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Bob Wortman
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Bob Wortman has been an elementary teacher, K-12 Reading
Specialist for thirteen years. He was principal of a court-ordered
desegregated magnet school with a dual language strand for thirteen years.
He also served as director of Title I and Literacy programs for a school
district in Arizona for four years. After thirty years as a teacher,
principal and central office administrator in public schools, he currently
teaches graduate courses in Literacy and Children's Literature as an Adjunct
Associate Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Culture at a
University in Arizona. He is a seasoned presenter at national and state
conferences and in school districts throughout the country. He especially
enjoys bringing the writing of our best authors into the writing lives of
children K-12 and energizing teachers and administrators to the joys and
challenges of authentic reading and writing in classrooms by modeling
reading and writing workshop lessons in classrooms across the country. He is
the author of two books published by Stenhouse Publishers.
Descriptions:
- Comprehension strategies are for everyone
Using "meaningful and memorable" nonfiction readalouds allows your
students- including your struggling students
and ELL's - a chance to learn the important reading strategies through the
use of engaging books and texts. Strategies and examples of student work
with 3 research-based comprehension strategies (Making Connections,
Predicting and
Questioning) will be shared with a variety of nonfiction genre.
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Picture Books in Math Class? (...and Social Studies, Science, etc...)
Only have 45 minutes of instructional time in a class? Try using a
picture book to flesh out your content area instruction. We are teaching in
the
Golden Age of Picture Books. Come and get acquainted with beautiful books
that
engage older readers in valuable discussions and will prompt thoughtful
writing in the
content areas of Math, Social Studies and Science. An added bonus... meets
the
special needs of English Language Learners.
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Building Vocabulary in the Content Areas Through Alphabet Books.
Today's alphabet books are intellectually stimulating and a great way
to engage
students in vocabulary work in the content areas. This session will look at
a
variety graphic organizers and strategies that utilize alphabet books to
support vocabulary development in Social studies, art, music, science and
language arts. Particularly powerful for reluctant readers and ELL
students.
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Writing a Research Paper Is Like Writing a Dissertation: Less is More
Students are bewildered and overwhelmed by the report-writing process.
Parents
are exhausted by staying up late on the internet doing the writing for
procrastinating students. Teachers are tired of reading repetitive and
boring
reports that have no voice and little organization. This session explores
how
we can teach students to plan, organize and write simple and concise
reports by
utilizing the dissertation process -choosing the right questions. The
session
will examine the variety of mini lessons in reading that are needed for a
successful research report. A variety of ways in which students are able to
augment reports with graphic features and go public with their work will
also be shared.
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Reading and Writing Biography: Unpacking Dense Texts with Students
"Who was that guy again... who ... you know... like... freed the slaves
from the
Pilgrims...and did that speech about the dream?" The nonfiction genre of
Biography and memoir is central to humanizing and "fleshing out" the
content
curriculum and helping students put historical events in context. Graphic
organizers and comprehension strategies for supporting students in being
successful readers of the condensed texts of biographies will be shared
along
with a variety of strategies that will extend student reading into writing.
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