Winter 2015 Catalog

Winter 2015 Product & Training Catalog

getsetforschool.com | Pre-K

Pre-K getsetforschool.com

hwtears.com | K–5

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Dear Friends, We hope you’ve had a good start to the new year and you are pleased with your students’ progress in the classroom. There are strategies and tools in this catalog to help your students finish the year with success.

Do your students have the skills they need for all written production?

Printing, cursive, and keyboarding are essential skills your students need to be successful in their academic lives. When handwriting and keyboarding are taught together, they help children succeed in all school settings with all types of written assignments or tests.

That’s why we’re so excited about our new Keyboarding Without Tears™ curriculum. It pairs well with our handwriting curriculum and when you buy a handwriting and keyboarding bundle, it’s as little as $10.50 a student. See p. 2.

You can see how well handwriting and keyboarding go together at our new workshop! From Pencils to Keyboards: Written Production in the Digital Classroom is a K–5 workshop designed to teach educators how to navigate the diverse ways students produce written work today. See p. 46.

We heard your requests and added sound to our Letter & Number Formations. It’s a great way to demonstrate letter and number formations in your classroom. Now you can hear the Frog Jump Letters jump and the Diver Letters dive in our Digital Teaching Tools.

See p. 36.

Don’t miss our Build Mat Man® Kit. The kit helps you teach important Pre-K readiness skills. See p. 24 to start building Mat Man. Wishing you a great start to the new year,

Our workshops are designed for you.

1. Ideas you can use tomorrow 2. Convenient locations 3. FREE materials

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Table of Contents Keyboarding Without Tears™ (K–5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Be a Handwriting Champion! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Get Set for School® (Pre-K). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Pre-K Numbers & Math. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Pre-K Language & Literacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Tools for Your Pre-K Classroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Learning with Music (Pre-K–2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Pre-K Readiness & Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Hands-On Materials (Pre-K & K) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Hands-On Materials for Pre-K & K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wet-Dry-Try. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Meet Mat Man®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pre-K & K Kits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Handwriting Without Tears® (K–5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Kindergarten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Cursive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Teacher’s Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Paper & Journals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Tools for Your Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Tech Tools for Your Classroom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Professional Development (Pre-K–5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Pre-K Readiness & Writing Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Pre-K Literacy & Math Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 K–5 Handwriting Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 From Pencils to Keyboards: Written Production in the Digital Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Handwriting Assessment Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

5 easy Ways to Order

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3. Phone 301.263.2700

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Gaithersburg, MD 20878

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Keyboarding Without Tears™ Students today are producing and presenting more written work than ever.

Written work in the classroom includes note taking, journaling, online collaboration, math labs, and tests. To be able to meet today’s learning standards, students must master the foundation skills needed to capture and express their thoughts.

Handwriting and keyboarding are those foundation skills. With both skills, students can succeed with any type of assignment or assessment, in any type of setting.

Developmental Sequence of Written Production Printing

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Cursive Keyboarding Grades

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Our newest curriculum, Keyboarding Without Tears, is the second piece of the puzzle to setting your students up to thrive during the elementary years. The curriculum is easy to teach and easy to learn—just as you’d expect from us!

Download our Standards for the Production & Presentation of Writing to learn the specific skills your K–5 students need for handwriting and keyboarding fluency at kwtears.com/standards kwtears.com | K–5 Curriculum

Keyboarding Without Tears is a unique curriculum for K–5 students. It teaches the foundation skills of pre-keyboarding, touch typing skills, computer readiness, and digital citizenship.

It also prepares students for today’s learning standards and computer-based testing.

• Effective and intuitive, with engaging, game-based lessons • Developmentally appropriate lessons for each grade • Innovative, row-based teaching simplifies learning at all ages • Theme-based, cross-curricular lessons teach typing fluency the fun way • Interesting and rich content builds learning and curiosity • Foundation technology skills prepare students to navigate computer-based testing • Child-friendly teaching strategies from Handwriting Without Tears® • Flexible platform is great for classrooms, media centers, or individual student setups • Features +Live Insights™, a classroom management and reporting dashboard • Browser-based for desktops, laptops, interactive whiteboards and most tablets; app-based for iPads Grades: K–5

Download the curriculum Scope & Sequence at

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Keyboarding: Grades K–5

Keys for Me | Kindergarten

Get ready for keyboarding with activities that develop fine motor skills, introduce the keyboard and mouse functions, teach left and right hands separately, and reinforce handwriting skills with typing games.

Grade: K

Code: KEYK

My Keying Board | First Grade Dive into first grade lessons with game-based lessons for finger dexterity, drag and drop skills, finger-key association, and typing letters and words. Students collect awards as they progress through the program.

