
Price:
$299.00
REGISTRATION SPECIAL!
$299 through June 5, 2010
$399 after that date.
Includes Resource Sets I & II
(New DVD, beautiful revised literacy manual, ASL handbook, and anthology set)
Enroll today. Limited to 75 teachers.
If you are registering for others, please respond to the confirmation email with each name, phone number and email address.
The updated Distance Learning Program with DVD, Literacy Manual, ASL Guide, and Anthology set available in our Online Bookstore.
3d. Writing to Read in Kindergarten: Explore the Power of "Kid Writing"
Presented by award-winning kindergarten teacher, Julie Lay, NBCT
July 4, 2010 - Salem, OR
Read more about this seminar.
SALEM, OR
Price:
$199.00
REGISTRATION SPECIAL!
$199 through June 5, 2010
$225 after that date.
Includes comprehensive literacy manual, literacy gifts and refreshments.
If you are registering for others, please respond to the confirmation email with each name, phone number and email address.
3e. Ten Best Practices in Joyful Accelerated Kindergarten Literacy: Proven Strategies that Produce Exceptional Gains
Presented by Nellie Edge
August 2, 2010 - Salem, OR
Read more about this seminar.
SALEM, OR
Price:
$199.00
REGISTRATION SPECIAL!
$199 through July 5, 2010
$229 after that date.
Includes beautiful literacy manual with over 70 full-color photos.
If you are registering for others, please respond to the confirmation email with each name, phone number and email address.
3f. Parents as Partners in Kindergarten Literacy:
Family Connections that Multiply Our Teaching Effectiveness
Presented by Nellie Edge
2010 dates to be announced.
Read more about this seminar.
Other Nellie Edge Seminars: Small Saturday Workshops in Exemplary Kindergartens
Spend a Saturday studying in real kindergarten classrooms with some of Oregon’s most accomplished teachers. The following workshops have inspired rave reviews from Northwest educators. Please email info@nellieedge.com if your district or kindergarten support cadre is interested in attending or co-sponsoring any of the following joyful accelerated literacy trainings. Each workshop comes with a full-color comprehensive literacy manual honoring the work of an accomplished teacher.
Literacy Through Literature, Dance, and Song: Developing Skills Within a Love of Language
A Saturday Kindergarten Workshop
Presented by Kathie Bridges with Nellie Edge facilitating
Salem, Oregon
Read more about this seminar.
Art, Literacy and The Kindergarten Child A Saturday Kindergarten Workshop
Presented by Laura Flocker with Nellie Edge facilitating
Salem, Oregon
Read more about this seminar.
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
Read more about this seminar.
Joyful Learning in a Child's Garden: Celebrating Language and Accelerating Literacy
A Saturday Kindergarten Workshop
Presented by Becky Leber and Nellie Edge
Future dates to be announced. Portland, Oregon
Read more about this seminar.
Kindergarten: A Celebration of the Arts With Happy Hearts We Dance and Sing
Presented by Joanie Cutler and Nellie Edge
Future dates may be announced. Eugene, Oregon
Read more about this seminar.
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 2010 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: Karen Cox, Nora Flanagan, Diane Bonica, Laura Flocker, Joan Moser, Vanessa Levin, Isabell Cardonick, and Kim Jordano.
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8. Kindergarten Support Groups - Salem Cadre 2010
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 on Integrating Joyful Accelerated Kindergarten Literacy Strategies with “Kid Writing” and “The Daily 5”.
Eugene, Portland, Albany, Silverton, and Stayton area teachers: If you have studied with us in the past and are using our “Joyful Accelerated Literacy Strategies”, “Kid Writing”, and “The Daily 5”, you are welcome to join us for these meetings. Consider starting your own kindergarten professional development cadre.
See article: How to Start Your Own Kindergarten Support Cadre.
Our resource books are:
- Celebrate Language and Accelerate Literacy: High Expectations • Joyful Learning • Proven Strategies, by Nellie Edge, 2008 (publisher to be announced). See resource information Celebrate Language and Accelerate Literacy Manual: Information (PDF) Enjoy the photo essays and video clips on our site.
