Fall 2015 Catalog by Learning Without Tears

Fall 2015

Product & Training Catalog

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The Back to Schoo What Is Written Production? Written work in the classroom includes everything from drawing in Pre-K to journaling, note taking, online collaboration, completing computer-based assignments, and testing in grades K–5.

Get Set for School®

Our award-winning Pre-K curriculum is the first step on the road to written production success. Our hands-on, developmental approach to Pre-K has provided students the foundations needed for academic success through music, movement, and multisensory lessons. Physical development skills are important in Pre-K. Children need to develop both fine and gross motor skills to be able to write. These skills are critical towards good emotional and social development for future academic performance. Let’s get your Pre-K students ready for kindergarten!

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ol Roadmap to Written Handwriting and keyboarding must work together to create balanced and successful learning in today’s classroom and online testing environments.

Handwriting Without Tears®

This award-winning curriculum is easy to teach and easy to learn, helping more than 3 million students each year master printing and cursive for classroom success and beyond. Handwriting remains the primary way that elementary students communicate their thoughts and produce work in the classroom. hwtears.com | K–5 K–5 hwtears.com

Research K–5 shows that elementary students spend 40 percent of their day on handwritten activities. Students who receive kwtears.com handwriting instruction are better, more creative writers and have higher grades in all subjects—even math!

Keyboarding Without Tears™

Our award-winning, web-based curriculum helps students develop crucial keyboarding and pre-keyboarding skills needed to complete their journey towards written production success.

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We teach more than just typing. We prepare children for the digital world with computer readiness and digital citizenship skills, too!

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The Back to School Roadmap to Written Production Success!

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the only company that teaches the foundation skills of handwriting and keyboarding, helping you prepare your students for any type of assignment, in any type of setting.

Table of Contents Roadmap to Written Production Success . . 1 Keyboarding Without Tears™ (K–5). . . . . . . . . . .

Try our free demo and win!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Keyboarding for grades K–5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

New Keyboarding Without Tears Workshop . . . . 8

Handwriting Without Tears® (K–5) . . . . . . . . . .

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cursive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Teacher’s Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Pre-K & K Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Paper & Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Tools for Your Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Hands-On Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Get Set for School® (Pre-K). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pre-K Readiness & Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Pre-K Language & Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Pre-K Numbers & Math. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Professional Development (Pre-K–5). . . . . . . . . .

Pre-K Readiness & Writing Workshop . . . . . . . . 38

Pre-K Literacy & Math Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . 40

K–5 Handwriting Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

K–5 Keyboarding Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Handwriting Assessment Workshop . . . . . . . . . 48

back-to-school

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Dear Friends,

Back to school is an exciting time of year. As this year’s new students start lining up for class, you’re also lining up the materials and resources you need to help them succeed.

Our award-winning curricula cover the full range of written production. As you plan for fall, we’re here to keep you on track right from the beginning—from Pre-K readiness, through K–5 handwriting and keyboarding.

Wishing you a great school year,

KEYBOARDING WITHOUT TEARS*

K–5 Curriculum Meet our award-winning curriculum for keyboarding and pre-keyboarding! We make it easy to teach the foundation skills students need to succeed with today’s classroom work and online testing. • Builds touch typing fluency and speed • Includes general computer readiness and digital citizenship skills, too! • Web-based, compatible with PC/Mac computers, Chromebooks, iPads, and tablets • Integrates with your Student Information System

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*patent pending

Keyboarding Without Tears™

A keyboarding curriculum that works— whether you’re learning or teaching it! Students see quick results with: • Engaging, game-based activities • Simplified approach to correct finger placement and two-handed typing • Self-directed lessons with helpful audio/video instructions and minimal teacher instruction time • Fun, integrated words per minute (WPM) and accuracy Spot Checks • Digital citizenship and computer readiness lessons

Educators succeed with: • Grade-level appropriate lessons • Developmental progression of skills • Unique focus on pre-keyboarding motor skills • Cross-curricular themes to integrate with other subjects • Only 5–10 minutes a day or 30 minutes a week • Teacher’s guides that include teacher-led lessons on digital citizenship and computer readiness • Lesson previews and progress reports in an interactive dashboard • Easy implementation

Get your students ready for success with keyboarding! Bundle keyboarding with any K–5 handwriting workbook.

SAVE $3 per student while helping them master consistent written production skills.

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Keyboarding Without Tears

JUMP INTO KEYBOARDING WITH US! Here’s what customers are saying about Keyboarding Without Tears:

“Kids love it! It’s easy to use, and the lessons are interesting and fun.” “The emphasis on using two hands together and the developmental progression of skills are awesome. It’s much more engaging and fun than other keyboarding programs.” “The lessons are short and easy to teach. Students enjoy practicing touch typing and the overall grade level approach is great to teach finger placement.” “Students progress quickly, and it motivates them. They know when they’re improving, and I can track their improvement with progress reports.”

WINNER!

Smart Media Award

FINALIST!

Revere Award, AAP Innovations

Keyboarding Without Tears

Award Winning K–5 Keyboarding Curriculum

Take a look inside the FREE Keyboarding Without Tears demo! Get FREE access to sample lessons, curriculum planning, classroom management, and more: • 48 sample lessons for grades K–5 • Teacher dashboard for progress reports and classroom management • 36-week curriculum overview for lesson planning • Teacher’s guides for teaching themes and categories

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LICENSE PRICING AS LOW AS $1.50 PER STUDENT! Number of Licenses

Price

Price (bundled)*

$10.00

$7.00

30–2,499

$5.80

$2.80

$5.50

$2.50

5,000–9,999

$5.20

$2.20

10,000–14,999

$4.80

$1.80

15,000+

$4.50

$1.50

1–29

2,500–4,999

Prices are in U.S. dollars. *Save $3.00 per student when you bundle Handwriting Without Tears with Keyboarding Without Tears.

