Improving Verbal Skills for Children from Low S.E.S. Backgrounds

$20.00

Presenter: Birdie Chesanek
Core Area: Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Negative stereotypes are often associated with those raised in generational poverty. Of all these stereotypes, one of the most damaging in education today is that students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds are less likely to be gifted. Low verbal skills often mask true giftedness. It’s time to get past the stereotypes and begin uncovering giftedness in our low-SES students.

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

© Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented, Austin, Texas 2020

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Description

In this course, Birdie Chesanek offers hands-on ideas to help bridge the gap between verbal and nonverbal intelligence for children from low-SES backgrounds. In this make-and-take session, Ms. Chesanek reviews educational issues that may be present when teaching students from low-SES backgrounds, explores strategies to bridge the gap between verbal and nonverbal intelligence, and then provides plans for using those strategies in various content areas.

In this 1-hour course, you will learn to:

  • Build academic knowledge
  • Encourage learning equality in the classroom
  • Implement verbal learning strategies
  • Build working and long-term memory

Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.

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306 reviews for Improving Verbal Skills for Children from Low S.E.S. Backgrounds

  1. Nora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative and useful activities.

  2. Marylyn – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    Very interesting concept on helping students learn and increase their long term memory.

  3. Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Relatable information and great strategies to improve verbalization in students that have limited expression.

  4. Yolanda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    good

  5. maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very interesting and informative

  6. Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Informative

  7. Lilia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very helpful if we want our students to develop verbal skills and association.

  8. Judith – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    I couldn’t download the pages

  9. Mirna – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Great strategy examples to get kids to verbalize what they are learning

  10. Andrew – DALLAS ISD (verified owner) –

    Very clear on the goal of the lesson

  11. GLORIA – DALLAS ISD (verified owner) –

    It is a very interesting course that provides very practical exercises and resources to increase oral production. It is particularly good in Dual Language classes like mine.

  12. Mayra – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –

    I enjoyed learning about the process on how to help my students transfer sensory memory to permanent memory.

  13. Selene – MISSION CISD (verified owner) –

    Good examples.

  14. Stacey – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –

    It was very elementary school based…

  15. Angie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    Good information, but the 3rd question on final quiz was very difficult.

  16. Sangeetha – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    Informative

  17. Ruth – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –

    Content is good to apply in classrooms

  18. Dionna – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –

    Emjpyed learning strategies for hands-on ideas to help bridge the gap between verbal and nonverbal intelligence for children from low-SES backgrounds.

  19. Corina – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    I thought she had some good points. I liked how everything connected.

  20. Leticia – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative

  21. John – DAYTON CITY (verified owner) –

    I thought that the course was informative.

  22. Carey – ALVARADO ISD (verified owner) –

    insightful

  23. Melody – GARFIELD RE-2 (verified owner) –

    This course is great for understanding mind sketching. I had a hard time when audience members asked questions and she answered because I couldn’t hear what the question was.

  24. Fanny – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –

    ??

  25. Perla – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    It is confusing with terminology that should be explained in depth.

  26. Troy – GARFIELD RE-2 (verified owner) –

    This is probably good for elementary teachers, but I am a high school teacher and most of this is not relevant to high school teachers.

  27. John – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –

    Didn’t find this course particularly useful

  28. Candace – EVERMAN ISD (verified owner) –

    Practical application for implementing a useful & fairly easy to teach but beneficial new skill for students.

  29. Maria – ANTHONY ISD (verified owner) –

    Good information

  30. Eunice – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –

    Very interesting concept of Mind sketching to help the students with verbal skills.

  31. Clarissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very intriguing. Lots of knowledge gained. Great course.

  32. Rosa Esthela – VALLEY VIEW ISD PHARR – REGION 01 (verified owner) –

    Very well-explained!

  33. Colleen – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –

    This course explains the connection between memory and verbal ability, which is very important in a student’s academic career.

  34. Maria – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –

    Excellent strategies.

  35. Ana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Great presenter

  36. Cynthia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    It’s great!

  37. Rogelio – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Thanks

  38. Dora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Vet informative

  39. Tenecia – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    It was good information. There was not enough interaction.

  40. Lubette – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Good

  41. Sherri – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    Very good training to learn how to improve students verbal skills.

  42. Gabriela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This course gave me great information that can be applied in my classroom with my students. The presenter was very knowledgeable.

  43. Shelley – MARION CITY (verified owner) –

    The instructor gave great examples of how to use mind sketching in a classroom to help students increase their working memory.

  44. Michele – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    Amazing! Thank you soo much!

  45. Julie – GARFIELD RE-2 (verified owner) –

    This course gave very specific activities I can use tomorrow in my classroom. It also explained the reasoning behind why students can benefit from them. I also like how these activities can benefit all students, not just GT students.

  46. Angela – GARFIELD RE-2 (verified owner) –

    What makes this a 5 start are the resources attached to the presentation. Birdie Chesanek used real examples from her class. The stopping to reflect or do an activity to use the information just presented helps with retaining the new learning and the quizes.

  47. Katina – River View Local Schools (verified owner) –

    I felt this course was interesting, just not quite what I thought it would be.

  48. Keith – GARFIELD RE-2 (verified owner) –

    I think mind sketching is something than can help so many of our students of all different levels.

  49. Natale – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –

    This course is able to address effective strategies such as mindsketching to use with all students especially with children from low S.E.S backgrounds.

  50. THERESA – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –

    A great course. Very informative.

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