Conference

Maine ASCD Spring Conference and Annual Meeting

To Understand: Best Practices in Literacy Research

with Ellin Oliver Keene

Augusta Civic Center

The renaissance in comprehension instruction launched by Mosaic of Thought has led to changes in hundreds of thousands of classrooms, where teachers now model reading strategies, and students probe meaning more deeply. But no book in the field has satisfactorily answered the question: What does it really mean to comprehend? In To Understand, Ellin Oliver Keene not only explores this important question, but reveals what teachers can do to encourage all students to engage in deep understanding far more consistently than before.

In this workshop, Ellin will discuss best practices in literacy research and practice by addressing four key questions:

1. What does it mean to understand?
2. What constitutes “high” expectations in literacy teaching and learning?
3. What matters most in literacy learning? How can teachers focus on effective comprehension instruction in a context of growing curriculum and assessment demands?
4. In what ways can we transform ordinary literacy lessons into intellectually memorable experiences?

Participants will discuss their own reading experiences and will work with two new models from Ellin’s new book To Understand. 

The afternoon session will include a demonstration with local children designed to illustrate the content participants discussed in the morning. 

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$145.00 per person conference fee for Maine ASCD members

$170.00 per person conference fee for non-members (includes complimentary one year membership)

$160.00 per person (non-members) when registering in teams of four or more (includes complimentary one year membership for each person)

$65.00 per person student member rate

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Registration Deadline & Cancellation Date

March 27, 2009

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