Join BEN for the first of three seminars on reading instruction for pre-school and elementary teachers.
Monday, October 21
9am to 12.30pm at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute (BUEI)
For Pre-school to P4 classroom teachers
FREE – Refreshments will be served
PD certificates will be provided to B.U.T. registrants
Decoding tips and tricks for beginning readers
Hosted by Natalie Roberts – BEN’s Literacy Consultant & Deputy Principal & Reading Teacher at St. George’s Preparatory School and Stephanie Hughes – BEN’s Summer Learning Program Teacher & English Language Arts Teacher Leader & Reading Teacher at West End Primary School.
Unlock the power of decoding with practical tips and tricks designed to support beginning readers. In this session, Natalie and Stephanie draw from their experiences and the latest findings from the Science of Reading to provide actionable strategies for teaching letter-sound relationships. Learn how to implement evidence-based practices that boost decoding skills, ensuring early reading success in the lower primary classroom.
Once upon a time: the Hidden Power of Read Alouds
Hosted by Makese Gilbert – English Language Arts Teacher Leader & Primary 1 classroom teacher at Elliott Primary
Take your use of read alouds to the next level as our experts discuss their favourite books for creating a global classroom and proven strategies to reach your goals for reading AND writing instruction. This interactive workshop will showcase how using diverse texts as read-alouds can also help to cover content topics including social studies, science and social emotional learning. Join English Language Arts teacher leader, Makese Gilbert as she reviews her process for making strategic choices for genre, topic and vocabulary goals.
Bonus! Abigail’s Dream Adventure Book Signing
With Bermudian author Karen Franks
Join author Karen Franks for her read-aloud of her smash success “Abigail’s Dream Adventures” which is now the subject of a network tv series and hear about how she wrote Abigail’s Dream Adventures with the goal of cultivating every child’s love of reading and self-belief. (Copies of Abigail’s Dream Adventures will be available for purchase at the workshop and participants can have their copy signed and dedicated by the author).
View the October 21 Presentation Here:
Stay tuned for our next seminar for Upper Primary classroom teachers on NOVEMBER 30th