- The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades, by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, Stenhouse, 2006. See their helpful website for ordering information: www.The2Sisters.com
- Complimentary e-Book Joyful Writing-to-Read Kindergartens Accelerate Literacy, by Nellie Edge and colleagues. (30 full-color pages)
- Kid Writing: A Systematic Approach to Phonics, Journals, and Writing Workshop, by Eileen G. Feldgus and Isabell Cardonick
- Complimentary e-Book “Kid Writing” Seminar Sampler, by Julie Lay and Nellie Edge (30 full-color pages)
- Parents as Partners in Kindergarten and Early Literacy: Multiplying Our Teaching Effectiveness, by Nellie Edge
Other books that we highly recommend are:
- Talking, Drawing and Writing, by Martha Horn and Mary Ellen Giacobbe. 2007, Stenhouse.
- Excerpts from Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning, by Peter Johnston. 2004, Stenhouse.
- Why We Teach: Learning, Laughter, Love and the Power to Transform Lives, by Linda Alston. 2008, Scholastic.
- The Literate Kindergarten: Where Wonder and Discovery Thrive, by Susan L. Kempton. 2007, Heinemann.
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. Many of Salem’s mentor kindergarten teachers will host these monthly meetings in their beautiful “Kid Writing” classrooms. I will continue to host a few “living-room” workshops
(Always check the Salem-Keizer Website for any last minute changes or additions to this schedule)
January 25, 2010 (Monday) : 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Writing-to-Read in Kindergarten: How to conduct small group “Kid Writing” Workshop and Individual Writing Conferences.
Bush Elementary School, 410 14th Street SE, Salem, Oregon 97301. School phone number is 503-399-3134.
This will be held in Tanya Hauck’s Bilingual Writing-to-Read Kindergarten. Tanya has actively participated in our cadre meetings for several years and it shows in her engaging classroom. We will sing, sign, and celebrate language! We will observe and discuss the three short online “Kid Writing” Video Clips of Julie Lay working with children. Please take the time to view and reflect on them—and your own “Kid Writing” strategies again before this session. Bring samples of your kindergarten writing notebooks, your “Kid Writing” book by Feldgus and Cardonick and –always—your questions and stories. Janis Wurgler will share thoughts on using real children’s books for “read to self” in kindergarten. Nellie Edge will share more about teaching “heart” words for fluency.
Participating Kindergarten Cadre Members will receive the updated resource book, Celebrate Language and Accelerate Literacy: High Expectations • Joyful Learning • Proven Strategies by Nellie Edge, 2010, at our January Meeting. This book features photo essays and best practices from many of Salem’s outstanding kindergarten classrooms. It highlights the practical strategies, research, and philosophy underlying our high social-emotional and academic standards in kindergarten.
February 13, 2010 (Saturday): 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
New “Kid Writing” Workshop
Salem Conference Center, 200 Commercial St SE, Salem, Oregon 97301
(Professional Development Credit and WA clock hours available.)
Organizational Model for Writing to Read in Kindergarten: What are the Other Children Doing While I Teach Writing Workshop?
New hands-on workshop with both Julie Lay and Nellie Edge. (Limited to 24 teachers) $229 (Includes $30 materials fee and new workshop manual)
See details and register online.
Many of you have studied with Nellie Edge and taken the “Writing to Read in Kindergarten” seminar with Julie Lay more than once. You are comfortable with writing workshop but are challenged by how to keep the other children doing meaningful literacy activities and “word work” while you conference with individual “kid writers.” This “intimate, hands-on, learn-by-doing” seminar with both Julie Lay and Nellie Edge is for those of you who are ready to make your joyful “writing-to-read” kindergarten even more systematic and powerful. Limited to 24 teachers, so register early!
March 15, 2010 (Monday): 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Tips for Spring Kindergarten Registration and How to Build Wonderful Learning Environments!
McKinley Elementary, 466 McGilchrist Street SE, Salem, Oregon 97302. School phone number is 503-399-3167
Gather resources for a helpful Parent Information Notebook and consider ways to enhance your parents as partners program. Don’t miss seeing two beautiful McKinley Kindergarten environments with great class libraries. Anne Pagett and Dee Montgomery will open their joyful kindergarten classrooms to you. Bring your cameras!
