Here are some of Lori’s most popular presentation topics and themes. Presentations may be combined and extended to suit your time frame, from 60 minutes to half-day or full day.
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATIONS
Lori is available to speak at conferences or other professional development events for educators.
Please contact Lori to customize a program for your professional development needs.
KEYNOTES AND GENERAL SESSIONS
Vulnerable Learners: “With Promise” not “At Risk”
The Comprehension Connection: Fantastic Five Strategies
Balancing Literacy Instruction
Writing All Day Long
PRESENTATIONS FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS
Read, Write, Play, Learn: Literacy Instruction in Today’s Kindergarten
WRITE from the Start in Kindergarten
Floating on a Sea of Talk
Learning to Read by Reading: Shared and Guided Reading in Kindergarten
PRESENTATIONS FOR K-3 TEACHERS
Guiding Readers: Making the Most of the 18 Minute Small Group Lesson
Marvelous Minilessons for Teaching Beginning Writing
The Wonder of Words: Vocabulary and Oral Language Development
Managing Small Group Reading Instruction
PRESENTATIONS FOR GRADES 4-8 TEACHERS
Struggling Readers: Why Band-aids Don’t Stick and Worksheets Don’t Work
From Emoticons to Essays: Marvelous Minilessons for Teaching Writing
Is that a Fact? Strategies for Reading and Writing Nonfiction Texts
Writing about Reading: The Broccoli of Literacy