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Grades Kâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;2: Keyboarding Curriculum

Keys For Me | Kindergarten

GRADE: K Pre-keyboarding activities develop motor skills by introducing the keyboard and mouse functions, teaching left and right hands separately, and reinforcing handwriting skills with typing practice and games. Code KEYK

My Keying Board | First Grade

GRADE: 1 Students build on pre-keyboarding lessons and start progressing through the program by developing finger dexterity, drag and drop skills, finger-key association, and typing letters and words. Code: KEY1

Key Power | Second Grade

GRADE: 2 Students learn the entire keyboard and build skills through practicing common letter combinations, frequently used short words, and sentences. Code: KEY2 Save $3.00 when bundled with Handwriting Without TearsÂŽ.

Keyboarding Without Tears

Grades 3â&#x20AC;&#x201C;5: Keyboarding Curriculum

Keyboarding | Third Grade

GRADE: 3 Students learn number and function keys, format and type paragraphs that reinforce motor memory, increase accuracy, and prepare students for computer-based assessments. Code: KEY3

Keyboarding Success | Fourth Grade

GRADE: 4 Students achieve keyboarding speed and fluency as they form muscle memory with lessons that enhance language arts and creative writing instruction. Code: KEY4

Can-Do Keyboarding | Fifth Grade

GRADE: 5 Students learn about interesting subjects with paragraph practice, developing the accuracy and speed they need for written production and computer-based testing in higher grades. Code: KEY5

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Keyboarding Without Tears

NEW K–5 KEYBOARDING WORKSHOP! Learn more... By popular demand, our K–5 Keyboarding Workshop is now solely dedicated to teaching keyboarding, and the developmental sequence of teaching pre-keyboarding and keyboarding! Join us to learn about Keyboarding Without Tears and how to easily weave keyboarding instruction into your K–5 day.

Check out pages 46 & 47 for our NEW K–5 Keyboarding Workshop objectives and schedule.

NEW

Keyboarding Without Tears

Award Winning K–5 Keyboarding Curriculum

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+Live InsightsTM Support resources and classroom tools— right at your fingertips. +Live Insights is your educator dashboard for student reports, classroom support, and instructional materials: Reports & Classroom Management • Manage and allocate purchased licenses to other educators • Assign grade-level licenses to individual users • View and print progress charts and reports for one student or many

Teacher’s Guides • Six easy-to-use online guides walk you through the K–5 keyboarding curriculum • Access teaching instruction and lesson downloads for pre-keyboarding, keyboarding, computer readiness, and digital citizenship

Teaching Guidelines • Teach in a developmental progression with a 36-week sequence of activities • Plan your classroom instruction with an overview of themes and teaching categories

Care What You Share sharing and communicating online. important it is to be thoughtful when You can’t emphasize enough how world, they create a digital imprint they surf and post things in the online Children eventually learn that as trail full of good information. or trail. It’s important to keep this

Materials

• Billboard activity

Grouping Whole class

Suppor t/ELL

Explain the meaning of the word “billboard.” Show examples of billboards online. Explain that they are used to advertise.

Activity

shared online (e.g., photos, text 1. Discuss the many things that are ion, etc.). messages, different forms of communicat reasons why it’s important to be 2. Discuss and make a list of all the online. share you what thoughtful about digital trail/imprint (i.e., a trail we 3. Discuss the meaning of the concept visit and things we do online). create that shows the places we the meaning of the word “billboard.” 4. Print the Billboard activity. Explain they post online could be Explain to students that if the information to post online. Complete. printed on a billboard, then it’s safe

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things their billboards. Are they creating Observe children as they create online? that would be appropriate to share

More to Learn

a list of things that are inappropriate. Make Discuss the consequences of sharing examples of things to avoid.

Care What You Share

a lot of people. If you The things you post online also reach to tell the world about something! a picture of something that is safe Billboards are used to advertise and you shouldn’t post it online. Draw or message on this billboard, then wouldn’t post your picture, text, to post or say online.

What You Share (3–5) Educator’s Guide Download: Care

3–5 Educator’s Guide: Digital Citizenship:

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HANDWRITING WITHOUT TEARS

K–5 Curriculum K–5

K–5

The award-winning Tears® curriculum incorporates hwtears.comHandwriting Without kwtears.com unique, multisensory activities for printing and cursive instruction, featuring hands-on materials and lessons that work for students of diverse learning styles.

Teaching strategies aligned to learning standards

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Kindergarten: Printing Program

Letters and Numbers for Me Workbook

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Print Child’s Name

GRADE: K Kindergarten students, or children working at that level, learn capitals, lowercase letters, and numbers. Features large step-by-step models for finger tracing and good spacing, and lefty-friendly pages!

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Print Child’s Name

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Grade 1: Printing Program

My Printing Book Workbook

Name:

GRADE: 1 First grade students, or those working at that level, practice the correct use of lowercase letters in words and sentences. Features crosscurricular language arts lessons with practice pages for writing on different styles of lines.

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car

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their sentence for correct Capitalization, Word Spacing, and Ending Punctuation.

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My Printing Book

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letter and number formations to life for your students.

• Create

custom worksheets with double lines for handwriting practice.

See p. 28 for details.

Handwriting Without Tears

Grade 2: Printing & Cursive Programs

Printing Power Workbook

Name:

GRADE: 2 Second grade students, or those working at that level, master printing with advanced paragraphs, poems, and language arts activities. Features practice pages for advanced writing on a single line.

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GRADE: 2 Power up your students’ printing mastery with the Printing Power workbook, then start with cursive lessons in Kick Start Cursive. Children begin with cursive lowercase letters, connections, and capitals. Code: P3

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Grade 3: Cursive Program Cursive Handwriting Workbook

Name:

GRADE: 3 Third grade students, or those working at that level, easily transition from printing to cursive with Cursive Warm-Ups. Activity pages feature paragraph, poem, composition, and language arts activities. Code: CH

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skater

bird

tow truck

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Review & Mastery: Cursive to Cursive

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Do you wonder which to use? Wait for the teacher to play The Freeze Game.

she - her

kid - rid

pair - fair

pick - trick

’ a pem to help you chose, Heres ’ (you are) ging fr a run, If youre ’ Youre, the contraction, is the one,

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ace - aces

rake - take

paid - raid

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Handwriting Without Tears

Grade 4: Cursive Program

Third grader transitions from printing to cursive with the Cursive Handwriting workbook.