We will also consider ways to build a smooth transition between Head Start, preschool, and kindergarten: What social-emotional and literacy goals are the most important for preschool teachers to nurture? How can we collaborate for the benefit of our children?
April 10, 2010 (Saturday): 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Favorite New Children’s Books and How To Use Them For Literacy and Delight in Kindergarten!
A Living Room Seminar with Nellie Edge and Friends.
What are the most delightful new books and treasured classics for the kindergarten library? What are the best predictable books to build independence, stamina, and enthusiasm for reading? How do we conduct guided reading strategies that engage children imaginatively? How do we invite parents to help us build a wonderful class library?
Research shows that the quality of our class libraries and our family reading connections are the vital foundation for higher reading achievement. Learn how to establish the “Parents as Partners Reading-at-Home” program and how to build a great class library. Limited to 14 teachers. $159.00 until February 20, 2010. $229.00 after February 20, 2010. Includes beautiful new literacy manual and lunch. (As a gift to you, many of the new children’s books will be available for purchase at wholesale prices. )
April 19, 2010 (Monday): 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Celebrate Language and Literacy
with Katie Nelson, Marcia Zegar, and Nellie Edge!
Salem Heights Elementary, 3495 Liberty Rd S, Salem, Oregon 97302. School phone number is (503) 399-3187. Come early if you can!
This will be a fast-paced “learn by doing” workshop where you experience life in Katie Nelson’s joyful and literate kindergarten. We will sing and sign, engage in “Kid Writing” Workshop, and experience “The Daily 4” along with favorite literacy and word work centers. Bring your camera! Katie will share the initial results of her award-winning literacy grant. This practical meeting is a synopsis of what will later be an all-day kindergarten workshop with Katie Nelson.
(Note: This meeting lasts until 6:30 p.m. and you are encouraged to come early.)
May 10, 2010 (Monday): 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Art, Science, Literacy, and the Kindergarten Child: Continued Explorations and Inspiration from an Arts-Rich Kindergarten
with Laura Flocker and Nellie Edge
Candalaria Elementary, 935 Hansen Avenue South, Salem, Oregon 97302. School Phone is 503-399-3136
Learn more from Master kindergarten-researcher, teacher-artist, and Reading Recovery® teacher, Laura Flocker about our action-research on kindergarten-friendly handwriting and brain exercises to build fluency with letters, words, and reading. How do we teach children to see like an artist and think like a scientist? What are the best art materials to use? What are some simple framing ideas? Laura will demonstrate how she weaves art, science, and literacy connections throughout the curriculum. Learn how Laura organizes parent volunteers. Look through several beautiful “I Can Read” Notebooks and Year-End Memory Books. (Bring one of your own to share!) Come early and have an opportunity to visit Kate Anderson’s joyful kindergarten classroom again too! Bring your camera!
Plan Ahead for Your Summer Professional Development
Request Funding Early
All Seminars are in Salem at the downtown Conference Center Hotel
(We encourage you to pursue professional development credits!)
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June 28 and 29, 2010
The Magic of Signing Songs: Enhancing All Children’s Language, Literacy, Engagement, and Joy!
with Diane Larson and Nellie Edge
- Writing to Read in Kindergarten: Explore the Power of “Kid Writing” (Day 1) July 28, 2010 with Julie Lay
- Organizational Model for Writing to Read in Kindergarten (Day 2) July 29, 2010 with Julie Lay and Nellie Edge. (This workshop is only available to teachers who have taken the foundation seminar, Writing to Read in Kindergarten: Explore the Power of “Kid Writing”)
August 3, 2010
Begin the Year with “Best Practices” in Joyful Accelerated Kindergarten Literacy:
Proven Strategies that Produce Exceptional Gains.
with Nellie Edge
Past Salem Cadre Support Groups:
September 22, 2008 (Monday) 4:30 to 6:00pm
Art, Literacy, and the Kindergarten Child with Laura Flocker (all-day kindergarten)
Candalaria Elementary at, 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 and Teacher Information.
