ELAR (Grades 6-12)

The Inquiry, Creativity, and Enrichment (ICE) series is designed to provide content-specific instructional strategies to amplify core content for gifted and advanced learners. 

In this GT Update - ICE in the ELAR Classroom course, we will explore what inquiry, creativity, and enrichment can look like in 3rd- through 10th-grade ELAR classrooms. We will examine methods to promote inquiry and creativity in daily lessons, including choice boards, book trailers, and questioning strategies. Register now!

Are you looking to take your classroom to the next level with student-facilitated learning? 

Join us to learn how to develop and facilitate Socratic Seminars that promote critical thinking and inquiry for all students while meeting the needs of advanced learners for additional depth and complexity the GT Update - Socratic Seminars: Implementing Student-Facilitated Learning in the ELAR Classroom (3-12). 

Participants will understand the process of setting up and participating in a Socratic Seminar and walk away from the session with a framework and multiple instructional strategies that will allow for implementation of student-facilitated learning. 

Please make sure to bring a technology device. Resources for this session will be digital. Register now!

This session is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively navigate and utilize the K–12 English language arts and reading Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (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.

In this session, participants will explore the framework of connecting reading and writing in the ELAR classroom. They will dive deep into the process of using mentor texts to examine and analyze genre characteristics and authors' craft from the perspective of both a reader and writer. 

Participants will leave the session with an understanding for how to integrate reading and writing in the 3-12 ELAR classroom through mentor texts. 

Participants will need technology devices for this session. Register now!

In this session, participants will explore the concept of building background knowledge and the importance of knowledge coherence. 

They will reflect on the connections presented in an example set of texts that build knowledge coherence and background knowledge, and work collaboratively to incorporate knowledge coherence into a lesson. Finally, participants will reflect on how their learning from the session applies to their current roles. Register now!