Golden Triangle Cooperative

                                                                   

Hi Everyone from Diana THE SUMMER INSTITUTE 2012 IS OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Just some quick thoughts.  We have a great focus on New Montana Standards for math and English Language Art this summer.  You are welcome to come to any class offered, but I thought it would be helpful if I summarized who I had in mind with some of the workshops.  Besides these we have several great offerings for mapping, assessment, technology, art, combo classrooms and rural teachers and gifted.  Note that Art Potpourri is really a combination art and Montana history class taught by Lee Silliman, who has taught many science classes for us.  We have Sarah Zook with mapping, Dean Jardee with assessment, S’Cool Moves for classroom management, and many great technology classes.  Please read through all the descriptions, and I will see you there. MATH ü     These two math classes are taught by Eliza Sorte.  She taught for us last year and was a star.  She will also address the concepts of Singapore Math for our information as she is also a trainer for that program.  Elementary teachers will love these classes. ·         Fold, Organize, and Learn Math ·         Games as Interventions and Writing as Part of Daily Math ü  Focus on Implementing Montana’s Common Core Standards in Mathematics. This class will be a common core roll out.  I will then distribute the GTCC’s newly revised math curriculum and explain the codes and how it ties to the New Montana Standards. Day 2 will be Sheryl Kohl with ways to understand and tie math to the common core.  Those of you who have taken Sheryl’s classes in the past know she is tremendous. WRITING These writing classes are for anyone, and with a focus on content area teachers and how to incorporate the new literacy standards into their classes. ü  Traits of Writing Meeting the Common Core--Bev Flaten, a national writing guru will teach this class.  Anyone wanting to understand 6 Trait Writing or learn how it has been updated and addresses the new standards needs to take this. ü  Writing Strategies for Implementing the Montana Core Curriculum Standards is based on a tech writing grant we had and is the best class you will find to understand reading and writing in the content areas. Dottie Susag and Noel Osterman can help you individually with ideas for writing in all of your classes. How can teachers effectively include reading and writing in their science, math, social studies, art, music, industrial arts, family consumer science, and all the others?  This class gives ideas for ways to teach reading and writing without being overwhelmed or fearful. ü  Step Up to Writing is an extremely effective program to gives strategies for all kinds of writing with a wonderful focus on “the way” for informational/expository writing. ü  DVD’s, Poetry, and Writing Strategies—Dottie Susag knows how to teach literacy (that is the way students need to know how to read and write to learn.) She teaches with wonderful Indian Education for All resources, but the strategies can be applied to any subject area. READING Infusing Reading Instructional Strategies in the Content Area is one of the best ways I have seen to teach reading strategies to students in content areas in elementary, middle or high school.  Debbie Hunsaker is a master, and this is a class I would not want any of you to miss. ü  Small Group Reading Instructional Strategies is taught by Lori Chauvet.  This class will be so valuable to further the understanding and practice of important reading strategies for all students. ü  Infusing Reading Instructional Strategies in the Content Area is a class for all teachers who want to up their understanding of the art of reading and for those content area teachers taking the New Montana Standards seriously when it says, “All teachers will be reading and writing teachers.”