Learn how to integrate Kid Lips into your daily classroom routine! Join us for practical tips and classroom-ready strategies to support articulation conversations with students and to effectively implement a sound wall. This session is especially helpful for Transitional Kindergarten through Grade 2 and Special Education teachers.
Join us for a two-day launch of LEUSD Writes!, focused on practical, evidence-based writing instruction that helps students take ownership of their work. This session will model a structured process students can use to lead themselves through writing—from generating ideas to revising with purpose.
Through hands-on learning, teachers will experience the process as learners and apply it directly to their own classroom content. Leave with clear routines and tools to support more independent, capable writers.
This launch is just the beginning. Ongoing professional learning will support teachers as we continue this work across the three writing genres in elementary.
Come learn or Review the LEUSD Heart Word Routine! Grounded in the Science of Reading, this session will introduce a research-based approach to teaching high-frequency words through sound–spelling connections and orthographic mapping. Participants will learn why this method is more effective than rote memorization and how to implement the routine in daily instruction. Especially helpful for TK–2 and Special Education teachers. Must have 10 people signed up to run
Strengthen student fluency—the bridge from learning to read to reading to learn! Join us to explore simple, effective classroom routines that build accuracy, automaticity, and expression so students can transition from decoding to comprehension with confidence. Must have 10 people signed up to run
Increase Student Engagement Anita Archer reminds us that students should be responding 3 to 5 times per minute (yes, per minute!). No cloning machine required just smart OTR strategies! In this session, you’ll walk away with practical, creative ways to multiply student responses and keep every learner engaged from bell to bell. Whether you’re teaching kinders who can’t stop moving or seniors who won’t look up from their hoodies, these strategies will help you turn passive listeners into active participants. All ideas are grounded in Anita Archer’s classic book, Explicit Instruction. Must have 10 people signed up to run
