Description
- Understand gifted students’ unique social and emotional needs
- Teach students to draw from schema and text to create meaning
- Use running records to hone in on reading problemss
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Presenter Bio
Jennifer Leal is a Gifted and Talented Coordinator for Rockwall ISD. She has been in education for 28 years and still enjoys the diversity of working with students, teachers and parents each day. Jennifer won what she considers the lottery in education. While teaching in Arlington ISD, she was chosen by her faculty members to be challenged and developed in the world of literacy through an organization called The Learning Network. She was fortunate to be supported by Margaret Mooney, a prominent educator in the world, in the area of Reading and Writing. Jennifer also worked for the Learning Network from 2000-2005 under Margaret’s leadership as a facilitator for summer institutes. She recently received her Masters of Education.
Nicole – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was interesting to see how I can apply some of her ideas into my classroom.
Meggie – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Good review, wish there was more about running records and data tracking during guided reading.
Laurie – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good refresher course of teaching students to obtain meaning from content
MELISSA – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
EXCELLENT COURSE
Zeniff – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This training shows the teacher of why it is important to show students how to create meaning so they can have them understand what they read.
Amy – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great introductory course about reading for meaning.
John – HUTTO ISD (verified owner) –
The ideas presented gave me insight as to how I can better promote learning through leading students to infer outcomes based on limited information.
Michelle – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Loved all the examples.
Esmeralda – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
The information provided a great foundation for remembering the importance of guide reading.