North East Alabama Early Childhood Conference

A workshop for early childhood educators www.neaecc.org

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Hosted by: Big Spring Lake Kindergarten School 257 Country Club Rd Albertville, AL 35951 (256) 878-7922

Keynote Speaker

Kim Adsit

Kim is a retired kindergarten teacher! After teaching kindergarten for 30 years, she now works as a national presenter, writer, and classroom volunteer. Focusing on developing curriculum and strategies that incorporate childcentered activities, she emphasizes the fun of kindergarten by tapping into the curiosity of young children that plants the seed for lifelong learning. Kim has been selected as an Expert Teacher and has served as a teacher mentor. She earned a Specialist Degree in Early Childhood Education as well as an At-Risk Endorsement. Kim has co-authored five books with her latest titles Jazzing Up Journals and Book Making Bonanza.

www.adsit.net http://kindergals.blogspot.com

http://www.nikolabooks.com/ Get ready for a captivating journey into the creation and life of books by author W. Nikola-Lisa! He began writing books after his experiences as a parent and second grade teacher, publishing his first book, Night is Coming, in 1988. After ultimately leaving the classroom, Nikola-Lisa now travels the world teaching and talking with others about his writing and storytelling experiences. Mr. Nikola-Lisa will share some of his books and will sign purchased books at the end of his sessions.

W. Nikola Lisa

Kim Adsit
http://kindergals.blogspot.com www.adist.net Warner Robins, GA
What Were You Thinking? Getting Your Thinking Organized Do your kiddos have a difficult time getting their thinking organized? In this session Kim will share ideas for using various thinking organizers that will be sure to get them organized while learning when each graphic organizer is most effective. She will show ways to incorporate circle maps, bubble maps, double bubble maps, brace maps, flow maps, and tree maps that teach many science, math, social studies and language arts standards. Think it, Organize it, Learn it! Mission Organization Do you find yourself spending too much time looking for things? Are your children confused on where to find materials or where to put them when they are done? If yes. then this is the session for you! Kim will share ideas of how to efficiently organize classroom materials for both you and your students in an attractive and functional way. Tips on organization of student supplies, storage of classroom materials, and classroom arrangements are just a few of the tips that Kim has planned for you!

W. Nikola Lisa
http://www.nikolabooks.com/ Chicago, IL
Bringing Books To Life For Young Readers This presentation will focus on a variety of ways to read and tell stories based on popular, classic, and contemporary picture books. The presenter, drawing upon his experience as a storyteller, musician and childrens book author, will share three relevant frameworks: narrative (how I read stories), interpretive (how I tell stories), dramatic (how I act out stories). My Books In Your Classroom In this Power Point presentation I look at the many ways in which teachers around the country have used my books in their classroom. Student responses range from K-5th grades, but all teachers could learn from these classroom applications despite their respective assignment. Every Book Has a Story In this Power Point presentation I look book-by-book at the various books Ive published and talk both about the origin of the work, related writing and/or publishing stories, and the published work itself.

Jennifer White and Jada Tolbert Rockin My Lit. Stations PreK-2

Like Pete the Cat says, Its all goodwhen you have the right literacy stations! Get ideas to breathe life and fun back into your stations. Create engaging and meaningful activities that students love. Learn about and see examples of ways to organize and maintain your centers without creating a lot of work on your part!

Sally Landers and Lindsey Rutledge Body Coda Blending K-1

Body coda might be the first blending skill mastered by emergent readers, prior to blending onset-rimes. Come see what this could look like in your classroom!!

Kayla Pullen and Jennifer Williamson Marvelous Math Centers Made Easy PreK-2
We will show you how to set up and implement math centers in your classroom. They are simple to plan and kids love them. We will also show you how to use technology in the center.

LaShae Henderson and Kim Ables Inquiring minds want to know! PreK-2
Science is not just a subject, it is a hands-on approach to learning! Come join us for ideas, lessons and experiments that will have your children excited to come back to school. So, grab the goggles, come explore, science in the classroom and so much more, because inquiring minds want to know! This session will also include math and literacy!