Cursive Success Workbook

GRADE: 4 Fourth grade students, or students working at that level, develop cursive fluency with lessons featuring more advanced language arts activities. Code: CS

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Student uses the Cursive Success workbook to practice his cursive fluency.

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Grade 5+: Printing & Cursive Programs

Can-Do Cursive Workbook

GRADES: 5+ Students in fifth grade, or older, review and master cursive with cross-curricular connections to write paragraphs and poetry. Ideal for whole class or independent study. Code: DC

Name:

Watch me, it's easy!

Can-Do Cursive

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Perfect for older students.

There’s MORE! Can-Do Print student workbook is available for students who prefer printing to cursive, but still need practice.

No teacher’s guide needed!

Spanish, French & Hebrew Workbooks

Student workbooks are available in Spanish (grades Pre-K–4), French (grades K–4), and Hebrew script. Perfect for dual-language classrooms, independent study, or English language learners.

Visit hwtears.com/translations for more product details.

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TEACHER’S GUIDES Our teacher’s guides give you the latest resources and strategies for teaching handwriting in only 15 minutes a day. Available in print or electronic formats.

Guide to Multisensory Lessons and Activities for...

Printing Teacher’s Guide Guide to Multisensory Lessons and Activities for...

Name:

3rd Grade

Cursive Teacher’s Guide Guide to Multisensory Lessons and Activities for...

4th Grade Cursive Teacher’s Guide

Name:

2nd Grade

3rd Grade Cursive Teacher’s Guide

2nd Grade Printing Teacher’s Guide

1st Grade Printing Teacher’s Guide

Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide

N ame:

1st Grade

Name:

Print Child’s Name

car

jump

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by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR and Emily F. Knapton, M.Ed., OTR/L

t ug

koala

by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR and Emily F. Knapton, M.Ed., OTR/L 9/21/12 1:51 PM

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diver

sailfish

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9/21/12 1:45 PM

gumbal ls

butterfly

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bunny

fox

skater

bird

tow truck

key

by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR and Emily F. Knapton, M.Ed., OTR/L

kite queen

by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR and Emily F. Knapton, M.Ed., OTR/L

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dog

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by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR and Emily F. Knapton, M.Ed., OTR/L

cow

by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR and Emily F. Knapton, M.Ed., OTR/L

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Handwriting Without Tears®

Teacher’s Guide

Handwriting Without Tears®

Kindergarten

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Grades K–5: Printing & Cursive Programs

4th Grade

Cursive Teacher’s Guide Guide to Multisensory Lessons and Activities for...

Name:

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by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR and Emily F. Knapton, M.Ed., OTR/L 9/21/12 5:34 PM

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by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR and Emily F. Knapton, M.Ed., OTR/L 9/21/12 5:41 PM

Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide

3rd Grade Cursive Teacher’s Guide

e-Teacher’s Guide 1-Year License: ETGK

e-Teacher’s Guide 1-Year License: ETG3RD

1st Grade Printing Teacher’s Guide

4th Grade Cursive Teacher’s Guide

e-Teacher’s Guide 1-Year License: ETG1ST

e-Teacher’s Guide 1-Year License: ETG4TH

Teacher’s Guide: TGK

Teacher’s Guide: TG1ST

Teacher’s Guide: TG3RD

Teacher’s Guide: TG4TH

2nd Grade Printing Teacher’s Guide Teacher’s Guide: TG2ND e-Teacher’s Guide *5-year licenses available on hwtears.com

1-Year License: ETG2ND

Electronic Teacher’s Guides

Electronic teacher’s guides make it easy to plan your lessons! • Guides: Digital display built into an easy and intuitive eReader • Hotspots: Library of Handwriting Without Tears® videos, music, and resources • BrightSpots: Record audio, write notes, highlight, and add documents and links

Electronic Teacher’s Guides come with our songs for FREE. This makes it easy, fun, and cost-effective for you to plan multisensory lessons!

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Handwriting Without Tears

PAPERS & JOURNALS Double Line Notebook Paper

Eliminate line confusion and make it easy for children to control size and place letters on lines correctly. See neatness improve immediately.

Wide Notebook Paper

GRADES: K–1 Lines are spaced 5/16" apart. Code: W100 (100 sheets)

Wide

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Regular Notebook Paper

GRADES: 2–3 Lines are spaced 3/16" apart. Code: R100 (100 sheets)

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Regular

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Narrow Notebook Paper

GRADES: 4+ Lines are spaced 2/16" apart. Code: N100 (100 sheets)

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Writing Journals

With line spacing that matches the Double Line Notebook Paper, all three journals have 48 pages. Draw and Write Notebook and Writing Notebook have space for student pictures and writing. My Journal has lines covering the entire page.

Name

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Draw and Write Notebook GRADES: K–1 Code: DAW

with narrow double lines

with regular double lines

with wide double lines

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My Journal

Writing Notebook

Draw and Write Notebook

Writing Notebook GRADES: 2–3 Code: WN

My Journal GRADES 4+ Code: JNL

Pencils for Little Hands

GRADES: K–1 Perfect for little hands in grades K–1. Each box contains 144 pencils. Code: PEN

Access our FREE Online Resources at hwtears.com/learninglounge • Pre-K Assessments • The Screener of Handwriting Proficiency • Free Product and Lesson Downloads • A Click Away for Teacher’s Guide Users • E-Newsletters

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Gray Block Paper

A b c D e f g h i

(8" x 11")

GRADES: K–1 Help children learn correct placement of capital letters and numbers. Includes 104 sheets, with 26 sheets each of four different styles: Starting Corner Dot, Center Starting Dot, Alphabet/Number Review, and blank Gray Blocks.

