Workshops
Tackling the Obstacles in Mastering the TEKS Assessed in TAKS
By Gayle Fuller - author of the Step Up to the TAKS series for Reading, Math, Science and Writing.
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Tackling the Obstacles in Mastering the TEKS Assessed in TAKS workshops, conducted by Gayle, will utilize the knowledge and experience obtained from thoroughly studying the released tests, the specifications, and the TAKS objectives and the item analysis. The goal of this valuable workshop is to share ideas for meeting the needs of students and helping to increase their mastery of the TEKS and therefore the TAKS levels. There will be fun and exciting hands-on activities as well as information leading to some “Ah-ha” moments.
Brain Compatible Learning
Gayle has been attending the Brain Expo in San Diego for the past several years. She goes to learn more about “Teaching Smarter, Rather Than Harder.” Eric Jensen, author of Teaching with the Brain in Mind, brings to the expo, experts in the area of brain research and teachers who are having success in teaching the way the brain learns best. Gayle presented “Where is the Glue?” at the Brain Expo, in San Diego last January. This workshop addressed the concerns she hears at all her workshops. “I taught it, they knew it, they just forgot it during the test. How can I make learning stick?” The glue is in understanding the brain and how it learns best.
Gayle will be demonstrating brain research methods of teaching as she guides teachers in these TAKS workshops. The glue in her presentation will prove to be quite humorous, unusual, and knowledgeable. Come and see her in action as she “spreads the glue.”
Description of Reading Workshop: (First Day on the Schedule)
Participants: Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth Grade Teachers
"Teaching & Reaching"
Critical reading, gathering evidence to draw conclusions and implied answers, these are the higher levels of thinking that teachers are trying to teach and students are trying to reach. Join Gayle Fuller through a day of "
Teaching and Reaching" through the TAKS Reading Objectives.Description of Math Workshop: (Second Day on the Schedule)
Participants: Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth Grade Teachers
"Creating Mathematical Minds"
Mathematicians solve problems with strategies which are tools of a mathematical mind. Join Gayle Fuller through a day of "Creating Mathematical Minds" through the use of tools for problem solving found in the TAKS Math Objectives.
Fee: $100 per day per teacher (Administrator will not be charged, but must register).