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.
Thelma – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course, learned new reading strategies to help students gain meaning from a text.
Rubee – FABENS ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course very much. Jennifer makes the content engaging.
Jennifer – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
I think the title of this gave one the wrong meaning of what was going to be talked about.
Jo Ann – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Great strategies were shared in this course.
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful!! It broke down everything into meaningful content that I could understand and use right away!
Lucia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This is great! Easy to follow along.
Luis – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I think it is an overall interesting course.
Jair – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
It was good.
Roberta – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great example of guided reading. Strategies presented are useful for all students.
Lea-Ann – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Jennifer is an amazing presenter and makes the material interesting to learn.