Grade: 1

Code: KEY1

Key Power | Second Grade Develop key power with engaging keyboard activities that build muscle memory. Students learn the entire keyboard and build skills through practicing common letter combinations, frequently used short words, and sentences.

Grade: 2

Code: KEY2

Virtual, dynamic keyboard enables step-by-step instruction.

Bundle keyboarding with a handwriting workbook for as little as $10.50/student. See order form for details.

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kwtears.com | K–5 Curriculum

Keyboarding | Third Grade Students review and master foundational early keyboarding skills, and quickly move into learning number and function keys, formatting, and typing paragraphs. Lessons reinforce fine motor memory, increase accuracy, and prepare students to navigate computer-based assessments.

Grade: 3

Code: KEY3

Keyboarding Success | Fourth Grade Students succeed in keyboarding with speed and fluency. Typing activities strengthen muscle memory in frequently used letter combinations and reinforce skills for navigating computer-based assessments. Lessons enhance language arts and creative writing instruction.

Grade: 4

Code: KEY4

Can-Do Keyboarding | Fifth Grade Your students will develop the accuracy and speed necessary to handle the demands of schoolwork and testing in higher grades. Students learn about interesting subjects with paragraph practice and other engaging opportunities.

Grade: 5

Code: KEY5

Sample lessons available at:

kwtears.com/samplelessons

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Be a Handwriting Champion!

Become an Advocate You know about the importance of Pre-K readiness, handwriting, and keyboarding. Share that passion and knowledge with your colleagues in your school or district. We have tools and information to help you advocate and spread the word about all of our curricula.

To learn more about becoming an advocate, including how to become a new Keyboarding Without Tears™ advocate, visit hwtears.com/advocate

Get Level 1 Certified

The demand for handwriting specialists is increasing. Handwriting is one of the top reasons students are referred to occupational therapy or tutoring services.

Handwriting Without Tears offers the opportunity to get professional certification and recognition as a handwriting specialist.

Level 1 Certification is for OTs, teachers, and other specialists who are passionate about teaching or remediating handwriting with students in school-based or 1:1 settings.

With certification, you get listed on our website and gain access to templates and handouts to help promote your business.

To learn more about becoming Level 1 Certified, contact us at 402.492.2766 or visit hwtcertification.com

Looking for other classroom resources for Pre-K to grade 5?

See p. 37 for educator resources, including assessments, newsletters, and free downloads.

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getsetforschool.com Pre-K Curriculum | hwtears.com K–5 Curriculum

Professional Development Top 5 Reasons to Attend Our Workshops

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Practical ideas that work Free materials to start your hands-on instruction the next day Strategies to support learning standards Contact hour credits Customizable for your school or district

We present hundreds of training workshops across the U.S. and Canada each year covering Pre-K readiness, handwriting, and keyboarding. Join us to learn the foundation skills your students need to succeed.

Turn to pp. 38–48 for objectives, outlines, pricing, locations/dates, and savings on registration!

New Workshop!

Check out Keyboarding Without Tears™ in our NEW workshop: From Pencils to Keyboards: Written Production in the Digital Classroom!

See pp. 46–47 for details.

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Pre-K Curriculum

Pre-K activities, lively music,K–5 K–5 Use hands-on and child-friendly teaching strategies getsetforschool.com hwtears.com kwtears.com to help young learners get ready for kindergarten. Includes three programs:

• Numbers & Math, pp. 6–9

• Language & Literacy, pp. 10–15

• Readiness & Writing, pp. 16–23

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

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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.

Pre-K Teacher’s Guide

Look What We're Learning Number & Operations

• Combine sets to learn how many in all by counting • Connect numerals to quantities they represent Problem Solving • Use manipulatives to find a solution

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A. Numbers & Math Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Take the mystery out of math as children make connections to their everyday world.

Includes more than 60 unique lessons that will make your students eager to learn math! 197 pages.

• Lessons for geometry, counting, math vocabulary, measurement, time, and problem solving

• Step-by-step instructions to reduce teacher prep time

• Integrated assessments to check learning after each lesson

• Teaching tips extend learning by adding variety or complexity

Grade: Pre-K

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C. I Know My Numbers activity booklet Children develop skills with finger plays, songs, and rhymes.

