Motivating High School Students in Writing

Presented by Monica Fuhrken

Teaching students to write is often hard. Following on from our previous webinar on motivating students in elementary grades to write, this webinar is focused on strategies to motivate our students in Middle School and High School, with more complex activities. How do we keep motivating and inspiring our students to write?

Math in Focus^® Singapore Math^® by Marshall Cavendish^® (Grades K–8)

Presented by Julia Fogelin

An authentic Singapore Math^® curriculum—with problem solving as the center of math learning and concepts taught with a concrete-pictorial-abstract learning progression through real-world, hands-on experiences.

Escalate English™ (Grades 4–8)

Presented by Julia Fogelin

An intensive English language development program which helps students raise their proficiency and realise their potential through the use of engaging, rigorous texts and academic tasks across speaking, listening, reading and writing.

Collections (Grades 9–12)

Presented by Julia Fogelin

Powerful teaching tools embrace recent instructional shifts and state-of-the-art resources foster students’ lifelong literacy while developing their abilities to analyse complex texts, determine evidence, reason critically, and communicate thoughtfully.

Journeys © 2017 (Grades K–6)

Presented by Julia Fogelin

Journeys is a research-based, comprehensive English Language Arts program designed to provide solid instruction that is clear and focused with realistic pacing and manageable resources.

GO Math! 2016 (Grades K–8)

Presented by Muhammad Jeenah

GO Math!^® emphasizes instruction centered on depth of understanding and problem-solving applications while preparing students and teachers for assessment.

Classroom Resources from Heinemann

Presented by Julia Fogelin

Heinemann, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt™, is a leading publishing of teacher professional books, classroom resources, benchmark assessment, and reading intervention systems as well as a provider of professional learning services for Pre-K–12 teachers.

Technology in the Reading and Writing Classroom: Positive Results for Developing Language Skills

Presented by Steve Berrier

Are you a technophobe or a technophile? Join us as we explore some of the many choices available to today’s instructor of English. In the age of ever-present technology such as mobile phones, tablets and smartboards, informed decisions about what and when to adopt these tools can be a challenge. Just as important as using technology is the decision of when not to use it. Don’t avoid it, embrace it!

Equal but not fair: Addressing prior knowledge in mathematics

Presented by Jeenah Muhammad

When teaching mathematics it's important to be patient. It's about building concepts through exploration and discovery. Once the student has formed a deep understanding they can begin to grapple and master the rigorous procedure of solving the problem. All mathematics teachers know this but assessing prior knowledge can often be the disabling factor.

How do we assist students with gaps in knowledge? and more importantly, how do we identify these gaps?

In this webinar, we will look at the importance of prior knowledge and look at ideas and strategies for addressing the needs of the students in your class.

Motivating Writing in the Classroom

Presented by Monica Fuhrken

Teaching students to write is often hard. Mainly because writing involves the enhancement of some other skills the students are studying and need to use when writing. How do we motivate and inspire our students to write? Moreover, how do we develop the confidence and the fluency in our students that creates an environment where they mainly enjoy doing it? In this talk, we will look at various ways and activities that inspire our students to see themselves as writers and do it successfully.

The Habits of Effective Writers: Inspire Your Students with the Love of Writing

Presented by Steven Berrier

From the shortest paragraph to the academic essay, we can inspire our students to express themselves with confidence. We’ll look at techniques to build trust in the student’s own ideas, to encourage them to look beyond the obvious, to create passages and stories they can truly be proud to share!

Relax: Students Learn More When They Do More

Presented by Ken Beatty

Teachers work hard and sometimes they work too hard. There are many jobs in the language classroom that students can help with, taking on traditional teacher roles from materials development to marking to discipline. When students take on new roles in the classroom, they improve their language skills, social skills, critical thinking, motivation and sense of themselves as active learners rather than as passive participants. This presentation uses a unit from Starship English to provide tips, tricks and a theoretical justification for getting students doing more in the classroom.

An Introduction to Producing Successful Video on a Shoestring Budget!

Presented by Michael DiSpezio

Would you like to integrate video into the classroom? Not sure about the equipment, software, talent or time you'll need. If so, this webinar is for you! Join Michael DiSpezio, science author and seasoned video host/script writer, as he demystifies what it takes to produce awesome videos on a shoestring budget!

The Habits of Effective Readers: Boosting Your Students’ Comprehension

Presented by Steven Berrier

How do we inspire our students to want to read? By combining and implementing useful strategies for classroom reading! Move beyond the struggle for comprehension to a reading assignment that empowers your students to own the text.

Teaching Young Learners in Mixed Ability Classes

Presented by Ken Beatty

There’s not a concise definition for mixed ability learners or mixed ability classrooms. There is such a variety! Seven factors are often mentioned as influencing mixed ability classrooms: culture, the students’ first language, maturity, aptitude, intelligence, learning styles, and autonomy. In this talk, we look at each of these seven factors and consider tips and tricks that can help teachers make teaching and learning more effective.

The Power of Inference: New Standards, New Strategies

Presented by Steven Berrier

In this webinar we'll touch on the importance of a student's ability to read between the lines like never before! All students are able to succeed if given the opportunity to exercise their imaginations, and we can't wait until Middle School. With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, students start "reading like detectives and writing like investigative reporters" in kindergarten.

