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Project Read®: FRAMING YOUR THOUGHTS

This course is designed to give teachers the tools to improve students' writing skills. The foundation of communication through written expression is the basic sentence. THe course covers sentence structure as well as paragraph development and composition. Sentence structure is presented in a sequential order beginning with the simple sentence and moving to complex sentences using multi-sensory strategies to develop the basic concepts and skills of written expression. The curriculum can be started in grade one and is applicable through adult education. Please click here to download registration form.

Quotes from teachers using

Framing Your Thoughts

"A great way to teach students how to expand their thoughts from the most basic "bare bones" sentence, to a detailed, elaborate one."

"The most structured, easy, step-by-step process to teach writing, I have ever used."

Instructor: Nancy Raskind

Project Read®/Language Circle

Dates: Monday-Wednesday, June 16-18, 2008

8:30am - 4:30pm daily (with a 1-hour lunch

break)

Materials: Each participant will receive:

Framing Your Thoughts Sentence Structure Guide
Framing Your Thoughts Applied Writing Manual
DVD Companions to Framing Your Thoughts Curriculum
Writing Symbol Pack
Active Participation Workbook

Continuing Education Credits: 2.0 CEUs

Cost: $400 (includes materials priced at $200)

Questions: Laura Hutchison, Rankin Institute Administrative Assistant

Phone: 704-365-4658, ext. 170

Email: lhutchison@thefletcherschool.org

The Rankin Institute reserves the right to cancel a program due to insufficient registration one week prior to the beginning of the course. Participants will be emailed in the event a course/seminar is cancelled, and a full refund will be mailed to registrants.

Cancellation by registrants must be received in writing at least ten (10) business days prior to the initial session of any course and will be charged a $50.00 cancellation fee. After that time, all cancellations are non-refundable.

Orton-Gillingham: MULTISENSORY TRAINING FOR TEACHERS - SEMINAR 1

This seminar follows the Associate curriculum guidelines established by the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators which includes classroom instruction, selected reading, and supervised teaching.

Topics covered include:

Language, reading and motor development
Characteristics of dyslexia
Neurological overview of the brain and learning styles
History of the Orton-Gillingham Approach
The Orton-Gillingham Approach
Sequence of language acquisition
The Orton-Gillingham Lesson
Diagnostic and prescriptive teaching
History and understanding of the Academy of Orton-Gillingham
Practitioners and educators

Following this coursework, those interested in pursuing the Associate credential with the Orton-Gillingham Academy must complete 100 hours of supervised teaching. This practicum may be arranged through The Rankin Institute or arranged individually with the instructing Fellow. Please click here to download registration form.

Instructor: Joanie Gerken, Fellow/AOGPE

Trident Academy

Dates: Monday-Friday, July 7-18, 2008 (two weeks)

8:30am - 4:00pm daily (with a 1-hour lunch

break)

Materials: Each participant will receive:

Guide to Teaching Phonics by June Orton
Reading deck

Credit: 7.0 CEUs

Cost: $1,200 (includes materials)

Contact Laura Hutchison at 704.365.4658, ext. 170, or lhutchison@thefletcherschool.org, for information.

The Fletcher Forum Teacher Workshop 2009

February 2, 2009

with

G. Reid Lyon, Ph.D.

MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON! STAY TUNED!


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