• Unique, gray crayon stroke “disappears” after tracing numbers 1–10

• Fun illustrations invite coloring and personalization

• Individual set contains 10 (6" x 9") booklets (one 14-page booklet for each number 1–10)

• Classroom set contains materials for 10 students

Grade: Pre-K

Code: CKMN (Classroom Set for 10 students)

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Pre-K Numbers & Math Program A. 1-2-3 Touch & Flip® Cards Children take on numbers with the flip of a card.

• The tactile, double sided cards help children trace and name numbers, count, and sequence

• Students can self-check by flipping the cards

• 20 double sided 4" x 6.25" cards and a 16-page activity booklet

Grade: Pre-K

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• Numbers and dots make matching and sorting fun

• Perfect for measuring and making patterns

• Different fasteners develop fine motor skills

• Ideal for discovery learning, circle time, and centers

• 30 Tag Bags, 36 Color Tags, and a 16-page activity booklet

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C. Mix & Make Shapes™ Brightly colored foam pieces invite children to sort, trace, transform, and move shapes. Lessons in the 16-page activity booklet help students identify shapes, build patterns, and measure.

Set includes:

• Triangles (4 large, 10 right, 8 isosceles)

• Rectangles (4 large, 4 small)

• Squares (4 large, 4 medium, 4 small)

• Circles (4 large, 4 small)

• Semicircles (4)

• Quarter circles (8)

• Ovals (2)

• Amoeba shapes (2)

• 16-page activity booklet and a storage bag

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Pre-K Language & Literacy Program Teach emergent literacy with multisensory activities that provide real-life context to help children learn easily. Children will:

• 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

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Materials/Setup:

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

• Line It Up Bar • Line It Up Story Cards

Recognize Beginning, Middle, and End

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“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.

Try to remember what happens in the beginning, middle, and end of our story.

Grouping: Small group; Whole class

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

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.

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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• Order the events of a story correctly using pictures • Listen to gain and share information • Listen to learn what happened in a story

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Draw & Act It Out Read a book to your children. As a class, help children draw

“Ballet Dancing Truck Driver” Play “Ballet Dancing Truck Driver,” track 29 on the

three pictures that represent the beginning, middle, and end.

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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A. Language & Literacy Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Unique lessons are memorable so children can easily master new concepts.

Skills are taught explicitly and sequenced from the easiest to the most challenging to provide opportunities for differentiated instruction. 210 pages.

• Integrated assessments help check student learning after each lesson

• Step-by-step instructions reduce teacher prep time

• Learning benchmarks in each activity help track what students are learning

• Support for struggling students and strategies for English language learners

Grade: Pre-K

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B. My Book activity booklet Children learn about books as they personalize their own storybook.

• Drawing and storytelling

• Individual book (8.5" x 8.5") contains 20 pages

• Classroom set includes materials for 10 students

Grade: Pre-K

Code: CMBK (Classroom set for 10 students)

Code: IMBK (Individual book)

C. Word Time™ Word Time’s 15-minute, easy lessons teach oral language, vocabulary, and other early literacy skills. Children learn to speak in complete sentences with verbs, adjectives, and nouns.

• 336-page teacher’s guide includes 48 weeks of lessons

• 295 laminated Word Cards in word pairs teach relationships, and letter naming and recognition.

• Squawker, the parrot puppet, engages students in fun, multisensory lessons.

Grade: Pre-K

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Pre-K Language & Literacy Program A. Sound Around Box™ A versatile way to teach language concepts and social skills!

• Multisensory play with rhymes, word hunts, and memory games

• Activities to build/recognize letters and numbers

• Lessons teach listening and cooperation

• Tiles develop rhyming and syllable skills

Includes:

•S ound Around Box with 2 magnetic, dry-erase sides and 2 magnetic Mat sides

• 42 Magnetic Picture Tiles and 8 Color Tiles (3" x 3")

• 13 Magnetic Pieces for Capitals

• 6 Activity Plates and a 16-page activity booklet

Grade: Pre-K

Code: SBOX

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B. A-B-C Touch & Flip® Cards Children flip for these double sided cards with raised tactile letters.

• Recognize and trace letters

• Match letters and sounds

• Learn sequencing with puzzle side

• Includes 53 cards and a 16-page activity booklet

Grade: Pre-K

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C. Line It Up™ Line It Up and let the fun begin. Teach letter/sound connections, narrative sequencing, and other early literacy skills.

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• 5 sets of fiction and non-fiction Story Cards

• 5 story instruction booklets with activities, vocabulary, and book lists

• 52 Coloring and Letter Cards

• 32-page activity booklet

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See p. 24 for details.

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Tools for Your Pre-K Classroom A. Pre-K Color Wall Cards Use these cards above the chalkboard, on bulletin boards, or in circle time as a letter or number of the week activity. Includes 36 (8.5" x 8.5") color card stock letter and number cards.

