Empowering Educators with Practical Literacy Strategies
As a passionate classroom teacher and author, I love sharing my practical knowledge and expertise to empower educators and support student success in literacy. I am available to deliver engaging keynote presentations, impactful webinars, and informative in-person presentations. To schedule a webinar or in-person speaking engagement, please contact me at lkemen3@wgu.edu.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
Come learn about the seven moves Lindsay Kemeny made in her classroom to ensure reading success for all her students. She will share seven ways teachers can modify what they are currently doing to transform their reading instruction. Each "mighty move" focuses on a critical area of foundational reading-from the most efficient ways to teach phonemic awareness and phonics to how to boost comprehension. Lindsay will briefly discuss each move and offer up a specific strategy for each one that you can implement right away.
Confused about phonemic awareness? You're not alone! Join teacher-author Lindsay Kemeny as she breaks down this critical skill and reveals why it's the key to early reading success. We'll discuss what phonemic awareness is (and what it's not!), what research shows about how to best teach it, scaffolds for students who struggle, and Lindsay's favorite PA activities.
Are you ready to take your phonics instruction to the next level? Join 1st grade teacher and author Lindsay Kemeny, to discover ways to boost engagement and learning in your phonics lesson. Learn how to increase student participation and implement effective routines and transitions to increase the learning for all students.
Join Lindsay Kemeny, 1st grade teacher and author of "7 Mighty Moves," as she unlocks the power of decodable texts! You'll learn why they're essential for early readers, engaging routines and strategies for both whole-group and small-group instruction, as well as Lindsay's top picks for captivating decodable text series. You'll also gain practical decoding strategies, equipping students with the tools to decode unfamiliar words.
Many teachers are great at teaching phonics, but they may not give students enough practice opportunities to transfer those skills into reading connected text. Focusing on rate is a common practice, but reading fluency goes beyond that. Additionally, with so many students not reading at benchmark, it can be challenging to meet the needs of all learners. So how can we include meaningful fluency practice in our classrooms? What can we do in the primary grades as well as in the upper elementary grades to develop reading fluency? Join us as classroom teacher and author, Lindsay Kemeny, shares tips, ideas, and specific protocols for practicing fluency in your classroom.
Come learn about a classwide reading fluency intervention for grades 2-8 that will raise the reading proficiency of your students. After implementing this intervention in her second-grade classroom, Lindsay's class median score of 50 wcpm improved to 66 wcpm in just 2 weeks. Come learn how you can apply this intervention in your classroom and listen as Lindsay shares her tips, mistakes, and questions as she applied research to her practice. Leave with specific strategies and resources to implement this research-based intervention in your classroom.
Join Lindsay Kemeny, author of 7 Mighty Moves, to discover practical strategies for improving students' reading comprehension. Learn how to leverage vocabulary instruction, background knowledge, and strategies to enhance students' understanding of complex texts. Lindsay will share practical tips, engaging activities, and specific protocols to help you implement these "mighty moves" in your classroom.
We can read studies and listen to experts, but implementing the things we're learning is on a whole other level. How exactly do you apply the science of reading? There are so many things to teach, how do you fit it all in? How can you maximize the amount of time students are engaged in learning? Join teacher and author, Lindsay Kemeny, as she guides you through her literacy block, step-by-step – from morning arrival to whole-class and small-group instruction, writing time, and read-aloud. Gain concrete examples of how to effectively teach reading and writing in the K-2 grades so you can rock your literacy block!
Join teacher and author, Lindsay Kemeny, to learn some evidence-based strategies that will transform your students' writing! Effective writing instruction goes beyond assigning prompts. In Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) students learn strategies involved in the writing process, as well as in monitoring and managing their own writing. In this session, Lindsay will show how she uses this evidence-based approach with informational writing in her first grade classroom. You'll see what a daily writing lesson looks like, as well as the lessons across a week. Learn specific steps to take to implement these strategies in your classroom, learning how to transform your students' writing into powerful pieces that pack a punch!
Limited Availability, Dedicated Commitment
Balancing my time as a current classroom teacher means my availability for speaking engagements is more limited than others. However, I am always enthusiastic about opportunities that align with my schedule and allow me to share my passion for literacy education.
Let's Connect!
To discuss scheduling a dynamic webinar or an engaging in-person presentation, please reach out to me at lkemen3@wgu.edu. I look forward to hearing from you!