Closing the Gap Preconference: Word Study: Phonological Awareness to Phonics - A Day Without Drill (Apps Included!)

We're very excited about this preconference at the wonderful Closing the Gap Conference.  Please join us for the day!

Word Study Preconference

Communication All Day Long! Communication Circles, Topic Setting, and MORE!

NorCal CLIPP and the CSU, Chico School of Education invite you to attend Communication All Day Long:

Speaker:  Dr. Caroline Ramsey Musselwhite

When:  Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Where: 
Neighborhood Church
Fellowship Hall
2801 Notre Dame Blvd.
Chico, Ca 95928

How Much:  FREE!!!  Just BYOL (Bring your own lunch!)

More Info?  E-mail:
CLIPP@csuchico.edu 

Download Flyer Below:
 Communication All Day Flyer

iPad How To Handout

This handout includes the how-to activities from my recent workshops.  Hope it's helpful!

Download iPad How To Handout Here

Whitewater, WI - Balanced Emergent Literacy, April 28, 2015

WHAT:  Full-day workshop on Emergent Balanced Literacy

WHEN:  Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 9:00 am - 3:45 pm

WHERE:  CESA # 2, Whitewater, Room 111

COST:  $125, Including lunch

Register Here

Download Flyer Here 

Monday Mean-O! Vocabulary Fun!

This is a fun way to support vocabulary development.

1) Collect words that students are struggling to understand throughout the week; share the meaning, use them in a sentence, etc, and add them to a 'New Words' list (for example, students can put a word they're struggling with on PostIts, or teachers can add them).

2) At the end of the week, review the words, and make up sheets of 6, 9, or 16 words, depending on your students.  See a sample list below (these words are collected from the book Hatchet, as abridged by Maureen D and shared at:  Tarheel Reader )

 

Note:  Make at lest 2 versions, with words in different places.

 

 3) Now play 'Mean-O'.  It's basically bingo, but calling out word meanings instead of word labels.  

4) Remember:  use the 'Musselwhite Bingo' approach:

1 Bingo = Bingo

2 Bingos = Tingo

3 Bingos = Thringo

See this post for full explanation:

Musselwhite Bingo

Name Writing Tips

Name writing is a classic IEP goals, with too many students spending years on inauthentic tasks such as:
- tracing
- copying
- being put through hand-over-hand assistance

Dr. Gretchen Hanser and Deanna K Wagner,  and I have just published five 'tips' to support a range of activities to help students engage in authentic, interactive, and FUN opportunities for name writing, using typical pencils or alternative pencils.  The five tips are:

Sign In, Sign Up,  Sign Off Overview

Name Writing:  Sign In

Name Writing:  Sign Up

Name Writing:  Sign Off

Name Writing:  Data Collection

Connect to the tips below:
http://aacintervention.com/site/cpage.asp?cpage_id=180080914&sec_id=180009852#JAN2013

AAC in the Desert Exhibit Hall - Phoenix, Feb 18, 2015 - FREE

Join us for the AAC in the Desert Exhibit Hall

Download Flyer Below:
AAC in the Desert Exhibit Hall

Join us for:
- Vendors
- Door Prizes
- Food
- Networking
- Silent Auction