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B. Pre-K Name Plates Use on tables, lockers, or cubbies.

They are great visual aids for teaching children how to write their names in capitals and title case. Contains 30 (11" x 3.5") card stock plates.

Grade: Pre-K

Code: NP

C. FLIP Crayons® Unique crayons promote proper grip and fine motor skills by flipping the crayon. 2 colors and 2 points per crayon—10 colors in all.

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Code: FGS20 (Gift Set of 20 mini packs)

D. Magic C Bunny Puppet Engaging puppet helps you teach the C stroke to begin capitals C, O, G, and Q and to begin lowercase a, d, g, o, and q.

Grades: Pre-K–3

Code: BUN

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Learning with Music in Pre-K to Grade 2 Music boosts memory and fosters body awareness and motor skills.

Our CDs include original, upbeat songs by Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, winners of back-to-back Grammy® Awards for Best Children’s Album.

Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer Photo Credit: Sarah Coats.

E. Sing, Sound & Count With Me CD Children learn language and number concepts as they move and play to upbeat songs that reinforce your instruction. Features 29 songs, including: “I’m Happy to See You” (English and Spanish versions), “Ballet Dancing Truck Driver,” and “It’s Pre-K!”

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20. Number Song

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21. My Teacher Writes Jan Z. Olsen

22. 10 Fingers Jan Z. Olsen

23. Mat Man Rock Emily Knapton

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G. Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn CD Coordination and rhythm are used to develop self-esteem and body awareness in this upbeat and rocking CD. Features 25 songs, including: “Picking Up My Pencil,” “Magic C Rap,” and “Mat Man Rock.”

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F. Sing Along CD—Get Set for School Children develop important social, cognitive, and physical skills as they sing, tap, and dance to develop school readiness. Features 25 songs, including: “There’s A Dog in the School,” “Wood Piece Pokey,” and “Where Do You Start Your Letters?”

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Pre-K Readiness & Writing Program Teach key foundation skills children need for kindergarten with multisensory and developmental learning. Children will:

• Develop fine and gross motor skills, coordination, and body awareness

• Learn social skills, play, sing, draw, and build

• Develop letter and number recognition Shape – Cross

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Three-year-olds can make a circle before they can make a cross. For four-year-olds, we use the cross to prepare them to write letters with vertical and horizontal strokes. Teach the vertical from top to bottom and the cross from left to right.

Activity

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

Trace, Color, and Draw Crosses

Demonstrate how to draw a cross: Little line down, little line across.

Trace the first cross together.

Children put their crayons on the arrow, little line down, little line across.

Children trace, color, and draw as they like.

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Counting, Writing, and School Readiness Check for who needDrawing, help with crayon grip. Notice handedness and use of helping hand.

Suppor t/ELL Children who are not ready for crayon tracing can finger trace over each cross.

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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!

Trace and Write L

Finger trace the L at the top of the page. (Say directions.)

Let’s write L. Put the crayon on the . Big line down. Little line across.

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

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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?

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Show children pictures of scarecrows and crows. Scarecrow is a big word, a compound word.

It is made with two little words: scare, crow. Put them together.

Writing • Hold a crayon with proper grip to w rite • Use helping hand to stabilize object s and papers Sensory Motor • Use same hand consistently to hold crayons • Use fingers to hold crayons

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This is the L page. L is a letter.

Do you know: L words? L names?

L sounds? Have you ever seen a lizard?

Look and Learn

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.

✔ Check

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Activity

Vocabulary

Suppor t/ELL Help children make a sharp corner on L. Make the big line go straight down to a full stop, and then make the little line.

More To Learn

Look for lizards in reptile books. Find other animals in the reptile family.

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Writing • Hold a crayon with proper grip to w rite • Use helping hand to stabilize object s and papers • Trace capital letters Sensory Motor • Use same hand consistently to hold crayons • Use fingers to hold crayons

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A. Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide Lessons address general readiness, alphabet knowledge, letter/number recognition and formation, counting, drawing, shapes, and colors. 230 pages.

• Fun, engaging, and unique multisensory lessons

• Integrated assessments to check student learning after each lesson

• Support for struggling students and strategies for English language learners

• Free downloads for school-to-home connections

Grade: Pre-K

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B. My First School Book activity book Children learn joyfully with the multisensory readiness activities in My First School Book. Children of different abilities develop and practice crucial readiness and pre-writing skills.

