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 Our
on-site professional development
workshops are hands-on, motivating and can be offered in
a variety of formats.
When you reserve an Inservice
Solutions workshop, you can feel good about providing
your teachers with the tools your students need to excel.
Choose from the topics below or
contact us so we can
help you create a custom program for your
school.
Workshop Descriptions
Succeeding With Literature Circles (Grades 2-8)
In this hands-on workshop, teachers will learn how to
incorporate literature circles into their language arts
classrooms and why this strategy motivates and aids students to
become more competent life-long readers. Several models of
literature circles will be demonstrated. The workshop is based
on the book, Succeeding with Literature Circles, by
Inservice Solutions presenters Charlotte Jaffe and Barbara
Doherty.
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Linking Math and LAL (Grades K-3 & 4-8)
In this interactive workshop, teachers will learn strategies
for using children's literature and writing activities as
springboards to success in math. The presenter will model math
activities based on topics from a variety of popular children's
books and will also share examples of how writing about math
improves comprehension.
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Rx for Improving State Test Scores in LAL (Grades 3-5 & 6-8)
This workshop will present teachers with tools proven to boost
Language Arts Literacy scores in the NJ ASK tests. Participants
will learn classroom-tested techniques and tips to teach
students to effectively respond to multiple choice and
open-ended questions and to construct well-written speculative,
expository and persuasive essays. Strategies and ideas on
incorporating motivational activities will be shared.
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Six Plus One Writing Traits (Grades 3-8)
Teachers will acquire valuable strategies to help them develop
confident and creative writers. The Six Plus One Writing Traits
are flexible and easy to implement, and they work well with
existing curriculum. The materials presented will help teachers
guide and assess writing instruction and prepare students for
successful results in standardized tests.
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Writing Teachers, Writing Students
(Grades K-12)
Cross-listed workshop: English, Elementary & Across the Curriculum
This workshop will encourage teachers to become practicing
writers for their own professional development so they
become better teachers of writing. In addition, it will offer
approaches for evaluating student writing, paper management
strategies and will conclude with a plan to build a writing
friendly school by creating a community of teachers who write.
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Reading and Writing Nonfiction (Grades
K-3 & 4-8)
The ability to grasp nonfiction information effectively is
critical in today's world. Teachers can improve their students'
abilities to comprehend and respond to factual information by
learning the research-based techniques this workshop shares.
Teachers can use these strategies to evaluate and enrich units
in a variety of content areas. The presenter will offer a
variety of crucial reading and writing techniques which will
help students interpret the world around them. These strategies
can be used during independent student work or as part of guided
reading groups.
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Reading and Writing Across the
Content Areas (Grades 4-8 & 9-12)
Cross-listed workshop: English, Elementary & Across the
Curriculum
** Updated for
2011-2012 **
New Jersey is one of many states that has adopted the National
Common Core Curriculum Standards that require literacy be taught
in all content areas. This workshop will emphasize activities
that address the type of reading and writing skills required in
the new standards. During this workshop teachers will have the
opportunity to create new literacy lesson plans to engage all
levels of students and prepare them for reading and writing on
state and standardized tests.
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Mini-Lessons for Reading and Writing (Grades 3-8)
Teachers will learn how to incorporate reading and
writing mini-lessons into their language arts
instruction. These dynamic strategies will complement
and support guided reading and writing, readers' and
writers' workshops and literature circles. Topics will
include motivation and comprehension techniques; making
inferences, drawing conclusions and summarizing; using
vivid vocabulary; understanding and applying the four
domains of writing; compositional risk-taking and
understanding elements of literature.
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Strategic Reading (Grades K-3 & 4-8)
This hands-on workshop will present dozens of research-based
techniques that will make reading more meaningful and enjoyable
for students. It will emphasize the key elements of a
comprehensive reading program, including strategies to use
before, during and after reading.
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Increasing Your Students' Reading Fluency With Strategies That Work
(Grades 1-5)
Half-day workshop
This workshop will provide teachers with ways to increase their
students' reading rates through a variety of fluency lessons
that will work for small group, whole class instruction or
one-to-one instruction. Teachers will practice techniques to
improve phrasing, expression and intonation. These methods can
be easily integrated into existing classroom instruction, and
are effective in building student confidence and understanding.
This half-day workshop can be done in conjunction with
"Improving Vocabulary Skills" to create a full-day program.
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Improving Vocabulary Skills (Grades 1-5)
Half-day workshop
This workshop will demonstrate techniques for expanding
students' vocabularies which will improve their ability to read
with greater comprehension and to write more fluently. These
methods can be used during one-on-one and whole class
instruction. This half-day workshop can be done in conjunction
with "Increasing Students' Reading Fluency with Strategies That
Work" to create a full-day program.
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Basic Skills Fun and Games (Grades 1-5)
Teachers will expand their tool kits with these effective and
motivating activities. The presenter will share projects, games
and learning center ideas that will help teachers to instruct
and reinforce math and language arts concepts. Teachers will
delight their students when implementing these standards-based
enjoyable activities.
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NJ ASK and Special Area Subjects (Grades 2-4 & 5-8)
Cross-listed workshop: Elementary & Across the Curriculum
This workshop will empower art, music, physical education and
technology teachers by familiarizing them with the requirements
of the tests so they can contribute to their students' success.
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Looking for more Elementary professional development?
Check out our Across the Curriculum Workshops.
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