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Big Sheet Draw and Write Paper (11" x 17")

Double Line Sentence Strips

GRADES: K–5 Model sentences and words using double lines. Great for bulletin boards and word walls. Each set contains 100 strips (24" x 3").

Code: DSS

Double Line Chart Tablet

Double Line Writer

Code: TAB

Code: DBLW

GRADES: K–4+ Designed for use with a classroom easel. Includes set of 2 tablets with 30 sheets per tablet.

GRADES: K–4+ Draw lines on chalkboards or dry erase boards for letter, word, and sentence practice.

Handwriting Without Tears

TOOLS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM Print Letter & Number Poster (34" x 24")

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GRADES: K–2 Hang up this poster in your classroom for an up close letter/number model. Code: PLNP

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GRADES: K–2 Set of 30. Terrific visual aids to help teach children how to write their names. Code: COLNP

Alphabet Desk Strips

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GRADES: K–5 Includes four strips per sheet to use as a visual cue for letter formation. Code: PAS (Print Alphabet Desk Strips) Code: CAS (Cursive Alphabet Desk Strips)

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Pre-K & K Materials

HANDS-ON MATERIALS Roll-A-Dough Letters®

GRADE: Pre-K Roll and cut gluten-free dough snakes to make capitals and numbers using the blue tray for guidance. Set also includes 18 double-sided capital and number cards. Code: RAD

Stamp & See Screen®

GRADE: Pre-K Build capitals and numbers on a 4" x 6" magnetic screen using 4 "Wood Piece" stamps—Big Line, Little Line, Big Curve, Little Curve. Magnetic, chalk-like writing tool helps develop grip. Code: SAS

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Slate Chalkboard

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(4" x 6")

GRADES: Pre-K–2 Teach children to write capitals and numbers without reversals, starting with the smiley face at the top left corner for top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality. Code: SLT

Pre-K Classroom Tip Roll-A-Dough Letters and Stamp & See Screen go together! The Roll-A-Dough cards also fit perfectly on the Stamp & See Screen as a template for tracing letters.

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Pre-K & K Materials Show Me Magnetic Pieces for Capitals™ GRADE: K Demonstrate proper letter formation as children watch you build capitals. Code: SMM

Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters (26 pieces)

GRADES: Pre-K & K Children learn capital formations through imitation. Use the set for teaching size, shape, and position words and concepts, too! Set includes: 8 Big Lines, 6 Big Curves, 6 Little Lines, and 6 Little Curves. Code: WP

Help your children to look at the first one. Then find the one that is the same.

Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces

GRADES: Pre-K & K Ideal for children who are just starting out with capital letters. Set includes 26 doublesided 8.5" x 11" cards featuring a letter recognition matching activity. Code: LAM (laminated) Code: LC (unlaminated)} © 2009 Handwriting Without Tears®

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Pre-K & K Materials

WET-DRY-TRY Prevent and eliminate reversals in a multisensory way! Children learn good number and letter formations with Wet-Dry-Try!

Wet-Dry-Try on the Slate Chalkboard • Develop proper grip using Little Chalk

Bits and Little Sponge Cubes (see p. 25)

• Provide tactile feedback to engage

memory and cognitive functions

• Give clear physical and visual cues—

frame and smiley face—that prevent reversals

Wet-Dry-Try® Suite App • Engage students with multisensory

experiences to practice formations based on our proven methodology

• Receive instant feedback from a personal

handwriting coach

• View a snapshot of student progress

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friendly options

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Pre-K & K Materials

Slate Chalkboard

GRADE: PRE-K–2 Teach and remediate capitals and numbers. The Slate Chalkboard reinforces top-tobottom, left-to-right directionality and prevents and eliminates reversals. Code: SLT

Little Chalk Bits

GRADE: PRE-K–4+ Develop pincer grip and make writing easy for little hands. Includes 200 (1") soft chalk pieces. Code: LCB

Little Sponge Cubes

GRADE: PRE-K–4+ These sponges fit little hands when doing Wet-Dry-Try on the Slate Chalkboard or Blackboard. Includes 100 (0.5") square cubes per bag. Code: SC

Blackboard with Double Lines

GRADE: K–4+ Teach students to make and place all letters on double lines in both printing and cursive using the Wet-Dry-Try method. Code: BB

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MEET MAT MAN

Bring your classroom to life with everyone’s favorite hero, Mat Man! A study found that children outperform their peers, learning readiness skills after just a few weeks of building and drawing Mat Man. To learn more about the research, visit getsetforschool.com/matman

Mat Man Hands

GRADES: Pre-K & K Use this multisensory approach to body awareness, counting, drawing, and social skills. You’ll be amazed with your students’ ability to draw a person after building Mat Man for the first time! Code: MMH

Build Mat Man

Mat Man teaches important readiness skills to young learners, including cooperation, organization, and sequencing. Children sing, build, draw, and go on learning adventures with him.

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Read Mat Man Book Set GRADES: Pre-K & K Children learn readiness and language arts skills with this four-book boxed set, including Mat Man Shapes, Mat Man Hats, Mat Man On the Go, and Mat Man Opposites. Includes free Mat Man poster. Code: MMBS

Explore Mat Man World Build Mat Man through interactive and playful learning online! •

Library of Mat Man activities and downloads, including song lyrics and printable note cards

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Instructions to build Mat Man in your classroom, including video lessons

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Get everything you need to build Mat Man in one handy kit. Introduce Mat Man to your students and see why everyone’s a fan! Code: BMM Kit includes: Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters Mat for Wood Pieces Get Set for School Sing Along CD Mat Man Hands Mat Man Book Set (4) Activity Booklet

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Sign up for a free two-week trial of Digital Teaching Tools for a chance to win a $500 gift card. hwtears.com/free500 Digital Teaching Tools GRADES: Pre-K–5 /Code: DTT

Bring your teaching to life and promote handwriting success.