• Child-friendly language makes letter and number formation easy

• Unique gray crayon stroke disappears when children trace over it

• Social-emotional activities for school readiness

• Color, number, and shape lessons develop crayon and pencil grip

Grade: Pre-K

Code: MFSB

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Tip from the Pre-K Readiness & Writing Workshop Point out the pictures in My First School Book. The illustrations demonstrate left-to-right directionality to help Pre-K children make strokes in the correct direction. Point out the kite on the capital K page and ask them which way the wind is blowing.

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Hands-On Materials for Pre-K & K A.

A. Roll-A-Dough Letters® It’s fun to roll and cut dough snakes to make capitals and numbers. Use the blue tray with sand, shaving cream, or rice for additional practice.

Set includes: 18 double sided capital and number cards, tray, and gluten free dough.

Grade: Pre-K

Code: RAD

B. Stamp and See Screen® Build capitals and numbers using “Wood Piece” stamps.

Magnetic, chalk-like writing tool helps develop grip.

Set includes: 4" x 6" magnetic screen, 4 magnetic stamps (Big Line, Little Line, Big Curve, Little Curve), and magnetic writing tool.

B.

Grade: Pre-K

Code: SAS

Roll-A-Dough Letters and Stamp and See Screen work together! The Roll-A-Dough cards fit perfectly on the Stamp and See Screen as a template for tracing letters.

Students will be amazed when they lift and see the letter they made!

i Warning: Choking Hazard

Small parts; not for children under 3 yrs.

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C. Slate Chalkboard The 4" x 6" Slate Chalkboard helps children learn to write capitals and numbers without reversals.

Use Little Chalk Bits (p. 21) to foster finger dexterity and good pencil grip. The smiley face at the top left corner reinforces top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality. Made of real slate.

Grades: Pre-K–2

Code: SLT

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D. Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters Make pre-writing instruction easy.

Children learn capital formations as they imitate the teacher piece by piece. Use the set for teaching size, shape, and position words and concepts, too! Includes 26 pieces: 8 Big Lines, 6 Big Curves, 6 Little Lines, 6 Little Curves.

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

E. Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces Ideal for children who are just starting to learn to build capital letters.

The back of each letter card features a letter recognition matching activity.

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F. Mat for Wood Pieces After mastering guided formation on the Capital Letter Cards, children progress to building letters on the 8" x 11" Mat. The smiley face on the top left corner reminds them where to start.

F.

GradeS: Pre-K and K

Code: MAT

G. Pencils for Little Hands These 4" golf pencils with erasers are perfect for the little hands of students in grades K–1. Each box contains 144 pencils.

Grades: K–1

Code: PEN

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Wet-Dry-Try

Looking for a fun and memorable way to practice letters and numbers?

Doing Wet-Dry-Try on the Slate Chalkboard and tablet helps children learn formation habits for letters and numbers, while preventing or eliminating reversals!

Wet-Dry-Try on the Slate Chalkboard Use the Slate Chalkboard to:

• Develop proper grip using Little Chalk Bits and Little Sponge Cubes (see p. 21)

• Provide tactile feedback to engage memory and cognitive functions

• Give clear physical and visual cues (smiley face and frame) that prevent reversals

Wet-Dry-Try® Suite App Use the Wet-Dry-Try App to:

• Engage students with a new sensory experience to practice formations based on our proven methodology

• Receive instant feedback from a personal handwriting coach

• View a snapshot of student progress in the app

• Track student progress online

• Engage students with avatars and lefty-friendly options

See p. 36.

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A. Slate Chalkboard The Slate Chalkboard is used to teach and remediate capitals and numbers. It reinforces top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality and prevents or eliminates reversals.

GradeS: Pre-K–2

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Code: SLT

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B. Little Chalk Bits These soft chalk pieces make developing pincer grip and writing easy for little hands.

200 (1") chalk bits.

GradeS: Pre-K–4+

Code: LCB

C. Little Sponge Cubes These sponges are just the right size for doing Wet-Dry-Try on the Slate Chalkboard or Blackboard.

100 (0.5") square cubes per bag.

Grades: PRE-K–4+

Code: SC

D. Blackboard with Double Lines Use to teach students to make and place all letters on double lines in both printing and cursive using the Wet-Dry-Try method.

D.

GradeS: K–4+

Code: BB

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Meet Mat Man® Mat Man brings your classroom to life through building, drawing, music, and storytelling.

Mat Man teaches important

readiness skills to young learners.

Children can sing, build, draw, and go on learning adventures with him.

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Pre-K students love building Mat Man!

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Mat Man in one handy kit. See p. 24.

