Stuck in the Middle

Complete Guide for Kindergarten and 6th Grade teachers on choosing the right experience at the 2022 GYTO National Conference in Orlando, FL!

We also encourage you to download the conference guides available here to review all the sessions included in each experience.

KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS

Pre-K / Kinder Experience

If you are looking for:

• Play-based instruction

• Foundational literacy such as Print Motivation, Print Awareness, Letter and Letter Sound Knowledge, Phonological Awareness, and Phonemic Awareness

• Routines and Relationships

• Number Sense

• Sensory Play and Fine Motor Foundations

• Exploratory Science

K-1st Grade Experience

If you are looking for:

• The Science of Reading: Word mapping & foundational literacy skills

• Social Emotional Learning

• Progress Monitoring + Data driven instruction

• Primary Number Sense and Operations within 20

• The Writing Process

• Gifted Instruction

6TH GRADE TEACHERS

5th-6th Grade Experience

If you feel like you are more part of an intermediate teaching experience and want to learn more about content such as:

• Cross-curricular content that can be vertically and horizontally aligned

• Content Area Reading

• Progress Monitoring + Data Driven Instruction

• Hands-on approach to teaching the four math operations

• The Science of Reading in the Upper Grades

• Accountable Talk

• The Writing Process

6th-8th Grade (Middle School) Experience

If you feel like you are part of the true middle school experience, with very content-specific needs such as:

• Middle School Problems

• Technology in the classroom

• Social Emotional Learning

• Accountable Talk + Debate

• And content specific sessions for Science, Math, Social Studies, and ELA