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teaching grammar and mechanics using patterns of power |
GTEC Presents
Teaching Grammar and Mechanics Using Patterns of Power
December 8, 2023 (Grades 2-5) 8am-11am
December 8, 2023 (Grades 2-5) 8am-11am
special guest speaker: Whitney La Rocca
Whitney La Rocca, co-author of Patterns of Power (Grades 1-5) and Patterns of Wonder (PreK-1), has been a teacher, a literacy coach, and a consultant, working with children and teachers across grade levels, schools, and districts. With a deep knowledge of content, standards, and best practices, Whitney enjoys delivering professional development and coaching teachers to support children as they develop their identities in the world of literacy. She continues to learn from children each day. |
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Description: Reading and writing are bridged in meaning by grammar and conventions. With these meaning-making activators, writers compose with purpose and craft. Join us for an interactive and playful session of professional development. National presenter, author, and Texas-based literacy consultant, Whitney La Rocca, will demonstrate how to engage students in the Patterns of Power process that invites students to play with the conventions of language. Beginning with a model of this inquiry process in the learning zone, with conversations and compositions grounded in author’s purpose and craft, Whitney will then connect this learning to the performance zone of STAAR.
Objectives:
Teachers will learn and retell:
Teachers will learn and practice:
Teachers will learn and retell:
- How the Patterns of Power process is an authentic approach to teaching grammar
- Why this approach transforms learning as students explore conventions as special effects devices that activate meaning
Teachers will learn and practice:
- Highly effective teaching techniques, appropriate for all learners in all grades
- The study of authentic texts and the recognition of the “patterns of power” – the essential grammar conventions that readers and writers require to make meaning
- Strategies for connecting this learning to STAAR
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Special Gift for Participants: Each attending participant will receive a free copy of the book "Patterns of Power" See You There! |
Methods of Payment
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To pay by check, request an invoice at [email protected]. Check(s) must be received eight (8) days before the first session begins.
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Option 1 - Credit Card Purchases(s)
Click on the "Register Now" button for the session(s) you want to purchase. When you are finished selecting all session(s), choose the "CART" option on the left of the screen. Then, follow the instructions to complete registration. (If registering someone else, please add the participant's name(s) and email address(es) to the "Notes" field on "Check Out.").
For schools that prefer an invoice, please send request(s) to [email protected] . Invoices must be paid by credit card at least eight (8) days in advance of the first Session.
Option 2 - Pay by Check
To pay by check, request an invoice at [email protected]. Check(s) must be received eight (8) days before the first session begins.
Please review Terms and Conditions listed below.
Golding Touch Education Consulting LLC believes in using research based instructional strategies and best practices to provide reading and writing instruction that sticks. Our professional development sessions focus on building teacher capacity and expanding teacher's strategy tool kits in engaging and interactive ways.
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