ELAR (Grades 3-5)

This session is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively navigate and utilize the ELAR TEKS in your teaching practice. Our goal is to empower you in deconstructing the ELAR TEKS and comprehending their interconnected nature.

Throughout the course, you'll gain insights into the significance of vertical alignment by examining student expectations across different grade levels and how they change year to year. To enhance your instructional planning, we provide guidance on unpacking the ELAR standards and creating Know-Show charts.

Please make sure to bring a technology device. Resources and artifacts for the session will be digital. Register now.

Join us as we explore strategies and principles behind creating engaging and effective learning experiences for students. In this session, we will examine the key components of lesson cycle design, such as planning with the end in mind, effectively bundling standards, setting clear objectives, and incorporating interactive activities and assessments.

Whether you're a seasoned educator looking to refine your approach or a novice teacher eager to enhance your skills, this workshop offers practical tips and techniques to elevate your lesson-planning prowess. Discover how to tailor your lesson cycles to cater to diverse learning styles, foster student engagement, and maximize learning outcomes. Participants will gain the tools and knowledge to design dynamic lesson cycles that inspire curiosity, promote critical thinking, and empower students to succeed. Register now.

In this professional development session, bilingual teachers and dual language instructional coaches will explore how the Science of Teaching Reading (STR) informs instructional decision-making within Bluebonnet Learning.

Participants will examine key concepts of dual language and biliteracy, analyze lessons to identify elements of explicit instruction, and reflect on their understanding of STR. Through facilitator modeling and lesson analysis, participants will practice making intentional instructional adjustments while maintaining fidelity to the curriculum to better meet students’ needs. Register here.

Move beyond the traditional word-list approach and discover strategies that help students actively engage with new vocabulary.

In this session, participants will explore how to combine explicit, systematic instruction with modeling, collaborative practice, and opportunities for independent use. You will learn research-based methods for teaching words so that students not only remember them but can apply them across reading and writing tasks. Teachers will leave with practical approaches they can immediately implement to make vocabulary instruction dynamic, effective, and lasting. Register here.

Big words can be a barrier or a bridge to comprehension. For many students, they are where comprehension starts to break down.

In the session, we’ll focus on making complex words more accessible through explicit, systematic instruction in word reading, word meaning, and morphemes for grades 3-5. Participants will explore simple, practical routines to help students break apart words by sound and meaning, read them accurately, and understand them with confidence. Instructional strategies will be tailored to the grade level of the session so they can be applied right away. Register here.