Rockland Teachers' Center Institute

Expanding the Education of Our Community

Storytelling

14 Local Authors and Illustrators: Their Books, Lives, & Place in the Development of 20th Century Children’s Literature

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14 Local Authors and Illustrators: Their Books, Lives, & Place in the Development of 20th Century Children’s Literature

1/17/23 4:30pm–6:30pm
Facilitator: Mimi Hoffman

Valley Cottage Library, 110 NY-303, Valley Cottage, NY

“Storytellers from Nyack and Nearby”, A Traveling Exhibit of the Historical Society of the Nyacks is on display at Valley Cottage Library in January 2023. Discover how to take elements of the exhibit into the classroom and how the exhibit intersects with local, national, and world history.

14 Children’s Authors and Illustrators Jon Agee – Barbara Brenner – Beth Goff – Berta and Elmer Hader – Helen Hayes – Ben Hecht – Yaroslava Mills – Carson McCullers – Toni Morrison – Paul Peabody – Mindy Warshaw Skolsky Elizabeth Sayles – Mike Witte

RTC December 2022 – January 2023

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RTC December 2022 – January 2023

3-Hour English Language Learners Asynchronous – ELL CTLE

1/3–1/6 Strategies for Teaching SS to ELLs
1/9-1/12 Strategies for Teaching Math to ELLs
1/17- 1/20 E-books for ELLs

Book Studies

1/12–3/9 Write Pray Recover
1/23–2/13 Last Child in the Woods

Storytelling

1/12 Intro to Storytelling in the Classroom
2/28–3/31 Online: Teaching and Using Storytelling in the Classroom

 

Science and Technology Integration

1/10 Science: What is a 3D lesson? Intro to NYSSLS & Engineering Practices

1/17 Science: Cross-Cutting Concepts & Modeling

1/24-1/26 Google Forms for Data Collection

1/31 Science: Be the Scientist: A Guide on Lab Set Up & Data Collection

2/7–2/9 Google Sheets

2/14–2/16  Science: How do we analyze data and develop evidence-based claims?

2/28-3/3 Presenting Data Using Google Slides+

Oral Literacy in the Classroom: The Art of Narration with David Gonzalez

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Storyteller Extraordinaire David Gonzalez  will facilitate a workshop on Oral Literacy on July 9. Using a set of classic fables and myths as primary sources,  participants will examine best practices in how to make story narratives come alive in the classroom.  This practical workshop will focus on the three key modalities of oral literacy; image, language, tone.  Syllabus

Registration  – 6 Hours CTLE