SUMMER INSTITUTE
for
Elementary and Middle School
Teachers
Sponsored by the Salem State Collaborative Project
for Math, Science and
Interdisciplinary Education (CPMSIE) and the Beverly
Public School System
Time: 8 AM to 1 PM (No Lunch)
PDP’s: 15 PDP’s
or 1 Non-Degree Graduate Credit (Project Required)
Location: Hannah
Elementary School, R41 Brimbal Avenue, Beverly, MA. Ph.
# 978-921-6126
Cost: $60 Collaborative Members $275 Non-Collaborative Members
Workshop 1: Using Everyday
Math in Kindergarten
Presenter: Cathy Szymanski,
Kindergarten Teacher, Lynnfield Public Schools
Dates: July 24, 25, 26
Description: This workshop is designed
for both new and experienced users of Everyday Math. We
will explore math activities through the year with particular emphasis on
how to use lesson-based assessment to differentiate instruction so that a
particular activity can be modified both up and down to meet the needs of
all learners. Sharing of successful strategies, activities and ideas among
all participants will be encouraged. Ready to use handouts will be provided
so that this workshop will be practical and user-friendly!
Session 1: The ongoing, daily routines
built into the Everyday Math program are the foundation for all that follows. Find out how to use them to maximize math learning! This session will also examine selected activities introduced
during the fall.
Session 2: We will take a closer look
at selected activities introduced in the winter.
Session 3: The final session will focus
on activities introduced in the spring.
Workshop 2:.Fostering Science Inquiry in the
PreK-2 Classroom
Presenter:
Ann Harney, Elementary Science Consultant
Dates: July
16, 17, 18
Description: What is inquiry? What does it look like in the
elementary science classroom? What does the learning
environment look like that supports inquiry?
This Pre K-2 workshop is designed to help practicing
elementary teachers answer these questions. Working collaboratively, participants
will develop their understanding of inquiry through investigations, explorations,
journal readings, and discussion. We will be looking at the children’s literature
that supports the scientific investigations and connecting our explorations
to the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Framework
Session 1: What does it mean to be a scientist? We will be
discussing what it means to “think, talk and act”
like a scientist. We will connect our discussions and explorations to the
PhysicalScience strand of Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering
Framework with a focus on the properties of an object
and the ways objects can move.
Session 2: What are the “big ideas” of the Life Science and
Earth and Space Science strands of the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering
framework? Among the big ideas we will focus on will be how animals interact
with their environment. We will investigate some of these concepts in the
outdoor classroom.
Session 3: What is meant by Technology /Engineering in the
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and how do we implement this standard
in our classrooms? We will also discuss the methods and tools used for assessing
inquiry.
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CANCELLED !! Dates:
July 25, 26, 27
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Workshop 4:
Museum of Science and the Engineering is Elementary Series Grades 2-6
Presenters:
Museum of Science EIE Staff
Dates: July
18, 19, 20
Description:
“Everyone Engineers!” is a favorite
motto of a new Museum of Science program, Engineering is Elementary.
And we believe that “everyone” means you, too! Find
out how you already have great engineering instincts, and discover ways of
bringing your students’ learning to life, while addressing key content standards
in the science frameworks. While you learn for yourself about this content
area (no prior formal engineering is assumed), we’ll also explore how one
resource, Engineering is Elementary, can help you:
make connections
to other fields, including language arts, math, and social studies.
Session 1: A Gentle Start to Technology
and Engineering
What can a candle, a piece of chalk, and a red orangutan
help you learn about technology and engineering? Tap into your prior knowledge,
charge up your creativity, and begin making new connections that will help
you answer this question. Find out about EiE units, resources for
teachers to use with their kids to get them started engineering. We’ll take
a look at the organization of the units, which revolve around storybooks
specially written for kids about kids who engineer.
Sessions 2 and 3: these sessions will follow the introductory session
and focus on two other units from Engineering is Elementary.
Workshop 5:
Open Response Writing Grades 3-6
Presenter:
Joan Pokrant, Reading and Language Arts Consultant
Dates: July 24, 25, 26
Description: Data from MCAS scores suggest that some students know more than they show in their response answers. For other students, open response questions can reveal a lack of deep understanding — an inability to go further up Bloom’s taxonomy of thinking. This workshop will help you to improve the quality of open response answers in all content areas including response to literature.
At these three sessions you will learn to:
may be used daily in the classroom
Workshop 6: Demystifying the Social Studies Frameworks
for Grades 3-5
Presenter: Helen Sellers,
Grade 5 Teacher, Reading Public Schools
Date: July 16, 17,
18
Description: This
workshop will have the sharing of resources, activities, field trip ideas
and background content information to meet the different American History
or US Georgraphy Standards. Participants should bring favorite materials
or textbooks that they use.
Session 1: What's in these Frameworks
anyway- and how do we meet all these standards?
Session 2: Background information needed
to successfully teach these standards- resourcing primary sources to help
students- Adult texts that would help build successful background knowledge
for the teacher.
Session 3: Sharing of best practices
for Grades 3-5
Workshop 7:
Integrating the Study of Ancient China and other Cultures into your Social
Studies Curriculum for Grades 3-5 Teachers
Dates: July 24, 25, 26
Presenter: Karen Paterson, North Andover Public Schools
This Three-day workshop
will give you the opportunity to develop a unit of study on any culture you
desire. The framework for the course will be based
on the study of Ancient China, which is an optional fourth grade standard. The workshop time will be split between a sharing of materials
used in the presenters 4th grade class and constructing your own materials.
The presenter’s materials include time lines, graphic organizers, hands-on
activities and instruction on how to construct a midden for a simulated “dig”
so students can work as archaeologists. During the
remainder of the time, participants will be divided into groups and will create
materials for the cultures that they use in their curriculum. Participants should plan to bring books and other items
relating to the culture they are planning to focus on. Participants
will receive copies of all activities developed (if in electronic format)
in class.
Session 1: The focus of this day will be on the study of the
Chinese Culture and the unit used by the presenter with her students;
Session 2: The second day will focus on Mathematics and on
the Chinese Dynasties.
Session 3: On this day, participants will review the various
religions in the Chinese culture. Time will also be spent on sharing projects.
Each day, participants
will have time to work on their specific classroom unit. The goal being that
the unit is completed by the third day.
Karen Paterson
has participated in two study tours through China and has visited schools
and various sites including traveling along the “Silk Road.”
Registration Information:
Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org, or email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please call Jim at 781-771-4860.
Make checks or Purchase Orders payable to CPMSIE and Bring to the First Session
DEADLINE to sign up for the Beverly Summer Institute is June 27th