9:30-10:15 Session 1

 

MNU Admissions Team - Earn College Credit for Your ER Experience - Bell Foyer MNU Admissions Table

2. Book: Teaching and Learning

Learn about how to earn college credit for your participation in the teaching career pathway and take a tour of MNU's beautiful campus. 

 

MNU Teacher Candidates of the Elementary Literacy Class - Vocabulary Building Strategies - Smith 206

2. Book: Teaching and Learning

Capable students' vocabularies grow at an astonishing rate - about 8-10 new words every day! While students learn most words incidentally through reading and family activities, teachers expand students' vocabulary by teaching specific words and word-learning strategies. In this session you will learn new words by participating in 5 different fun word-study activities!

 

Dr. Kim Humerickhouse - TeachLive - Metz 215 TeachLive Lab

2. Book: Teaching and Learning

Participants may enter the TeachLive lab in pairs and spend 5 minutes interacting with a 5th grade classroom for the purpose of establishing a positive classroom climate by building supportive relationships and reinforcing appropriate behavior expectations.

 

Dara Taylor - Tech Tools for Literacy - Bell-McIntire

2. Book: Teaching and Learning

Come and find out about some of the technology tools that you can use in your elementary classroom to support literacy.

 

Jacey Barlow - Creating an Engaging Learning Environment - Metz 128

2. Book: Teaching and Learning

Schools and classrooms need to change! Let's explore some ways that we can make learning more interesting, more fun, and more engaging for students. I'll share my work in a co-taught, self-paced middle school math classroom, and I hope to gather some ideas from you as well.

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Makayla Armstead - Putting Your Heart into Special Services - Bell: Gilmore

5. Heart: Social Emotional Learning and Self-Care

Students who have been identified with special learning and behavioral needs often need more focus on social emotional development. Strategies for providing quality growth opportunities for students will be discussed in this interactive session. 

 

Brandi Morales - Teaching Vocabulary for Shared Reading Lesson - Metz 117

2. Book: Teaching and Learning

The most important time to support a students reading is before the reading begins. Let's take a look at some engaging, hands on ways to teach vocabulary which don't include using the dictionary. Geared towards K-2.