Digital Teaching Tools includes:

Letter & Number Formations for the

interactive whiteboard and computer include print, cursive, and Spanish characters. You can now hear the Frog Jump Letters jump and the Diver Letters dive for a full multisensory experience!

A+ Worksheet Maker helps you make sentence, spelling, and vocabulary worksheets for grades Pre-K–5 in our unique font.

Teach students to form sentences and become confident writers!

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Sentence School®

GRADE: K These fun, hands-on sentence activities build sentence and handwriting skills. Set includes: 215 laminated Word Cards and a 248-page teacher’s guide. Code: SSK

Teacher’s Guide K

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Pre–K Readiness and Writing Program GET SET FOR SCHOOL

Pre-K Curriculum The award-winning Get Set for School® curriculum uses hands-on strategies, lively music, and child-friendly teaching strategies to help young learners get ready for kindergarten. •

Easy-to-teach, easy-to-learn lessons

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Pre-K Readiness & Writing Program Build key foundation skills for kindergarten with multisensory and developmentally appropriate activities. Children will learn: •

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Look and Learn

This is a shape page. This shape is a cross.

Let’s find Ls on this page. Look. There’s a lizard. Lizard starts with L. Is a lizard an animal or a person? Where do lizards live? What do lizards have?

Look and Learn

Look at the pictures and name them together: cross, window, scarecrow, kite, cross. Then say together: This is a cross. The window has a cross; the scarecrow has a cross, etc. This strategy helps children learn words and left-to-right reading. The window has something else—a lizard.

Color and Draw

Trace, Color, and Draw Crosses

Trace and Write L

Let’s color the lizard. Show pictures. Lizards can be any color. They can have spots or stripes. Draw rocks or grass for the lizard too. Demonstrate. The lizard needs a tongue!

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is a big word, a compound word. It is made with two

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reptile family.

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Look What We’re Learning Foundation Skills • Recognize familiar two-dimensional shapes • Draw simple shapes • Use correct top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality for symbols

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Check for who need help with crayon grip. Notice handedness and use of helping hand.

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Writing • Hold a crayon with proper grip to write • Use helping hand to stabilize objects and papers Sensory Motor • Use same hand consistently to hold crayons • Use fingers to hold crayons

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Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

GRADE: Pre-K Lessons address general readiness, alphabet knowledge, letter and number recognition and formation, counting, drawing, shapes, and colors. Includes free downloads for school-to-home connections. Code: TGRW

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Pre–K Pre-K Readiness Readiness and & Writing Program

Assess what your Pre-K children know and understand. Download FREE Pre-K Assessments and enter to win a $500 gift card. getsetforschool.com/free500 My First School Book Activity Book

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GRADES: Pre-K Children of different abilities learn joyfully with multisensory readiness and social-emotional activities. Color, number, and shape lessons help develop grip, and crucial readiness and pre-writing skills.

Coloring, Drawing, Counting, Writing, and School Readiness

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Tip from the Pre-K Readiness & Writing Workshop

Remember to use hands-on letter play before children trace letters with their crayons. Have children build capitals with Wood Pieces, Capital Letter Cards, and the Mat. See p. 23.

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TOOLS FOR YOUR PRE-K CLASSROOM Pre-K Color Wall Cards

GRADES: Pre-K Use these cards as a letter or number of the week activity. Includes 36 (8.5" x 8.5") color cards that are perfect for above the chalkboard, bulletin boards, or during circle time.

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Pre-K Name Plates

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FLIP Crayons®

GRADES: Pre-K & K Promote proper grip and fine motor skills by flipping our unique FLIP Crayons. There are 10 colors in all—2 colors and 2 points per crayon. Code: FC (Tub of 206 crayons) Code: FGS20 (Gift Set of 20 mini packs)

FLIP Crayons® shown actual size.

Magic C Bunny Puppet GRADES: Pre-K–3 This fun puppet friend helps you teach the C stroke to begin capitals C, O, G, and Q, and lowercase letters a, d, g, o, and q. Code: BUN

Get Set for School

GRADES: Pre-K Teach children how to write their names in capitals and title case with these great visual aids. Includes 30 (11" x 3.5") name plates for use on tables, lockers, or cubbies.

Pre-K Readiness & Writing Program

LEARNING WITH MUSIC Music plays an important role in our Get Set for School curriculum. It boosts memory and fosters body awareness and motor skills in young children. Our CDs include original, lively songs by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, backto-back Grammy® Awards winners for Best Children’s Album. Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer Photo Credit: Sarah Coats.

2. Where Do You Start Your Letters?

13. Give It A Middle Jan Z. Olsen

14. Give It A Top Jan Z. Olsen

15. Sliding Down to the End of the Alphabet

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17. Magic C Rap

18. Diver Letters’ School

20. Number Song

Emily Knapton

21. My Teacher Writes

Emily Knapton

22. 10 Fingers

3. Air Writing

4. Hey, Hey! Big Line

5. Diagonals

7. Sentence Song 8. My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean

Traditional, arrangement by Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, 2 Spoons Music, ASCAP

9. Picking Up My Pencil Emily Knapton

10. Stomp Your Feet 11. Vowels

Jan Z. Olsen

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presents

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19. Descending Letters

ROCK, RAP, TAP & LEARN

Jan Z. Olsen

23. Mat Man Rock Emily Knapton

24. Head & Shoulders, Baby!

Traditional, arrangement by Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, 2 Spoons Music, ASCAP

25. Tapping to the ABC’s

Cathy Fink, 2 Spoons Music, ASCAP

12. Frog Jump Letters Jan Z. Olsen

Handwriting Without Tears® with Cathy Fink & Marcy Marcy Marxer

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Readiness to Printing

6. Big Line March

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Sing Along CD – Get Set for School

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GRADES: Pre-K Reinforce language and number concepts with your children as they move and play to 29 upbeat songs.

