Improving Adolescents’ Vocabulary
Grades 4-12
Thursday, 09 November 2017
November 09
November 09, 2017
This workshop will focus on developing adolescents’ knowledge of vocabulary. Word knowledge is a key component to improving literacy skills for adolescents. This workshop will present both theory and good instructional practices for promoting vocabulary in all classes with connections to both reading and writing instruction. In this workshop, participants will have an opportunity to learn how to differentiate vocabulary instruction in order to meet students’ developmental needs, how to address important SOLs (such as Greek and Latin roots), and how to improve students’ academic vocabulary. Methods discussed in this session are relevant for all other content areas as well as English, and the specific needs of English Language Learners and students with disabilities will also be addressed. Participants will discuss the management of differentiated vocabulary instruction in the secondary school classroom, and they will also have the opportunity to begin planning a lesson for their own classroom.
English and Content Teachers, Literacy Leaders, Reading Specialists, ELL Specialists, and Special Education Teachers
Conference Runs from 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Registration and Breakfast Begin at 8:00 a.m.
Lunch will be served at noon.
All registered participants will receive an email with event details in the week before the conference is held.
The conference fee is $139 for each participant who is member of a school division which is a member of VSUP/VaSCL.
The registration fee for participants from Non-Member school divisions is $189 .
Registration fees include breakfast and lunch, as well as parking and internet access.
The registration deadline is October 20, 2017.
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Once you have submitted the registration, the person or people whom you have designated to receive a confirmation email should see that email (with registration information included) within 24 hours.
Pre-Payment is not required for participation.
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