COD 2007 - KP50

Creative Responses to Literature

Kindergarten and early primary teachers who value early years as the time when all foundations for successful literacy and foreign language learning are lain.

1 sessions, start: 16-Jul

Course detail

Year: 2007
Level: Kindergarten / Primary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. María Gabriela Marguery
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ESSARP Schools
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Non affiliate
ARS 30.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 16 July 2007 09:00 am 12:00 pm

Facilitator/s

María Gabriela Marguery

Gabriela is a qualified Kindergarten teacher and holds a Master of Arts in Teaching from Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan, where she received the Award for Excellence in Graduate Research. With over 23 years' experience as teacher and principal of schools in Argentina, she is now a principal in a Catholic School and adjunct professor in the Early Childhood Education programme of Saginaw Valley State University. She acted as an Independent Evaluator of CyBear Surfer®, an Internet Safety Programme for 5th and 6th Grade children and co-conducted research on the use of visual aids to improve behaviour and create habits. She has done presentations in the NAEYC Conference (National Association for the Education of Young Children) and has been consultant of various schools in Argentina and in the USA.
Kindergarten and early primary teachers who value early years as the time when all foundations for successful literacy and foreign language learning are lain.
Participants will: - Discuss the importance of teaching literary elements (plot, conflict, theme, setting, etc.) at an early age. - Appreciate the value of modeling and practicing strategies. - Analyse and evaluate a variety of activities. - Adapt activities to their class. - Design activities.
- Literary elements. - Comprehension strategies. - Critical thinking. - Wordless books and picture books.
Workshop: Given a background, participants will discuss and apply concepts.
- Patricia Cunningham and Richard Allington. (2003). Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read And Write. Allyn and Bacon: Boston. - Christine Boardman Moen. (1992). Better Than Book Reports. Scholastic: New York. - Judith Cochran. (1991). Insights to Literature. Incentive Publications: Nashville. - Patricia Cunningham and Richard Allington. Four-Blocks® Literacy Model. www.four-blocks.com - Patrica M. Cunningham, Dorothy P. Hall, and Cheryl M. Sigmon.(2000). The Teacher's Guide to Building Blocks. Carson Dellosa: Greensboro.
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