GRADES: Pre-K Children sing, tap, and dance along to 25 songs to develop important social, cognitive, and physical skills.

Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn CD

GRADES: K–2 Students develop self-esteem and body awareness as they rock along to 25 songs. Code: ROCK

Preview songs and lyrics for all three CDs: getsetforschool.com/learninglounge

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Pre-K Language & Literacy Program Provide real-life connections to help children learn. • Explore words, syllables, and letter sounds • Link words to concepts and recognize new words in spoken language • Respond to simple questions, have discussions, and share ideas • Teach emergent literacy with multisensory activities

Language & Literacy Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

GRADE: Pre-K Includes unique lessons with step-by-step instructions to help students easily master new concepts. Skills are taught explicitly and sequenced for developmental progression and differentiated instruction, including support for struggling students and English language learners. Code: TGLL Make Predictions

Recognize Beginning, Middle, and End

Beginning, Middle, and End

Find the Main Character

Beginning, Middle, and End

Materials/Setup: • Line It Up Bar • Line It Up Story Cards

Recognize Beginning, Middle, and End

“Ready for Robins”

When children can identify the sequence of beginning, middle, and end, they can better comprehend the story and make sense of what they have heard or read. This understanding enables them to organize their memories and retell stories.

Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

Grouping: Small group; Whole class

English Language Learners: Help children understand beginning, middle, and end. Have three children line up. Point out who is at the ™

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beginning, middle, and end. You can also line up other classroom items and point out the beginning, middle,

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and end of each line.

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Children identify the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

Activity

Try to remember what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of our story. 1. Read “Ready for Robins.” 2. Have children pretend to be young robins. I will be your robin parent. Here is our nice warm nest. Pretend you are my small blue eggs. Roll into a small egg. You can’t see. You don’t have feathers. You are very hungry. Now, break out of your shell. Here are some yummy worms. Open wide! You get stronger. You can see and grow feathers. Now, try your wings out and fly. Beautiful! 3. Place Story Cards in the Line It Up Bar out of order. Re-read words for the first card. Show me what happens first. Please put it up. 4. Re-read the words for the second card. Show me the picture of what happens next. Please put it next to the first card. 5. Re-read the words for the third card. Show me the picture of what happens last. Please put it next to the second card.

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6. Now we know the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Check for Understanding Observe as children retell the story. Can they identify the beginning, middle and end? Can they sequence the story?

Support: Show a real banana. I am going to share this banana. What should I do first? (Peel.) And next? (Slice, share, and eat.) And next? (Throw away the peel.)

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Draw & Act It Out

Play “Ballet Dancing Truck Driver,” track 29 on the Sing, Sound & Count With Me CD. Have children try to

Have three groups of 3–4 children act out the beginning,

remember the jobs in order. Take pictures of the children

middle, or end of the book. Let the groups present their parts

wearing a hat to go with a job in the song. Have fun

in sequence. Hold up the appropriate drawing while acting.

ordering the pictures while playing the song.

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Read a book to your children. As a class, help children draw three pictures that represent the beginning, middle, and end.

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Word Time™

GRADE: Pre-K Develop oral language, thinking, and vocabulary with lessons. Squawker, our parrot puppet, and 295 laminated Word Cards engage students and boost their letter, social, and language skills. Code: WT

My Book Activity Booklet (8.5" x 8.5", 20 pages)

GRADE: Pre-K Children learn about books through drawing, storytelling, and personalizing their own storybook. Code: CMBK (Classroom set for 10 students) Code: IMBK (Individual book)

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comprehension skills

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GRADE: Pre-K

Teach letter and sound connections, including correct orientation and position, along with narrative sequencing, and other early literacy skills.

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GRADE: Pre-K Children flip for these tactile, doublesided cards. The raised letters provide a multisensory learning experience as children recognize and trace letters, match letters and sounds, and learn sequencing.

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GRADE: Pre-K The most versatile way to teach language concepts and social skills!

• Combines multisensory play with games and activities that build letter and number recognition • Lessons and tiles develop rhyming and syllable skills, as well as listening and cooperation Code: SBOX

SAVE $35 with the Pre-K Language

& Literacy Classroom Kit. For a classroom of 20 GRADE: Pre-K Code: LLKIT

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Pre-K Numbers & Math Program Learn how to make early math concepts meaningful and fun for children! They will: • Count,

sequence, and match objects

• Compare,

build patterns, and sort

• Understand

spatial concepts and solve problems

Label Sets

Numbers & Math Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

Combine Sets

Take Away Objects

Count Them All Combine Sets

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GRADE: Pre-K Includes lessons for geometry, counting, math vocabulary, measurement, time, and problem-solving. Integrated assessments check student learning after each lesson.

When children can count objects in a set, they put more objects into their sets and count again. They don’t realize that this process is addition. We clarify the steps, but the process is natural.

Look What We're Learning Number & Operations • Combine sets to learn how many in all by counting

Code: TGNM

• Connect numerals to quantities they represent Problem Solving • Use manipulatives to find a solution

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Vocabulary Social-Emotional • Cooperate with other children • Take turns with peers • Work with others to solve problems

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4 Squares More Squares®

GRADE: Pre-K Children sort, sequence, slide, turn, and flip shapes to fit puzzle pieces on 24 different patterns. Perfect for problem-solving and developing spatial awareness. © 2011 Get Set for School

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I Know My Numbers Activity Book Set

GRADE: Pre-K Children develop skills with finger plays, songs, and rhymes. Fun, engaging illustrations invite personalization and coloring. Code: CKMN (Classroom Set for 10 students) Code: IKMN (Individual Set)

SAVE with a Numbers & Math Classroom Kit!

Save $30 for a class of 20! GRADE: Pre-K Code: NMKIT

Get Set for School

Pre-K Numbers & Math Program

Preschooler develps spacial awareness by using 4 Squares More Squares.

