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Science Outreach Workshop Registration Link:

Information Flyer

Note:  These workshops are for Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah 4th-6th grade teachers ONLY.  An additional set of science outreach workshops will be scheduled for the other region districts at a either in the Spring or Fall of 2009.


Endorsement Course Materials:

Reading Level I Endorsement Courses


EDRG 5345 Advanced Literacy and Language Dev. (3) - Mariann Marchant
Fall 2008 - Wednesday Nights (Oct 29-Dec 10) 4:30-10PM

Registration Form

Required Textbooks:
1)
  McGee, L. M., & Richgels, D. J. (2000) Literacy's beginnings: Supporting young readers and writers (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

2) When Adolescents Can't Read: Methods and Materials That Work (From Reading Research to Practice, V. 1) Mary E. Curtis, Ann Marie Longo, Boys Town (Neb.), Boys Town Reading Center


EDRG 5350 Reading Assessment & Instructional Interventions

(3) - Mariann Marchant Fall 2008 - Wednesday Nights (Sept 10-Oct 22) 4:30-10PM

Registration Form

Course Syllabus


Text:  Reutzel, D.R. and Cooter, R.B. (2007).  Strategies for Reading Assessment and Instruction: Helping Every Child Succed (3rd Ed.) New York: Merrill Prentice Hall.

Articles:

1)  Matching Texts and Readers:  Leveling Early Reading Materials for Assessment and Instruction

2)  High Stakes Assessments in Reading

3)  Assessing the Literacy Development of Second-Language Students:  A Focus on Authentic Assessment

4)  Using Think Alouds to Assess Comprehension

5)  Reading Comprehension that Works

6)  Proof, Practice, and Promise:  Comprehension Strategy Instruction in the Primary Grades

7)  Young Children's Oral Language Development

8)  Chapter 12

9)  Intervention Handouts - 9/17

10)  Sample Assessments from Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures for Kindergarten through Eighth Grade

11) Intervention Handouts - 9/24

12) Intervention Handouts - 10/1

13) Intervention PowerPoint - High Frequency Words

14)  Intervention Handouts - 10/8



EDRG 5340 Foundations of Literacy (3) - Dr. Louise Jorgensen
June 16-19 8AM-6PM & June 20 8AM-12PM
Course Syllabus
Registration Form
SUU Syllabus
SUU Targeted Standards
  Monday Schedule
    Morning Lecture Notes
  Tuesday Schedule
    Tuesday Lecture Notes
    Tuesday Lecture Notes #2
  Wednesday Schedule
    Brain Dance
    What Do Language Learners Need?
    The Pendulum of Teaching Reading
  Thursday Schedule
    Multiple Intelligences
  Friday Schedule
    What is the Teacher
Articles:
  Learning About Literacy
  Pioneers and Contemporaries in Reading
  There is More to Effective Reading Instruction than Research
  What Reading Research Says
  Strengths of Research
Links:
  Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research
  Babes in the Woods:  The Wanderings of the National Reading Panel
  National Reading Panel Publications

EDRG 5330 Teaching Children's and Adolescent Literature (3) - Dr. Nancy Livingston
June 10 5-8PM, June 20 1-4PM & July 14-17 8:30AM-6PM
Course Syllabus
Course Schedule
Registration Form:Elementary Endorsement

Registration Form:Secondary Endorsement
Resources:
  Book List
  Book Log Format
  100 Picture Books
Handouts from June 20th Class
  Best New Information Books
  Fiction and Nonfiction
  How to Choose a Good Book
  Best Books for Boys
  Nancy's F-Words
  If you Read 15 Minutes
  Power Books
  Multicultural Books Too Good To Miss
  Amercia Book List
Handouts from July 14th Class
  Story Face
  Story Pyramid
  Maps Booklist - L. Mair
Handouts from July 15th Class
  Who's Who in Mother Goose Land
  Fairy Tale Fun
  Milestones in Poetry During the Golden Age
  Reading Wheel
  Reading Levels for All Caldcott Medal Books
  About Cinquain
  After English Class
Handouts from July 16th Class
  Flowchart:  A Novel's Plot
  People that Make a Difference Bibliography - M. Devey
  Folk Literature
  Ten Solutions to get Boys Reading
  The Intermediate Grades
  Book in an Hour
  Who What What Where
  Be a Star Book Reviewer

  Take Home Final Exam

Handouts from July 17th Class
  Information Book Report
  Information Fish Bone
  Comparison Chart
  Country Chart
  Five C's of Global Literacy

Links:
  ABC Best Books for Children Catalog
  Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
  New York Public Library


EDRG 5320 Advanced Content Literacy (2) - Dr. Louise Jorgensen
August 4-7 8AM-6PM 
Course Syllabus
Registration Form


Monday Schedule
   Monday Handouts
   Choral Reading
   How We Learn

Tuesday Schedule
   Tuesday Handouts

Wednesday Schedule
   Wed Handouts A
   Wed Handouts B
   Text Activity Guide  
   Vocab Presentation
   Vocab Maps
   Semantic Maps   

   Vocab Visuals

  Latin Stems

Thursday Schedule
   Reciprocal Teaching    
   Behavior Chart



EDRG 5370 Teaching Process Writing (3) - Dr. Brad Wilcox
Spring 2009 - Wednesday Nights - 4:30-10PM


EDRG 5380 Advanced Reading Comprehension (3) - Dr. Brad Wilcox
Spring 2009 - Wednesday Nights - 4:30-10PM