A. Mat Man Hands Grades: Pre-K and K Code: MMH A.

Draw Mat Man You’ll be amazed with your students’ ability to draw a person after building Mat Man for the first time!

Here is an example of a student’s same-day drawings before and after Mat Man activities.

Before

After

Mat Man Works!

A study of children using this multisensory approach to body awareness, counting, drawing, and social skills found that children outperform their peers after just a few weeks of building and drawing Mat Man. To learn more about the research, visit getsetforschool.com/matman

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Sing the Mat Man Song

Mat Man has his own song! It teaches counting and language skills.

Find it on our Get Set for School Sing Along CD (See p. 15).

B. Read Mat Man Books Mat Man takes young children on learning adventures and introduces readiness and language arts skills. Bring all of Mat Man’s adventures to your classroom or resource library in this four-book boxed set.

Free Mat Man poster included.

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Grades: Pre-K and K

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• Build Mat Man online game features interactive and playful learning that delights children

• Library of Mat Man activities and downloads includes song lyrics and printable note cards

• Instructions to build Mat Man in your classroom

• Video lessons

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EW! Build Mat Man® Kit N $25 SAVINGS Build Mat Man with your students! Our Build Mat Man Kit includes all of the materials you need to introduce Mat Man to your students and become fans of this hero!

Kit includes:

• Wood Pieces Sets for Capital Letters

• Mat for Wood Pieces

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GradES: PRE-K and K

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Kindergarten Hands-On Classroom Kit $43 SAVINGS Getting started is easy! Our Kindergarten Hands-On Classroom Kit includes all of the materials you need to make kindergarten learning multisensory, fun, and easy for your classroom. Materials for a class of 25 students.

Kit includes:

• 6 Wood Pieces Sets for Capital Letters

• Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces

• 6 Mats for Wood Pieces

• Little Sponge Cubes bag (100 per bag)

• 6 Slate Chalkboards

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• 6 Blackboards with Double Lines

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• Hands-on activities develop fine motor skills

• Multisensory lessons include cross-curricular connections

• Teaching strategies align with learning standards

Printing: Kindergarten

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A. Letters and Numbers for Me workbook This workbook is for kindergarten students or those working at that level.

Lessons teach capitals, lowercase letters, and numbers. Activities form good handwriting habits and develop strong writers.

• Large step-by-step models for finger tracing

• Words and sentences model good spacing

• Double lines make it easy to place letters and control letter size

• Learn & Check helps students check their letter, word, and sentence skills

Grade: K

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Printing: 1st Grade A. My Printing Book workbook This workbook is for first grade students or those working at that level.

• Lessons emphasize the correct use of lowercase letters in words and sentences

• Activity pages combine handwriting instruction with other language arts lessons

• Practice pages teach writing on different styles of lines

Grade: 1

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Printing: 2nd Grade B. Printing Power workbook This workbook is for second grade students or those working at that level.

• Learn & Check helps teachers and students check letter, word, and sentence skills

• Activity pages combine handwriting instruction with punctuation, paragraph, poem, and language arts activities for practice

• Practice includes writing on single lines

Grade: 2

Code: PP

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C. Printing Power Plus workbook set With the Printing Power Plus workbook set, students can practice printing mastery in Printing Power, then start with cursive lessons in Kick Start Cursive. Children are introduced to cursive lowercase letters, connections, and capitals. It’s just the right amount of cursive to help your second graders practice letters, learn to write their names, and set them up for future cursive success in third grade.

Grade: 2

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Cursive: 3rd Grade A. Cursive Handwriting workbook This workbook is for third grade students or those working at that level.

• Cursive Warm-Ups facilitate an easy transition from printing to cursive

• Lesson plans incorporate letter review with words and sentences

• Activity pages combine handwriting instruction with paragraph, poem, composition, and language arts activities

Grade: 3

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B. Double Line Sentence Strips Model sentences and words using double lines. Great for bulletin boards and word walls. Each set contains 100 strips (24" x 3").

Grades: K–5

Code: DSS

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Cursive: 4th Grade C. Cursive Success workbook This workbook is for fourth grade students or those working at that level.

• Activity pages promote fluency with more advanced language arts activities

• Review & Mastery pages help children develop fluency and review letters and connections

Grade: 4

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A. Can-Do Cursive workbook Can-Do Cursive is for fifth graders or older students still mastering or learning cursive.

• Students receive a quick, thorough review of cursive with emphasis on difficult connections

• Practice pages reinforce other language arts lessons, such as grammar and Greek/Latin word roots

• Cursive skills are used to write paragraphs, poetry, and thank you notes

Grades: 5+

Code: DC

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

Download sample lessons: hwtears.com/learninglounge

Spanish, French & Hebrew

Ideal for dual-language classrooms or English language learners.

