¡Andale ya! Spanish Grammar and Composition

with Maureen Ucles

Getting Kids Ready for the Fourth grade STAAR in Spanish

June 11, 2019 in Richardson, TX

8:00am - 2:30pm

This workshop will be split between grammar, writing and reading, using materials Gretchen has adapted from STAAR released tests and live student STAAR essays.  Specific high-yield strategies covered include:

Grammar:

Nailing fragments and run-ons, using the sentence wringer

Wiping out usage problems ( like its/it’s and there/their/they’re) once and for all

Showing your students how to use their parts-of-speech knowledge

Keeping track of your grammar-teaching-in-context

Reading:

Kernelizing passages for multiple choice ease

Recognizing and using pitchforking in questions

Extracting text structures from passages

Writing:

Generating quick lists and kernel essays 

Choosing from five text structures for expository or persuasive essays

Using icons for developing details

Participants will receive a copy of "Grammar Keepers." 

Who is it for? 

Anyone involved in preparing 4th grade Spanish-speaking students for STAAR writing tests

Agenda:
8:00  Registration and coffee
8:30   Quick list to generate topics for expository/persuasive
9:15   The Keepers chart (and how to use it) in Spanish 
9:45   Dialogics in grammar: sample lesson your and you’re
10:00  Break
10:15  Grammar lessons
11:30  Lunch assignment
12:30  Dead giveaways in English and Spanish
12:50  Planning for bilingual practice
1:00    Paragraph overhaul
1:45    Deconstructing multiple choice questions in reading and writing
2:00    Putting it all together with icons
2:15    Wrap-up and evaluations

Is this the same as Gretchen's previous workshops?

Participants will receive new links to STAAR materials adapted by Gretchen and Maureen. The basic strategies are the same.  And of course, it's in Spanish.  

What people are saying:

 For years I’ve searched for someone who knows how to teach grammar in context. ‘Who knows how to teach grammar in context?!’ Gretchen Bernabei does!  Our own home-grown teacher, colleague & author.
     Christina Ramirez-Romo, Edgewood

 

I love her application of grammar into authentic, real and genuine writing. This is the one piece that has been missing for me in teaching!
     Christine Hopkins, Cypress-Fairbanks

 

 

It’s not often you go to a workshop and come away with so many ideas and tricks to immediately use in the classroom.  Thank you! 

     Lindsey Green, Decatur

Thank you for sharing your profoundly simple and workable ideas.  I’m looking forward to making quick lists, writing kernel paragraphs, and ba-da-binging some sentences with my ELL students.

     Felicia Maden, Marshall

 

This workshop is awesome!  Great explanations and answers to all the questions that were floating through my head on how to teach expository essays!

     Tayler Griffin, Lubbock

 

 

I love that Gretchen is a Texas teacher.  She knows Texas’ expectations and Texas students.  These are lessons I will be able to implement with my 4th graders tomorrow!

     Megan Baker, Montgomery

 

Thank you!  I am ready to teach my kids how to pass the writing on STAAR, plus some great writing strategies they can carry with them for life.

     Nancy McClain, Cleveland

 

By demystifying writing structures and test expectations with kernel essays, Gretchen helps us see with clarity the simplicity and effectiveness of classroom writing.

     Arcelia Leon, Aldine

 

 

As a first-year writing teacher for 4th grade,  I plan to use many of these strategies in my classroom immediately.

     Olivia Young, Aledo

 

 

Wow! My students’ writing has drastically improved in just a matter of days! These strategies were EXACTLY what my students needed to tie everything together. EVERY student has been successful with EVERY strategy they have tried. They are thinking on a higher level, writing at a higher level, and in turn, succeeding at a higher level.

     Kayla Shook, San Marcos

 

My STAAR scores are 90%! I couldn’t have done it without you.

     Shelley Fisette, Hemphill

 

Our students are already learning how to use these strategies. I am amazed at how much their writing has improved in just TWO weeks! It is truly incredible.

     Shera Rasmussen, Wichita Falls