Ignite 2025: Full Schedule

8:30am CDT

Back That Thang’ Up: Using Evidence to Support Constructed Response Gr 3-12 (presented by Region 10)

Tuesday July 22, 2025 8:30am - 11:30am CDT

Students’ ability to clearly answer constructed response items and select the best text evidence to support their responses will depend on the number and quality of opportunities they have to practice these vital skills. In this session, participants will gain an understanding of the STAAR assessment requirements for constructed response questions, learn strategies to create text-based questions based on the TEKS, and help facilitate students’ abilities to compose written responses that provide appropriate text evidence.

Presenters

Chandra Shaw

Region 10 Service Center

Tuesday July 22, 2025 8:30am - 11:30am CDT
A129

3 hour, Student Engagement

District/Company Region 10
Grade Levels 3rd-5th, 6th-8th, 9th-12th
Strands Student Engagement

8:30am CDT

Solving Word Problems in Math

Wednesday July 23, 2025 8:30am - 9:20am CDT

A129

Teaching teachers how to instruct students in solving word problems, including expectations for student work, how to analyze a problem, discuss thinking out loud, promote student discussion around solutions and share strategies/thinking

Presenters

Lisette Bugert

Sherman Independent School District

Wednesday July 23, 2025 8:30am - 9:20am CDT
A129

1 hour, Student Engagement

District/Company Sherman ISD
Grade Levels PK-2nd, 3rd-5th
Strands Student Engagement

12:40pm CDT

Annotations and Close Reading

Wednesday July 23, 2025 12:40pm - 3:30pm CDT

A129

Learning to read academic texts critically, and create purposeful annotations throughout the reading, will propel students into a level of reading comprehension that will not only improve their assessment scores, but will also make them better readers and writers. These incredibly useful skills will serve your students well in all core classes. Teachers will see specific reading and note-taking strategies for each core content, along with techniques that can be overlapped in cross-curricular curriculum.

Presenters

Mindy Rodriguez

Sherman Independent School District

I have been in the education field since 2004 in both the private and public sector. I received my bachelors degree in English from Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia, a masters in higher education from the University of Houston, and another masters in education administration... Read More →

Wednesday July 23, 2025 12:40pm - 3:30pm CDT
A129

3 hour, Student Engagement

District/Company Sherman ISD
Grade Levels 6th-8th, 9th-12th
Strands Student Engagement

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