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.
Marta – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Virginia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I loved it!
Laura – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Very well done.
Nadia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Anita – MIAMI TRACE LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course gave some practical steps to facilitate guided reading.
Leticia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Speaker kept me engaged in presentation.
Erika – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation.
Maria – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Was very informative and easy to understand. Very interesting.
Olivia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Celia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
This course taught me how to establish a purpose for reading to engage the students before they read a selection. If students have a purpose to read, they comprehend and understand what they read.