NGSS and STEM: Implementing a Vision

Presented by Michael DiSpezio

Join author, global educator, and STEM specialist Michael Dispezio for an informative overview on the role of STEM within the new science standards. What does STEM really look like in a traditional science and mathematics classroom as prescribed by the Next Generation Science Standards^*? Why all the sudden emphasis on engineering? How important is collaboration, community involvement, and subject integration in attaining the NGSS goals in STEM education.

A Good Start: Tips and Tricks to Getting Students Engaged in Learning from Day One

Presented by Ken Beatty

Teachers who are prepared to set the tone on the first day of class are likely to have more responsive students who come to class ready to work and learn each day. Setting the tone involves making students aware of the reasons for learning a second language and their obligations in making learning a success. These obligations include expectations of good behavior, respect, contributing to classroom learning, and helping others. Students need to know that their learning depends on the degree to which they help contribute to classroom teaching and learning and take time to learn outside of class.

The Flipped Classroom: Giving students ownership while buying classroom time.

Presented by Steven Berrier

The flipped classroom model is an innovation that has challenged the traditional forms of classroom learning. Here, students access lesson content at home, while valuable class time is used for problem solving and targeted learning. This not only empowers the student to explore their interest, but gives the teacher more opportunities for guided instruction.

Serious Play: Games, songs and chants in the early language classroom

Presented by Ken Beatty

In some countries, parents, as well as school administrators, view the use of games, songs and chants in the language classroom as not having any pedagogical value. For such individuals, these activities are seen solely as entertainment that, at best, provides a break for students from more serious study. This presentation explores the pedagogical justification of games, songs and chants in the early language classroom and reflects on how such activities can be used as diagnostic and remediation tools. The presentation also considers how integrated assessments can help determine efficiency and effectiveness of such activities.

Vocabulary Development Empowers Learners!

Presented by Steven Berrier

The literacy gap is widening for middle school students. Researchers increasingly associate this gap with vocabulary knowledge. It will widen over time! Join us for 60 minutes and experience how simple practices and leveled questions can prompt, engage and help students own new words. Building word banks along with students might be one of the most important gifts we give English language learners while listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Explore Close Reading with Hector J Ramirez

Presented by Hector J Ramirez

Close Reading is important because it is the building block for larger analysis. Thoughts evolve not from someone else's truth about the reading, but from individual observations as part of a carefully constructed curriculum. We invite you to join us for this informational session where we explore the methods and practices involved with close reading. Here, you’ll understand just how this writing strategy is meant to help your students gain a better understanding of their reading of a text and to provide them with the necessary text evidence to support that reading.

Preparing Students for New Math Standards

Presented by Hector J Ramirez

GO Math!^® is a new comprehensive K–6 program that was built from the ground up for the Common Core. Emphasizing the critical areas and depth of understanding, this program helps you reach all learners through interactive lessons, research-based instructional approaches, best practices from around the world, and differentiated instructional resources.

Topics will include:

• Unique, write-in Student Editions that help students record their strategies, explanations, solutions, practice and test prep right in their books.
• Print and digital Teacher Resources to support planning, teaching, assignments, assessment, and professional development.
• Tools for differentiation—including diagnostic assessment, intervention, and teaching resources.

HMH Singapore Math^® Program, Math in Focus

Presented by Susan Resnick

Join us for 60 minutes and experience how Singapore Math^® emphasizes problem solving and positive attitudes toward mathematics while focusing on student development of skills, concepts, processes, and metacognition. Singapore Math^® encourages students to reflect on their thinking and learn how to self-regulate so that they can apply these skills to varied problem-solving activities.

Explore Journeys, and Help Boost Student Achievement

Presented by Hector J Ramirez

Join us for this informational session, where we explore the newest, most up-to-date reading and literacy program designed to engage 21st-century learning with cutting-edge digital and interactive components. Journeys helps raise the standard of success with a classroom-tested, results-driven curriculum based on the most current research and learning principle.

Explore ScienceFusion

Presented by Fergal Sherlock

Join us for this informational session where we explore the elements of ScienceFusion—an exciting, next-generation science curriculum. With features that go far beyond a traditional science program, ScienceFusion creates an exciting multi-modal learning environment that fuses print, digital, and hands-on experiences. ScienceFusion provides over 3,000 interactive lessons, simulations, videos, virtual labs, and animations designed for learning and teaching in a digital environment.

Learn More about the Fountas and Pinnell Story

Presented by Pam Kay

The authors of Guided Reading, Guiding Readers and Writers, and The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Gay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas bring you Benchmark Assessment and Leveled Literacy Intervention—embracing their life's work with responsive teaching. Join us for a presentation on how these two classroom resources can change the path of a child's journey!

Reading Comprehension Skills and Strategies

How we work with reading comprehension skills and strategies in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt programs.

Starship English

Presented by Author Ken Beatty

Starship English is a new, exciting, and comprehensive English course for young learners that’s easy to teach. Grounded in a Notional-Functional syllabus with the Communicative Method, the program encourages learners to use various strategies to express themselves in different ways rather than memorizing set phrases.

Riverside Assessment

Presented By Vicki Driver, HMH-Riverside (Assessment Division)

Vicki discusses HMH group assessments, which include Iowa Assessments™, the Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT^®) and the platform which supports these assessments, called DataManager.