Download Images of Laura Flocker’s Art-Rich Kindergarten (8 page PDF handout) from our October 2008 Newsletter if you were unable to attend.
October 20, 2008 (Monday) 4:30 to 6:00pm
Management and Organization Strategies for Kindergarten Success and “Read to Self” With Katie Nelson
Salem Heights Elementary, 3495 Liberty Rd. S., Salem, OR 97302. School phone is (503) 399-3187.
Katie will share tried and proven strategies for managing and organizing the kindergarten environment with a 2½-hour schedule. How do you fit it all in? (including math!) Nellie, Katie and colleagues will discuss successes and challenges in implementing “The Daily 5” and “Kid Writing”. How are the children doing in building reading stamina? How is your “Kid Writing” Workshop progressing?
November 7th (Friday) 8:30 to 3:15pm
Writing to Read in Kindergarten: Explore the Power of “Kid Writing” with Julie Lay, Nellie Edge, and Tanya Wall
Salem, Oregon at the Red Lion Hotel, Market Street
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.
At the end of the seminar, teachers are invited to stay and further dialog with questions about any of our Joyful Accelerated Kindergarten Literacy Strategies.
Writing to Read Seminar Flier and Registration
November 17, 2008 (Monday) 4:30 to 6:00 pm.
Kidwriting Across the Curriculum in Kindergarten: Follow-up Session
McKinley Elementary, 466 McGilchrist ST SE, Salem, OR 97302. School phone is (503) 399-3167.
You will love seeing Marsha Lioy and Dee Montgomery’s Joyful “Kid Writing” kindergartens!
This meeting is especially intended for teachers who are already using the “Kid Writing” approach and have studied the Writing to Read in Kindergarten seminar with Julie Lay. It will be an interactive dialog time to share our insights and questions with Nellie Edge and experienced “Kid Writing” colleagues. Nellie will bring some favorite writing center “word work” stations and will refer to both complimentary “Kid Writing” e-books in her presentation
Please Download Complementary "Kid Writing" e-Books
December 2008 (no meeting is planned)
Any teacher who has not scheduled a time to view “The Daily 5” DVD again, e-mail Janice Wurgler (wurgler_janis@salkeiz.k12.or.us) or Kathy Moran (moran_kathy@salkeiz.k12.or.us) at the district office.
Management and Organization Strategies for Kindergarten Success • Best Practices in Multisensory ABC and Phonics Immersion
Held 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.
- Explore how to transition from shared reading to guided reading, develop literacy skills, and scaffold independent reading behavior.
- Use accelerated literacy strategies to teach high-frequency words.
- Use music, sign language, and drama to make language and literacy come alive!
- Discover free resources for building individual Student-Book Boxes and filling them with “Just Right! I Can Read!” books.
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
Mary Christenson's kindergarten at Parker Elementary, 3875 Kincaid, Eugene, 541-687-3303. Come and explore another wonderful kindergarten. Nellie Edge and your colleagues will contribute to this important literacy topic. Handout provided.
Art and the Kindergarten Child
Joan Cutler’s kindergarten at Adams/Hill Elementary, 950 West 22nd, Eugene, 541-687-3475. Joan will share her passion for teaching art in kindergarten and Nellie Edge will share insights on what kindergarten teachers have learned from Reggio Emelia art-rich schools. We invite you to bring samples or photos and share a favorite integrated art project. Handout provided.
Literacy through Children's Literature — Favorite Book Connections
Carla Cooper, Janice Nielsen and Jaynie Wiser’s kindergartens at Laurel Elementary School, 1401 Laurel, Junction City, 541-998-2386. Visit three wonderful kindergarten classrooms and share your love of using literature in kindergarten. Nellie Edge will present some comprehension strategies using quality literature. Please consider sharing one of your favorite literature extension activities. Handout provided.
Organizing Beautiful Kindergartens — Practical Strategies that Work and The Best Thing We Do to End the Year and Build Memories
Jill Liedke's K-1 classroom at Harris Elementary, 1150 East 29th Ave., Eugene, 541-687-3286. Tour a beautiful child-centered environment. Jill Liedke, Nellie Edge and local kindergarten teachers will share. Handout provided.
