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