Palmetto Elementary, 1540 10th St W Palmetto, FL 34221 United States Focus: Strategic Lesson Plan Formatting; Gradual Release of Responsibility; Effective Small Group Environment;Designing an Energy Unit to use for cross-curricular for Science within their ELA block Comprehension: Determining Importance- Main Idea Wheel Vocabulary: Associating- Reflection Connection Modeled in the classroom with debriefing. Focus: Strategic Lesson Plan Formatting; Gradual Release of Respons

Foundation Standards for Phonological Awareness: Focus on Rhyming, Isolating & Identifying Phonemes Essential Questions: How does word study have an impact on students’ reading achievement? Am I lifting the level of thinking through accountable talk, which increases critical and creative thinking in my classroom? How can I strengthen my small group instruction to impact and differentiate learning for all? How will the techniques support standards based rigorous instruction? E

Graduate Course Featured Speaker Keynote Session Featured Session- This session will demonstrate how to motivate and engage the whole learner. Participants will be equipped with ways to incorporate curriculum (i.e., ELA standards & strategies), assessment (i.e., higher-order teacher talk, behavior indicators,), and the elements of rigorous instruction (i.e., effective techniques, gradual release of responsibility) focusing on word study: phonological awareness, phonics, fluen