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.
Barb – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –
5 Stars. This course gave a lot of meaningful information.
Jay – Coshocton City Schools (verified owner) –
Easy to follow and was practical to today’s teaching.
Erica – COLDWATER EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
Some helpful strategies.
Danielle – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
This was awesome! The presenter was engaging and easy to listen to. She shared great ideas and strategies for engaging readers.
Carla – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed the presenter! She did a really good job!
dianna – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Very good information.
Thomas – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Worth the hour
Amber – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I am always looking for guided reading training. This gave me some great things to think about.
adriana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I like that the student must create a relationship with the text in order to comprehend.
Nicole – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This was very helpful to my understanding of why guided reading is so important for on-level or above level students. It gives me many ideas of skills to work on with my fluent readers.