Patricia Long Activities Galore For The Common Core K-2

Math activities for grades k-2 that meet the common core standards. Teachers will leave with hands-on activities for the upcoming school year. In addition, they will also be given an overview of the common core for their grade level.

Ashlie Snead and Jenifer Beddingfield Writers Workshop K-2

Writers Workshop in the primary classroom based on Lucy Calkins teaching.

Wanda Pollard Listening: The Forgotten Language Art PreK-2

It has been said that it is early childhood that lays the foundation for effective listening throughout life. This session is designed to empower adults with understanding, skills, and strategies to teach children how to listen in order to succeed.

Claire Whitmore Maceina Become a Promethean Princess PreK-2

An enchanting presentation of Promethean applications and magical ways of incorporating it into your classroom.

Drs. Nina King, Celia Hilber and Elizabeth Engley The Backpack Project: School-To-House Activities for Building Social Skills PreK-2
Presenters will share a project developed to address four areas of social and emotional development in children: understanding emotions, sharing and taking turns, listening and following directions, and using good manners. The backpacks are designed so that each child can take one home, complete the activities with family, and return it the next day. The backpacks will be on display and presenters will provide instructions for how to create them. Make-and-take activities will also be provided.

Leslie Ann Rowland Literacy Fun! PreK-2

Learn new and exciting ways to make literacy centers fun and exciting for your kids. Discover new ways to spice up plain, boring centers. Your students will be so excited to use these new and exciting centers.

Conference Sessions
1. Bringing Books to Life for Young Readers (PreK-2) (available session 1) 2. My Books In Your Classroom (PreK-2) (available session 2) 3. Every Book Has a Story (PreK-2) (available session 3) 4. What Were You Thinking? Getting Your Thinking Organized. (K-2) (available session 2) 5. Mission Organization (PreK-2) (available session 3) 6. Inquiring Minds Want to Know (PreK-2) (available sessions 1 and 3) 7. Activities Galore for the Common Core (K-2) (available sessions 2 and 3) 8. Body Coda Blending (K-1) (available sessions 1 and 2) 9. Become a Promethean Princess (PreK-2) (available sessions 1 and 3) 10. Marvelous Math Centers Made Easy (PreK-2) (available sessions 1 and 2) 11. Rockin My Lit. Stations (PreK-2) (available sessions 1 and 3) 12. Literacy Fun! (PreK-2) (available sessions 1 and 2) 13. Writers Workshop (K-2) (available sessions 2 and 3) 14. Listening: The Forgotten Language Art (PreK-2) (available sessions 2 and 3) 15. The Backpack Project (PreK-2) (available session 1 and 2)

Conference Schedule
Time 7:15-8:15 8:15-8:30 8:30-9:30 9:30-10:00 10:00-11:15 Event Registration/Breakfast/ Vendor Shopping Introductions/Door Prizes Opening Session with Kim Adsit Break/Snack/ Vendor Shopping Breakout Session I

Time

Event

11:15-12:45 Lunch on your own 12:45-2:00 Breakout Session II 2:00-2:15 Break/Vendor Shopping 2:15-3:30 Breakout Session III 3:30-3:45 Conclusion/Vendor Shopping

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NEAECC 2012 Registration Form

Name:_____________________________________ E-mail Address:____________________________________ Address:______________________________________________________________________________________ Home Phone: ( ) _____________________________ Work Phone: ( ) ____________________________ District:_______________________________ Position/Grade: ____________ School: _____________________ School Address:________________________________________________________________________________ Conference Registration: Registration cost is $55.00 and $65.00 after May 15th. Registration fee includes admission to all sessions, certificate of attendance, breakfast, and snack.
Credit cards are not accepted, but we will accept school purchase orders. Sorry, no refunds.

Conference Session Choices

Indicate three choices per session using the conference session numbers listed above. Sessions are limited. Assignments are made in the order received. If no selections are made, you will only be able to attend sessions with available space.

Mail Registration & Payment to: Big Spring Lake Kindergarten School 257 Country Club Rd Albertville, AL 35951

Choice Session I Session II Session III

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2nd

3rd

Questions? Contact Ashleigh Brown at abrown@albertk12.org

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Big Spring Lake Kindergarten School 257 Country Club Rd Albertville, AL 35951

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