Series 2
K-6 Math, Science and Social Studies Workshops
Sponsored
by the Salem State Collaborative Project for Math, Science and
Interdisciplinary Education (CPMSIE)
Note: For each workshop series, if you are unable to
attend all four sessions, you may complete a project to earn the 10 PDP’s.
Workshop #1: Technology in Teaching Social Studies
Time: 3:30PM to 6 PM Tuesdays, November 7, 14, December 5, 12
Presenter: Darren
Damiani, Lynnfield Public Schools
Description: These
four workshop sessions will give you the opportunity to help teach your social
studies curriculum and learn how to use Technology strands of the
Massachusetts's Frameworks.
Session 1: The Use of Kidspiration and Inspiration in Teaching
Social Studies
Date: November
7, 14
Description: Utilizing this software in social studies is a great way to visualize the concepts that you are teaching by creating webs/graphic organizers. You will also learn how to hyperlink your webs to the internet. This software will also teach students a fun way to organize their thoughts using pictures and words.
Session 2: What is a Web Quest and How Can
It Help Me Teach Elementary Social Studies?
Date: December
5
Description: A web quest will keep your students yearning to learn. They are a fun, independent and controlled way to use the internet as another tool in your classroom. It is a great way to introduce a topic or use it as another assessment tool.
Session 3: The Use of Tom Snyder’s Time
Liner Software in Teaching Social Studies
Date: December
12
Description: Time Liner 5.0 is a terrific tool for teaching a period in history or doing biography reports. Find out how to create a slide show in relation to a time line that you have created by using pictures from home or from the internet. Learn how to have the students create their own time line that represents their life or some one else’s. With Time Liner you have the opportunity to keep track of everything you are studying in social studies on a timeline, which will give your students a better idea of when events took place in history.
Workshop #2: Kindergarten and Grade One Science
Sharing Workshop
Presenter:
Stephanie Klove, Lynnfield Public Schools
Time: 3:30PM to 6 PM Tuesdays, November 7, 14, December 5, 12
Description: Discuss, explore, share and create science materials aligned with the Massachusetts State Frameworks to use in your Kindergarten and Grade One classroom.
The workshop series is comprised of four 2.5 hour workshops and a project. Upon completion of the project, PDP’s will be awarded.
Each session will focus on one season. Join us with ideas and an example of a favorite science activity. With the PreK-2 Science Frameworks as a guide, we will discuss our lessons, literature and experiments by season.
Session 1: The season of Fall (Please bring your favorite activity ideas and/or materials to share relating to Fall.) November 7
Session 2: The season of Winter. November 14
Session 3: The season of Spring. December 5
Session 4: We will discuss the season of Summer and complete your workshop by creating a final project for immediate use in your Kindergarten classroom. December 12
Workshop #3: Teaching Mathematics to Grade Four and
Five Students
Presenter:
Michelle Kurchian, Reading
Public Schools
Time: 3:30PM to 6 PM Tuesdays, October 24, November 14, December 5, 12
Description: This workshop will focus on the Everyday Mathematics program for students in grades four and five. This four-session series will present skill and concept development using literature-based activities with varied vocabulary connections, traditional and newer math manipulatives, and suggested teacher-made materials. Sharing of any successful teaching strategies among all participants is encouraged.
Workshop #4: Inclusive
Practices for the Elementary School Classroom
Presenters: Cathy Giles, Sarah Lanzo, Reading
Public Schools
Time: 3:30PM to 6 PM Tuesdays, October 24, November 14, December 5, 12
Description: This workshop would benefit elementary level teachers, assistants, and specialists working with students with varying levels of disabilities in the general education classroom.
Although each child is unique, there are several common instructional strategies and teaching methods that work best for special education students. Teachers who attend these workshops will learn the benefits of the following instructional strategies and methods and learn how to utilize them effectively in the classroom to meet the needs of all learners:
Workshop #5: Math Manipulatives and Making Sense for
All in Grades 2-4
Presenter: Robert H. Simmons, Elementary
Mathematics and Science Consultant
Time: 3:30PM to 6 PM Thursdays, October 26, November 2, 30, December 7
Description: Teachers will use many varied new and favorite manipulatives as they investigate math concepts selected from several of the grades two through four Massachusetts Mathematics Learning Standards. We will also explore the math behind the math to help deepen teachers’ own math concepts. Handouts for future reference will be provided.
Workshop #6: Earth Cycles Workshop Series
Presenter: Scott Gordon, Lynnfield Public Schools
Time: 3:30PM to 6 PM Thursdays, October 26, November 2, 9, 16
Session 1: Water
Cycle October 26
This workshop will focus on the water cycle, in particular the various ways by which water can move through the water cycle. Participants will be given a thorough overview of the water cycle and important phase changes will be discussed and classroom demonstrations given. Student activities will be discussed and practiced by program participants. These activities include an age-appropriate water cycle game, a comparison of the flow of water through various substances, and a cloud formation demonstration, among others. The use of point-of-view guides to capture student interest and enhance writing skills will be discussed and practiced as will a water cycle play to practice reading skills. Handouts of all materials will be provided. This workshop addresses standard 10 in the Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework for grades 3-5 and standard 1 for grades PreK-2 in Earth and Space Science.
Session 2: Rock Cycle November 2
This workshop will focus on the rock cycle and on the similarities and differences between the three major classifications of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. A basic overview of these will be given followed by a series of activities that teachers can use with their classes. Activities include weathering of rocks, erosion, water flow and the effects on sand deposition, sand dune creation, fossilization, mountain formation, and earthquake simulation among others. This workshop addresses standards # 1-4 and 12 in the Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework for grades 3-5 and standard 1 for grades PreK-2 in Earth and Space Science.
Session3: Life Cycles November
9, 16
This workshop will focus on some of the life cycles occurring in organisms on earth. Examples will include the life cycle of the butterfly, the frog, and trees with attention to birth, growth, development, reproduction, and death. Adaptations that allow these organisms to survive harsh conditions will be discussed. Activities focused on the life cycles of these organisms will be suggested as will simple tree identification techniques. These organisms and the roles they play will be placed in the more global concept of a food web; the flow of energy from the sun through this web will be discussed as will the cycling of matter within the ecosystem. Activities to clarify these concepts to students will be discussed and practiced. This workshop addresses standard 3 in the Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework for grades PreK-2 and standards 1-4 and 11 for grades 3-5 in Life Science.
See www.salemcollaborative.org for membership list.
PDP’s: 10 Hours Including Completed Project (submitted on last day of each course)Graduate Credit – Teachers completing two courses can apply for 1 graduate credit ($100)
Please email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org, mail to Jim Kearns, 750 G Brookside Drive, Andover, MA 01810 or register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please call Jim at 781-771-4860.
Make checks or Purchase Orders payable to CPMSIE
DEADLINE to sign up for a workshop is one week prior to workshop.