Student workbooks are available in Spanish (grades Pre-K–4), French (grades K–4), and Hebrew script.

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Print & Cursive: Teacher’s Guides

Our teacher’s guides give you the latest resources and strategies for teaching handwriting in only 15 minutes a day. Includes access to A Click Away, a special online resource exclusively for teacher’s guide users.

Guides are available in print or electronic formats.

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Paper & Journals Double Line Paper Make it easy for children to place letters on lines correctly. Use for writing centers, journaling, note-taking, or for tests in all subjects to promote good habits.

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E. Alphabet Desk Strips Place on student desks as a visual cue for letter formation. Each sheet has 4 desk strips. Strips are 10.5" x 2".

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G. Sentence School® Reinforce good handwriting habits as you teach students to form sentences and become confident writers. Daily 15-minute lessons in the teacher’s guide promote vocabulary and sentence skills with Word Cards and common objects found in the classroom. Set includes: 215 laminated Word Cards and a 248-page teacher’s guide.

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Tech Tools for Your Classroom A. ENHANCED Digital Teaching Tools Our Digital Teaching Tools bring your teaching to life, and promote handwriting success for your students in grades Pre-K–5.

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B. B. Electronic Teacher’s Guides for Grades K–4 Electronic teacher’s guides bring fun and engaging elements of our curriculum to your computer. The interactive, easy-to-use format reduces prep time and enriches your instruction. Available in one-year or fiveyear licenses. See p. 31 to learn about the three layers of excellence.

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Grades: PRE-K–2 Available for the iPad in the App Store.

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Pre-K Assessments

Our free Pre-K Assessments help you discover what your children know and can do. Simple, ten-minute assessments are included for all three program areas.

The Screener of Handwriting Proficiency

The Screener helps you identify classes and students in grades K–5 who are struggling with handwriting, and generates reports and remediation tips.

Free Product and Lesson Downloads

Download sample student workbook pages, teacher’s guide lessons, and product activity booklets.

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Pre-K Readiness & Writing Workshop 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 the developmental stages for drawing and writing readiness

• Learn our unique approach to effectively teach coloring skills, and a correct and effective crayon grip with singing and modeling

• Promote capital and lowercase letter recognition with music and hands-on play

• Use Wood Piece Play to teach size, shape, and position concepts for pre-writing as well as social-emotional skills

• Build beginning habits for letter and number formation with multisensory letter play activities that teach social skills, body awareness, counting, and pre-writing

• Use My First School Book to help children progress from tracing their letters and numbers to writing their names

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Only $215 when you register early Workshop Schedule 8:00 a.m.

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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 Break

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

Pre-Writing: Wood Piece Play for capitals, multisensory activities for capitals

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

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

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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

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Pre-K Literacy & Math Workshop Afternoon Session | 3.5 Contact Hours Pre-K Literacy & Math Workshop Objectives At the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Use multisensory manipulatives that make concepts meaningful and easy to understand

• I dentify the developmental sequence to transition Pre-K children easily from readiness to early literacy and math

• Use hands-on strategies to teach syllables, names and sounds of letters, words linked to concepts, how to respond to simple questions, and how to have discussions and share ideas

• Make number and math concepts relevant and fun with playful manipulatives, music, and rhymes as you teach counting, comparisons, sequencing, patterning, and problem solving

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Only $215 when you register early Workshop Schedule 1:00 p.m. Registration 1:30 p.m. Pre-K Discovery: The importance of self-directed 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

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

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

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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

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K–5 Handwriting Workshop Full Day | 6.5 Contact Hours K–5 Handwriting Workshop Objectives At the end of the lively workshop, you will be able to:

• Understand the handwriting process and how to make it accessible and engaging for children

• Plan exciting, active lessons to teach appropriate pencil grip and posture for writing

• Understand the developmental sequence of handwriting

• Use multisensory strategies, lessons, and practical ideas to teach printing and cursive skills that promote a love of writing

•U nderstand appropriate use of handwriting assessments and data driven strategies to evaluate a student’s handwriting abilities

• Recognize common handwriting problems and apply simple, effective remediation techniques

• Share the importance of teaching handwriting using current research, the Common Core State Standards, and other standards

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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

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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

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

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

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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 ALabama

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NEW! From Pencils to Keyboards: Written Production in the Digital Classroom Half Day | 3.5 Contact Hours Our new K–5 workshop is designed to teach educators how to navigate the diverse ways students produce written work today.