Students learn number sense and pattern recognition with Tag Bags.

Tag Bags®

GRADE: Pre-K Children develop fine motor skills and learn number sense and recognition through matching, sorting, measuring, and making patterns. Code: TB

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Mix & Make Shapes™

GRADE: Pre-K Children identify sort, trace, and move shapes, as well as build patterns and learn to measure.

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1-2-3 Touch & Flip® Cards

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GRADE: Pre-K Children trace and name numbers, as well as count and sequence with these tactile, double-sided cards for multisensory learning.

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Pre-K Professional Development

PRE-K READINESS & WRITING WORKSHOP Half Day, Morning Session | 3.5 Contact Hours

Pre-K Readiness & Writing Workshop Objectives At the end of the workshop, you will be able to: • Plan your instruction based on developmental stages for writing readiness • Model activities that develop important social-emotional skills, including body awareness, taking turns, and sharing

• Use Hands-On Letter Play to build beginning habits for letter and number formations • Use My First School Book to help children progress from tracing their letters and numbers to writing their names

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Workshop Schedule 8:00 a.m.

Registration: Coffee and pastries

8:30 a.m. Get Set for School®: The importance of a hands-on, multisensory readiness curriculum to prepare children for school success

Pre-K Readiness: Social skills and the developmental stages of writing, hand skills, and crayon grip

Drawing: Mat Man®, shapes, music, and demonstration

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lphabet Knowledge: Hands-on materials, My First School Book, A capital and lowercase letter recognition

olors and Coloring: Crayon skills, developmental progression C from scribbling to coloring and drawing

re-Writing: Wood Piece Play for capitals, multisensory activities P for capitals

Writing: Developmental teaching order, trace capitals, write names, number skills, and formation

eview and Resources: Review what you have learned, check R readiness, additional resources for continued learning

12:00 p.m. Adjourn: Certificate of Attendance for 3.5 Contact Hours D ownload a printable version of the workshop schedule, objectives, and outline at hwtears.com/training

“Amazing materials! The workshop was fantastic and well worth attending. Haven’t stopped talking about it since I went.”

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Pre-K Professional Development

PRE-K LITERACY & MATH WORKSHOP Half Day, Afternoon Session | 3.5 Contact Hours

Pre-K Literacy & Math Workshop Objectives At the end of the workshop, you will be able to: • Demonstrate developmentally appropriate activities for early number, shape, pattern, and math awareness • Demonstrate developmentally appropriate activities for beginning sound, language, letter, word, and literacy skills • Recognize ways to incorporate multisensory, hands-on materials, Discovery Play, and explicit child-friendly teaching in the Pre-K environment • Locate implementation strategies for differentiated instruction, including adaptations for English language learners and advanced learners • Identify how sensory motor and social-emotional activities are embedded within our math and literacy programs

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FREE PRODUCTS A $110 Value!

Only $215 when you register early!

Workshop Schedule 1:00 p.m.

Registration

1:30 p.m.

re-K Discovery: The importance of self-directed P discovery and explicit instruction and how they apply to playful learning

Developmental Scope and Sequence of Pre-K Math and Literacy: Developmental way of teaching to address different learning styles

re-K Number and Math Skills: Multisensory activities and P materials to teach children number concepts, geometry, patterns/algebra, numbers and operations, data representation, problem solving, and measurement

Break: Snack and beverage served

re-K Language and Literacy Skills: Multisensory activities and P materials that teach children alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, comprehension, writing, and concepts about print

Check Readiness

Apply What You’ve Learned: How to implement materials and strategies in your Pre-K environment

5:00 p.m. Adjourn: Certificate of Attendance for 3.5 Contact Hours

D ownload a printable version of the workshop schedule, objectives, and outline at hwtears.com/training

“The presenter was a wealth of information, and I learned so many concepts that I was able to share with other teachers.”

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K–5 Professional Development

K–5 HANDWRITING WORKSHOP Full Day | 6.5 Contact Hours

K–5 Handwriting Workshop Objectives At the end of the workshop, you will be able to: • Identify the importance of incorporating the handwriting process, the stages of learning, and active teaching into a handwriting lesson • Model essential foundation skills prior to paper and pencil, including readiness, directionality, positional concepts, and correct pencil grip

• Describe common handwriting problems and apply simple, effective remediation techniques • Review the importance of teaching handwriting using current research, the Common Core State Standards, and other standards

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• Distinguish between our two handwriting assessments, the Screener of Handwriting Proficiency and The Print Tool, to evaluate student’s handwriting abilities

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Workshop Schedule 8:00 a.m.

Registration: Coffee and pastries

8:30 a.m. Getting Started: Handwriting in today’s world, handwriting and the Common Core State Standards, Handwriting Without Tears® philosophies and principles Foundation Skills: Posture, paper and pencil skills, size, shape and position concepts, preparing for handwriting

Break: Snack and beverage served

Printing Capitals and Numbers: Preventing and correcting reversals, teaching strategies, looking out for lefties

Multisensory Learning: Music and movement, Wet-Dry-Try, Mystery Letters, Door Tracing, Digital Teaching Tools 12:00 p.m.

Lunch on Your Own

1:00 p.m. Printing Lowercase Letters: Teaching method and sequence, line generalization, word and sentence skills, promoting speed and fluency

Break: Snack and beverage served

Cursive Writing: Cursive style, understanding connections, multisensory lessons, building fluency with Review & Mastery

esources: Using the teaching guidelines, Handwriting All Year, online R resources, remediation

Extra: Special needs, assessment, handwriting standards, Q&A

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn: Certificate of Attendance for 6.5 Contact Hours

D ownload a printable version of the workshop schedule, objectives, and outline at hwtears.com/training

“I like that I can take this workshop knowledge back and immediately use it. Best continuing education workshop I’ve been to yet!”

