Kane County Institute Day 2020 - Geneva: Full Schedule

8:15am CST

Student-Led Questioning

Limited Capacity seats available

As educators we want our students to assume responsibility for their own learning, and we want them to have meaningful conversations about texts all on their own, but achieving this with 5-10 year olds is a challenge. Come join me to make and take an actual resource you can use in your K-5 classroom to produce student-led comprehension conversations of depth. Potential fringe benefit: scoring a distinguished mark on 3c of the Danielson framework.

Speakers

Julie Newquist

CCUSD 301

Sarah Samuelson

CCUSD 301

Kane County Hand out pdf

Friday February 28, 2020 8:15am - 10:00am CST
H209

Math

8:15am CST

Using the Concrete, Pictorial and Abstract Approach in Your Elementary Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

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How can you get your students to show and explain what is really going on in a mathematical algorithm? How can you be using manipulatives during instruction? You will find the answers to these questions in this presentation on the research based Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract (CPA) Approach. This hands on and interactive session will leave you with new ideas to use in your elementary classroom to better support your students’ mathematical understandings.

Speakers

Rachel Priola

Instructional Coach, CCUSD 301

Erica Snyder

Elementary Instructional Coach, CCUSD 301

Kane County Institute Day 2020 pdf

Friday February 28, 2020 8:15am - 10:00am CST
J245

Math

10:15am CST

Differentiation Adds Up in the Math Classroom

Limited Capacity seats available

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Dive into an overview of differentiation tips. Add differentiation strategies to your math toolbox to increase student engagement and address different readiness levels. See how to sprinkle in some differentiation by creating small changes to existing lessons that can maximize learning for students. Examples will be shown from different grade levels and different math domains to show flexibility of differentiation using progression of skills and level of complexity.

Speakers

Pam Gruzynski

With 25+ years in education, my experience spans multiple grade levels. I started out teaching 5th grade and then transitioned to working with small groups of students in grades 3-8. As a differentiation specialist for grades K-8, I was able to support teachers in implementing strategies... Read More →

Friday February 28, 2020 10:15am - 12:00pm CST
J248

Math