Lake County Institute Day 2025 Grade PK-5/K-12 PE/Nurses: Full Schedule

9:20am CST

Dyslexia Basics: Background and Instructional Practices FULL

Friday February 14, 2025 9:20am - 10:05am CST

This session provides attendees with practical actions and background knowledge to support students with dyslexia. We'll start with an introduction to basic brain research related to dyslexia. The majority of our time will focus on classroom strategies, including phonemic awareness, decoding, and encoding, and how to effectively transfer these skills. We'll conclude with a brief overview of resources such as the state dyslexia guide and toolkit.

Speakers

Ethan Lynn

Education Specialist, Reading Horizons

A resident of Peoria Heights, has earned both a M.A. in Teaching English to speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and a P.H.D in applied linguistics. Furthermore, he has administrative experience overseeing and directing the reading program in an intensive English program at a university... Read More →

Lisa Bufka

Reading Horizons

Friday February 14, 2025 9:20am - 10:05am CST
Room C119-120 1600 Eagle Way, Lake Villa, IL

Instruction

Company Reading Horizons

10:10am CST

Unlocking Heart Words: Effective Strategies for Teaching Irregular Words FILLING

Friday February 14, 2025 10:10am - 11:00am CST

Room C119-120

Explore effective strategies for teaching irregular words through "heart words," helping students understand these words are learned by heart due to their unpredictable spellings. This session highlights how the brain's process of orthographic mapping stores both regular and irregular words for instant recall. Discover how multimodal techniques and structured literacy approaches support heart word learning, empowering students to develop stronger neural connections for reading fluency and comprehension through engaging and evidence-based instructional practices.

Speakers

Dr. Karyn Tomkinson

National Literacy Director, Hand2mind

Friday February 14, 2025 10:10am - 11:00am CST
Room C119-120 1600 Eagle Way, Lake Villa, IL

Instruction

Company Hand2mind

11:05am CST

Dyslexia Basics: Background and Instructional Practices LIMITED

Friday February 14, 2025 11:05am - 11:55am CST

Room C119-120

Speakers

Lisa Bufka

Reading Horizons

Ethan Lynn

Education Specialist, Reading Horizons

Friday February 14, 2025 11:05am - 11:55am CST
Room C119-120 1600 Eagle Way, Lake Villa, IL

Instruction

Company Reading Horizons

12:00pm CST

Tools and Strategies to Cultivate Mental Resilience FILLING

Friday February 14, 2025 12:00pm - 12:55pm CST

Room C119-120

This interactive workshop is designed to equip educators with the necessary tools and strategies to cultivate mental resilience within themselves and their students. Participants will engage in a series of discussions, activities, and self-reflection exercises that promote self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and adaptive coping mechanisms

Speakers