First
Grade PALS
Peer Assisted Learning Strategies
A Research Based Classroom Intervention
Where:
ESU #8 in Neligh
Trainer:
Becky Brandl
When:
Thursday, May 31st from 9:00-3:30
Audience:
First Grade Teachers and School Psychologists
Cost:
$20 ($35 teacher manuals + $140 stipend will
be paid by grant funds)
Maximum:
25 teachers
First
Grade PALS includes two components:
- a continuation
of Sounds and Words decoding activities from K-PALS
- introduces
Partner Reading, a fluency-building activity
The training
will:
- include a
brief presentation summarizing research findings
- provide hands-on
practice of all First Grade PALS activities
- incorporate
a simulation of a First Grade PALS classroom during training,
teacher-directed lessons, and peer-mediated practice
The comprehensive
teacher manual provides necessary materials that will enable first
grade teachers to confidently implement PALS in their own classrooms
next fall.
First-Grade
PALS is a supplement to the districts’
core reading program. It is implemented with the
whole class 3 times a week for approximately 35-40 minutes a day.
PALS Reading
has been approved by the U.S. Department of Education's Program
Effectiveness for inclusion in the National Diffusion Network of
effective educational practices.
Please register
online no later than Friday, May 4th so that materials
may be ordered.
More
about PALS Research and FAQ are available at
http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/pals
Additional
questions may be addressed to Becky Brandl
bbrandl@esu8.org or call 887-5041
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