INSPIRE

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
19A, 11:15 – 12:15
Proven, Powerful, Fun Strategies to
Accelerate Acquisition of Academic
Vocabulary—Making Words REAL!
USE OF QUALITY DATA TO DRIVE INSTRUCTION
Gaps in vocabulary, clearly impede academic success.
Using high-quality instructional strategies, teachers
can create an enriched learning experience that will
accelerate the acquisition of core vocabulary and critical
literacy skills. Come experience neuroscience-based
strategies that are proven to dramatically increase
student-to-student opportunities for listening, speaking,
reading, and writing using academic language. Acquire
the skills needed to turn vocabulary lessons into multisensory
interactive experiences as you learn to tap into
the power of music and imagery. Learn to create and
implement card sorts, multimedia trailers, sentence
puzzlers, vocabulary-in-a-bag, and word games to
expand academic language and increase content
comprehension and retention.
JOANNE
BILLINGSLEY
jbillingsley@satx.
rr.com
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