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Professional Development 2015–2016 PRE-K & K–5 HANDWRITING WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE Visit our website for additional cities and dates at hwtears.com/training Pre-K Readiness & Writing (Day 1, Half Day, Morning) Early Bird Price – $215, 3.5 Continuing Ed Contact Hours Pre-K Literacy & Math (Day 1, Half Day, Afternoon) Early Bird Price – $215, 3.5 Continuing Ed Contact Hours K–5 Handwriting Workshop (Day 2, Full Day) Early Bird Price – $270, 6.5 Continuing Ed Contact Hours

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October 9–10 February 5–6

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October 23–24 March 18–19

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December 4–5

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January 29–30

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October 2–3 April 15–16

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August 28––29 February 19–20

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December 11–12 April 1–2

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August 28–29 November 13–14 February 26–27 April 29–30

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November 13–14 March 18–19

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April 29–30 October 2–3

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February 12–13

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April 8–9

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November 6–7 March 4–5

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October 9–10 April 8–9

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August 21–22 November 6–7 February 19–20

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November 20–21 April 8–9

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October 9–10 May 20–21

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October 2–3

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September 25–26

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August 28–29

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October 9–10

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September 25–26 November 20–21 March 18–19

MISSOURI Kansas City

November 6–7 April 22–23

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January 29–30

NEW JERSEY Princeton

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August 21–22 October 23–24 April 1–2

February 19–20

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September 18–19

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December 4–5

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April 1–2

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September 25–26

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April 22–23

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March 4–5

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November 6–7

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September 11–12

October 23–24 April 15–16

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November 20–21 February 12–13

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November 13–14 May 20–21

October 2–3 December 4–5 March 4–5

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February 5–6

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October 16–17 January 22–23

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April 15–16

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September 18–19 February 26–27

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K–5 Professional Development

K–5 KEYBOARDING WORKSHOP This is an interactive Bring Your Own Laptop (BYOL) workshop!

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Half Day | 4.5 Contact Hours This half-day workshop will teach you how to easily weave keyboarding into your K–5 day. You’ll leave with a library of award-winning teaching strategies to help your students succeed with today’s computer-based assignments and testing. Plus, free Keyboarding Without Tears licenses to begin your instruction the very next day! TM

K–5 Keyboarding Workshop Objectives At the end of the workshop, you will be able to: • Recognize the importance of teaching pre-keyboarding and keyboarding skills, alongside computer readiness, and digital citizenship • Share current research and standards that support teaching written production for academic success • Identify the developmental sequence of learning pre-keyboarding and keyboarding skills • Use the Keyboarding Without Tears teacher’s guides to plan multisensory, teacher-led lessons • Understand how to use student progress reports to help students meet grade-level benchmarks

Includes two 1-year licenses for each grade, K–5

FREE LICENSES A $120 Value!

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Workshop Schedule

7:30 a.m.

Registration: Coffee and pastries

8:00 a.m. Production of Writing: Research and standards supporting strong keyboarding and handwriting foundational skills omparison of Handwriting and Keyboarding: C Similarities, differences, and developmental progression of both

Digital Citizenship: Learn how to teach children about digital information, protection, behavior, and communication

Foundational Skills: Experience multisensory, teacher-led lessons that introduce the keyboard

Break: Snack and beverage served

Keyboarding: Actively teach features of the keyboard as well as technology foundation skills and typing skills

I nstruction: Review what you learned and apply it to your written production lessons

Resources: Remediation tips, school-to-home connections, and additional resources for continued learning

Adjourn: Certificate of Attendance for 4.5 Contact Hours

12:30 p.m.

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Orlando........................April 23

GEORGIA

Atlanta..................November 13 Atlanta............................April 1

ILLINOIS

Indianapolis.......... September 19

Chicago....................... March 4

MISSOURI

Kansas City..............October 23 St. Louis.................. February 12

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Princeton.......................April 15

NEW YORK

New York City........... August 30* New York City.......... February 19

NORTH CAROLINA

Charlotte............... December 11 Raleigh.......................August 15

Cincinnati......................April 16 Portland.................... February 6 Philadelphia................October 2 King of Prussia............. March 19 Nashville....................October 2 Dallas-Ft.Worth.........September 12 Dallas-Ft.Worth............February 27 Houston.................. December 5 San Antonio.............November 7

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Madison.....................August 28

CANADA

Edmonton................... March 12 Toronto................. September 25 Toronto..........................May 21 Winnipeg........................April 8

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HANDWRITING ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP Full Day | 7.0 Contact Hours This is an intermediate-level workhop This full-day workshop will provide all the training necessary for you to assess a range of developmental levels. It is also the last workshop you need to complete your Level 1 Certification!

Handwriting Assesment Workshop Objectives At the end of the workshop, you will be able to: • Recognize the developmental progression of assessing the skills of handwriting • Administer the Pre-K Readiness & Writing Assessment and the Screener of Handwriting Proficiency for universal, whole class evaluation • Describe eight basic handwriting components essential to handwriting success • Administer, score, and interpret The Print Tool® for 1:1 evaluation • Write parent-friendly reports, set goals, and document progress for evidence-based practice • Discover remediation strategies to improve handwriting • Identify the benefits and process of becoming a certified handwriting specialist

2015–2016 Handwriting Assessment Workshop Schedule CALIFORNIA

San Diego............ September 11 San Francisco............. January 29

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Chicago............... September 18 Boston...................October 18*

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Kansas City.....................July 17

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New York City..........November 6 New York City................April 29

King of Prussia............. March 11 Dallas/Ft. Worth..............April 8 Houston...................October 23

WASHINGTON

Seattle................. September 25

CANADA

Toronto.......................October 2

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The Print Tool® Evaluation & Remediation Package

GRADES: K–5 The Print Tool is a one-on-one assessment used to evaluate and remediate capitals, lowercase letters, and numbers. Includes:

FREE with Workshop

• The Print Tool guide book • Transparent Measuring Tool • Student Sample Worksheets, Evaluation Scoresheets,

and Handwriting Remediation Plan Forms (10 each)

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