INSPIRE

DR. DONNA
KNOELL
dknoell@sbcglobal.
net
BALLROOM E, 9:45 – 10:45
Helping Students Develop Effective
Content Literacy Skills
ADCADEMIC PERFORMANCE
This speaker will offer research-based strategies to
help students in grades 1-12 read and comprehend
informational texts, and to read successfully across
the curriculum. She will incorporate strategies to
build domain-specific vocabulary and other academic
vocabulary necessary to read and learn important
concepts in all academic subjects. She will actively
engage attendees with word-building activities,
including the use of word roots and affixes. She will
actively engage attendees with the identification
of expository text structures, and with interactive
strategies to construct meaning with content-rich text.
She will demonstrate active thinking strategies and
help attendees utilize discourse and visible thinking
strategies to help students construct meaning of text
and build background knowledge. She will demonstrate
the power of visuals to communicate factual information.
Attendees will receive classroom-ready materials
to help them engage learners and increase student
achievement. Handouts provided.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
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