Presenters
Description
Full-day kindergarten is an important element of our state's strategy for improving student outcomes and closing the achievement gap. Much happens during the kindergarten year that makes it special, including welcoming families into the K-12 system, facilitating student success in a developmentally appropriate, standards-based environment, and forging "school readiness" partnerships with the early learning community. Celebrate K! is offering three days of content targeted specially for Kindergarten.
Event Notes
Participants can attend days individually, or all three days, choosing from a variety of sessions.
After registration, each attendee will be e-mailed a link to select sessions. You can preview the options below. Click on a session title to expand the description.
Tuesday, July 18, 2016
Participants will deepen their understanding of the Common Core Content and practice math standards through the Counting and Cardinality domain. We will look at how to engage students in mathematical tasks through play-based learning. Intentional connections will be made to WaKIDS through videos and hands-on experiences.
This session will explore three-dimensional thinking by engaging in an engineering immersion activity designed for early learning. Session participants will learn more about the Science and Engineering Practices and Crosscutting Concepts of the Next Generation Science Standards and see "how does this look with little kids?". Participants will also explore the connections to ELA, highlighting the "more bang for your buck" aspect of NGSS and science.
In this interactive session, participants will explore block play and the connection to STEAM and 21st century skills needed for success in life. The educational value of blocks will be promoted by identifying what children learn through block play; outlining guiding practices for setting up a block center; defining the stages of block play and the connections to State standards and assessments.
Close reading and vocabulary acquisition are terms that have gained traction is recent years, but what do they look like inside a classroom? Participants in this session will engage in meaningful discussions and explore strategies to improve reading comprehension and vocabulary acquisition while looking at close reading and vocabulary techniques in this fast-paced, interactive workshop that is grounded in the Washington State Learning Standards.
Lunch will be included.
Location
Educational Service District 123
3924 W. Court Street
Pasco WA 99301
Dates