COD 2011 - KP109

From Invented to Conventional Spelling

Kindergarten and Lower Primary School Teachers.

3 sessions, start: 16-Sep

Course detail

Year: 2011
Level: Kindergarten / Primary
Language: English
Status: Postponed
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Luciana Fernández
Print course
ESSARP Schools
ARS
Exams Schools
ARS
Non affiliate
ARS 240.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 16 September 2011 05:30 pm 08:30 pm
2 30 September 2011 05:30 pm 08:30 pm
3 14 October 2011 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Luciana Fernández

Luciana Fernández is a graduate teacher of English who has been teaching English for the past twenty-nine years. She has specialized in Methodology and Teaching Practice and she holds a Diploma in Educational Research from the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education. She holds two post graduate certifications in Thinking Cultures and Teaching for Comprehension

She is a Reading and Literacy expert and has been training teachers in this area for the past fifteen years. She is a teacher educator and has designed several presentations and courses for professional development both in Argentina and abroad. Her presentation at ARTESOL 2015 was selected to be presented at TESOL International as a Best Affiliate Session. She is one of the 50 scholarship winners who attended and presented at IATEFL, held in Birmingham in April 2016. She was later on invited to be a presenter at the Young Learners and Teenagers SIG pre conference event and at the main conference.

Luciana has been the Head at several bilingual IB institutions in Buenos Aires. At present she is a school advisor, teacher trainer and facilitator at ESSARP (English Speaking Scholastic Association of the River Plate), where she trains heads and teachers from the most important bilingual institutions in Argentina.
Kindergarten and Lower Primary School Teachers.

Get teachers to:
- Learn about pre-writing skills and behaviours to be taught in Kindergarten & Pre school.
- Understand how Phonemic Awareness & Phonics are related to children's first attempts at writing.
- Understand what invented spelling or earspelling is and how important it is as a stage previous to conventional spelling.
- Learn how to help students move from invented to conventional spelling.
- Phonemic Awareness & Phonics Instruction in relation to writing.
- Concepts of print.
- Earspelling.
- Knowledge of word patterns and other effective techniques.
- Classroom activities to promote writing.
- Assessment.
When attending the course, teachers will:
- read material related to the topic.
- Analyze cases.
- Discuss with peers.
- Watch other teachers in action.
- Reflect upon their own practice.
M. Trehearne- Comprehensive Literacy Resource for Kindergarten Teachers.
M. Trehearne - Comprehensive Literacy Resource fo Grades 1-2 Teachers.
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