This interactive, upbeat workshop will help you understand the developmental progression of the foundation skills needed to produce written work in today’s classrooms. It provides practical ideas to infuse digital resources into your daily lessons. It is an intermediate level class.

From Pencils to Keyboards 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 • Describe the similarities, differences, and developmental progression in the written production skills of handwriting and keyboarding • Identify multisensory, digital resources and effective ways to use each in the classroom • Plan your written production lessons incorporating digital resources

FREE products included with registration:

A $170 value!

• Digital Teaching Tools (1-year license) • Wet-Dry-Try® Suite App (1-year license) • Keyboarding Without Tears™ (1-year license for each grade, K–5) • Electronic Teacher's Guide (1-year license for each grade, K–4)

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Workshop Schedule 8:00 a.m. Registration: Coffee and pastries 8:30 a.m.

Production of Writing: Research and standards supporting strong keyboarding and handwriting foundational skills

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

Digital Resources for Handwriting: How to incorporate electronic teacher’s guides, Digital Teaching Tools, and the Wet-Dry-TryŽ Suite App in your teaching environment

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

Instruction: 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 12:00 p.m. Adjourn: Certificate of Attendance for 3.5 Contact Hours

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Handwriting Assessment Workshop (formerly The Print Tool® Workshop)

Handwriting Assessment 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

• 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

• Certificate of Attendance for 7 contact hours

Only $220 when you register early 2015 Handwriting Assessment Workshop Schedule CAlifornia

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A. The Print Tool® Evaluation & Remediation Package The Print Tool is a one-on-one assessment used to evaluate and remediate capitals, lowercase letters, and numbers.

Includes:

• The Print Tool guide book

• Transparent Measuring Tool

• Student Sample Worksheets (10)

• Evaluation Scoresheets (10)

• Handwriting Remediation Plan Forms (10)

Grades: K–5

Code: TOOL

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hwtears.com/training | Professional Development

2015 Workshop Registration Form Workshop Early Regular Pre-K Readiness & Writing

 $215  $250

Ways to save!

Pre-K Literacy & Math*

 $215  $250

K–5 Handwriting

 $270  $305

• S ign up at least 30 days

Pre-K Readiness & Writing + Literacy & Math (2 workshops)  $350  $385 Pre-K + K–5 (3 workshops)  $500  $535 2-DAY Pre-K Literacy & Math + K–5 (2 workshops)  $400  $435 2-DAY Pre-K Readiness & Writing + K–5 (2 workshops)  $370  $405

FULL DAY 2-DAY

prior to workshop for early rate.

• Register groups of 5

or more for discount.

• Attend multiple workshops for greater discount.

Prices in U.S. dollars

NEW! From Pencils to Keyboards: Written Production in the Digital Classroom

 $165  $200

Handwriting Assessment Workshop**  $220  $245 Included with Handwriting Assessment Workshop Registration Fee — Pick One:  The Print Tool ® Package — OR —  2 refills * The Pre-K Literacy & Math workshop assumes prior attendance at the Pre-K Readiness & Writing workshop. ** The Handwriting Assessment Workshop assumes all attendees have a basic working knowledge of the Handwriting Without Tears® curriculum (formerly The Print Tool® Workshop).

PLEASE PRINT

Workshop City:________________________________ Workshop Date(s):____________________ Attendee Name:_______________________________ Phone:______________________________ School:_______________________________________ District:_____________________________ Address

(to which confirmation should be sent):__________________________________________________

City, State, Zip: ___________________________________________________________________ Email:____________________________________________________________________________ Required for email confirmation of receipt of registration.

Register online or provide your email address, and we will email you a confirmation and receipt when we process your registration. If you do not have access to an email account, we will mail you a receipt and workshop details.

We reserve the right to use all media from this workshop (photos, videos, etc.) in print and online advertising. Please notify us in writing if you do not wish to be included.

Children and infants may not be brought to workshops.

Payment must include one of the following: 1. Enclose check payable to “HWT”

2. Credit Card:  VISA  MC Exp.

Name on Credit Card:______________________________________________________________ 3. Purchase Order: We must have a copy of the purchase order. The purchase order must be faxed or mailed with the registration form. You may not use a purchase order online.

Mail this form to Handwriting Without Tears, 5310 S. 107th Ave., Omaha, NE 68127, or fax it to 402.492.2776. For more information, call 402.492.2766 or email coordinator@hwtears.com.

You may cancel up to ten days prior to a workshop for a $35 cancellation fee.

Register online with a Visa or Mastercard

and use the promo code HWT115 to save $10!