Learning Opportunity

Mentor Text Mania! Leveraging our favorite texts in Gr. 4-6 ELAL

This session has been completed.
Facilitator: Karen Filewych
Date:November 02, 2022
Time:3:45 pm to 4:45 pm MTN
Cost:
$25.00
Location: Virtual
Session Code: 23-LI-049
Type:
Webinar
Focus: Curriculum Implementation and Pedagogy English Language Arts & Literacy

Target Audience

Grades 4-6 English Language Arts teachers

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About this Learning Opportunity

You have your favourites, but are you looking for new mentor texts to use with students? Karen has done the research for you! She will share quality literature that you can use in your classroom as mentor texts, specifically outlining how they will fit into the Organizing Ideas within the new ELAL curriculum.The books shared will include many Canadian selections, as well as diverse, inclusive options ensuring that all students see themselves reflected in the books we read.

This session addresses the LQS competencies

  • 2. Modeling Commitment to Professional Learning
  • 4. Leading a Learning Community

This session addresses the TQS competencies

  • 2. Engaging in Career-Long Learning
  • 3. Demonstrating a Professional Body of Knowledge

This learning opportunity is being subsidized through funding from Alberta Education.

About the Facilitator

Karen Filewych

Karen Filewych has twenty-five years of educational experience as an elementary teacher, school administrator, and language arts consultant.  In 2007, she completed her Master of Education degree in the area of literacy. Karen's first book - How Do I Get Them to Write? - was published by Pembroke Publishers in May of 2017. Her second book - Freewriting with... Read more »