Lakeville Registration

Jason is unable to present at SORLA this year, so this class is canceled. Back by popular demand from 2011 Current research strongly suggests quality formative assessment can lead to significant gains in student learning. This session seeks to build an understanding of research-based classroom assessment practices that improve student motivation and achievement. Participants will explore classroom strategies for setting clear learning targets, providing effective feedback, and offering opportunities for self-assessment and revision with the goal of helping students answer the following questions: Where am I going? Where am I now? How can I close the gap? Note that Emily McDonald is presenting in place of Jason Molesky.

Back by popular demand from 2011 Twenty percent of American children suffer from mental health problems, and the number is growing rapidly. In this session, we will investigate mental illness and its effects on your students. Learn how to identify key warning signs and symptoms, and learn strategies to more effectively help students function successfully in your classroom. This session addresses the mental health licensure requirement.

New session this year This class is for those substitutes who still want more! Whether you took the class last year or you are taking the first session this year, we'll continue to add to our toolboxes and files of ideas to make subbing easier and more fun for both students and teacher. The first half will focus on more ideas and activities, the second half will be Smart Board training 101, hands-on basics of how to turn it in on and make it work for you! As always, be ready to move, share and have fun! This session meets the behavior licensure requirement.

New session this year Critically thinking readers discover information and ideas within a text and evaluate the evidence found, then they decide what to do with it. Metacognitive strategies, once learned, make critical thinking more likely. We will discuss these strategies and how they can be effectively integrated into what you are already doing with your students. This session addresses the reading licensure requirement.

Back by popular demand from 2011 This session is for novices on interactive white boards! If you already have used an IWB, this is not the class for you! Come if you want to learn the basics of interactive whiteboard software, learn some great interactive websites, and discuss different ideas on how to incorporate lessons that reach every level of Bloom's Taxonomy. While the course is presented in SMART Notebook, the resources would be transferable to any IWB brand. This session addresses the technology licensure requirement.

Back by popular demand from 2011 Learn how words and visual images work as a complementary process to spark imagination and stimulate literacy development. We will discuss creative approaches to lesson ideas, introduce children's literature as a form of inspiration, and explore the meaningful connections between art and literacy. This session addresses the reading licensure requirement.

Back by popular demand from 2011 Fourth and fifth grade teachers strive for students to interact with text so reading becomes important to them. We all want readers to think about what they read, become aware of their thinking, and then apply it. This session provides a REAL scope and sequence of fiction-comprehension-strategy instruction to help make it all happen! The strategies range from predicting outcomes to questioning to synthesizing. Works of Jan Richardson, Stephanie Harvey, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell are combined to provide an organized structure of strategy instruction for the whole year. The strategies are aligned with the new Minnesota Academic Standards; these standards are identified within each corresponding strategy lesson. This session meets the reading licensure requirement.

Back by popular demand from 2011 but with all new activities Movement activates the brain, ties both brain hemispheres, and then keeps the hemispheres activated. Learn cross-curricular movement games, rhythms across the curriculum, and cooperative games to keep brains on target and learning!

New session this year The purpose of teaching reading and writing is to construct and communicate meaning. In this session we will further explore tools and strategies we can use to help students build and demonstrate literacy skills. Learn more about collaborative documents, social bookmarking, and social notetaking, and share your own successful experiences integrating technology to promote reading and writing in your secondary classroom. This session addresses the reading or technology licensure requirement.