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Growing Educator Morning Sessions, GEMS
Saturday, May 19, 2012
HOSTED at Washington Elementary
1100 Lilienthanl Lane
Redondo Beach, CA 90278

Cost:   $25/ Morning Workshops Only! 8:30-11:15 a.m.

   $45/ Morning Sessions + Extended Small Group Planning Session 11:20-1:30 p.m.


8:00 a.m.  Registration, Book Sale, and Light Breakfast
8:15 a.m.  Welcome: Jessica Martin and Renee Houser
8:30 to      Keynote speaker: Ana Maria Alvarez~ Dance, Choreographer, Community Arts  9:15 9:15 a.m.  Activist.  http://www.contratiempo.org



Session 1 Workshops - 9:20 to 10:00 a.m.

Storytelling Basics to Support Narrative Writing in the Fall, K‐5,
Antonio Sacre, Author & Storyteller
Room 20

5 Surefire Must‐Do’s to Support EL Learners in the
Writing Workshop K-2,
Karin Figueroa Camino Nuevo Charter Academy,
Room 9

Use Current Student Work and Common Core Standards
to Plan Ahead for your New Year of Grammar and
Punctuation Instruction 3‐5
Cathy Skubik, Park Western Place LAUSD
Room 24

Understanding the Writing Workshop Nuts and Bolts to
Get You Started in Fall of 2012 K‐2
Jodi Manby, GE Staff Developer
Room 18

Charts! Charts! Charts! – The Top 5 Charts to Help Kickoff
Your Writer’s Workshop 3‐5
Angela Bae, Mitchell ES Lawndale USD
Room 25

What is Common at the Core of the New ELA Standards?
A preview of the shifts that will result as schools gear up to implement the newly adopted Common Core State Standards. K‐5
Shelly Tallman, Long Beach USD, Common Core Development Team
Room 27

Session 2 Workshops-  10:05 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Building a Powerful Community of Writers: Classroom
Structures, Tools, and Environment That can Make All
the Difference in Your September Launch K‐2
Michelle Bamrick, GE Staff Developer
Room 9

You’ve Read the Mentor Text‐ Now What? Taking Your
Mentor Text from Read Aloud to Minilesson 3‐5
Joyce Friedman UCLA Lab School & Adriana Sheinbaum
WISH Charter ES,
Room 24

Building Inference and Interpretation Skills Through the
Shared Reading of Poetry 3‐5
Regina Hurh Kim, GE Staff Developer,
Room 25

Using Student Work to Drive Your Instruction: Creating
Effective Teaching Points to Meet the Needs of All Your
Students K‐2
Jodi Manby, GE Staff Developer
Room 18

Storytelling tips to Support our Youngest EL Learners, K‐2
Antonio Sacre, Author & Storyteller,
Room 20

Now that I Know the Parts of the Minilesson, How Can I
Make my Teaching more Explicit? Crafting Minilessons to
Make a Lasting Impact in Just Ten Minutes 3‐5
Erin Donelson, GE Staff Developer
Room 27


Session 3 Workshops 10:50 to 11:30 a.m.

Lenses for Assessment: Using Classroom Observations,
Conversations and Student Data to Plan for
Differentiation K‐2
Michelle Bamrick, GE Staff Developer
Room 9

We Don't Have to Wait Until May!: Using Read Aloud to
Teach Nonfiction and Content in Science and Social
Studies All Year Long 3‐5
Erin Donelson, GE Staff Developer
Room 27

You’ve Read the Mentor Text‐ Now What? Taking Your
Mentor Text from Read Aloud to Minilesson K‐2
Joyce Friedman, UCLA Lab School & Adriana Sheinbaum, WISH Charter School
Room 24

Reinvigorating Your Workshop Through the Power of
Poetry: Inspiring all Learners to Read and Write with
Deeper Meaning 3‐5
Vivian Chen, Multanomah ES LAUSD
Room 18


Punctuation Takes A Vacation: A Fun Way to Introduce
Punctuation and Conventions in your Workshop 2‐5
Lorraine Silver, Addams MS, Lawndale USD
Room 20

Using Your Read Aloud to Teach Reading Skills and
Strategies, Independence, Listening and Speaking...ALL
YEAR LONG! 3‐5
Regina Hurh Kim, GE Staff Developer
Room 25

Unit Planning Session on Launching the Writing Workshop
11:45 to 1:00 p.m.
Michelle Bamrick, GE Primary Staff Developer
Room TBD

Erin Donelson and Regina Hurh Kim, GE Upper Grade Staff Developers
Room TBD

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