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Holiday Inn JFK Airport
144-02 135th Avenue
Jamaica, New York 11779

Phone (718) 659 – 0200
web site: Holiday Inn JFK Airport
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Your 3-Day Summer Testing Workshop Registration Includes:

* REGISTRATION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE TESTING WHOLE–GROUP UNIT OF STUDY
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Getting Started: The First Few Weeks of Reading/Test Preparation Workshop

This workshop will look at lessons that set the stage for the rituals, routines, and procedures that will establish the connections between your reading workshop and the test preparation work that needs to be done in the weeks before
state-mandated English Language Arts test.
 Looking at the Literature: Using Touchstone Texts to Drive Reading Instruction

We will be examining touchstone texts as resources for test preparation instruction.
A Needs Assessment: Exploring the Requirements for Effective Reading and Test Taking

The focus of this workshop will be the skills, strategies, and understandings that we want our readers to use in order to effectively read, think, and answer questions, both about texts and tests.
 Questions, Questions, Questions

During this workshop we will look at how we formulate questions around the texts we use in reading workshop and how they match the type of questions our readers encounter on tests.
Looking at the Literature: Using Touchstone Texts to Drive Test Preparation Instruction

Examining touchstone texts as resources for test preparation instruction will be the focus of this workshop.
 Launching the First Unit

This workshop will focus on becoming familiar with the format and contents of the lessons that will support a reading/test preparation workshop.
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ROBIN COHEN
Robin is presently a literacy consultant in several school districts in the Northeast. She was formerly a reading specialist and staff developer in District 11 in the Bronx and at Liberty Elementary School (Nyack School district in Rockland County, NY). During Robin's tenure at Liberty, her school won the NY State Exemplary Reading Award from the IRA (2005-06). She was the NY State Reading Teacher of the Year in 2002, and honored as an NCTE Educator of Excellence in 2001. Robin is also the originator of the Student-Run Bookstore project published in the American Educator and Parade magazines. Robin is also the author of the book Developing Essential Literacy Skills - A continuum of instruction for grades K-2 published by The International Reading Association.