| 1. | Authentic Writing in Response to Reading |
After reading, readers are naturally inclined to share the book with someone else. This important step in the reading process helps readers synthesize their thinking and make personal connections with the book. This course will explore the formal genres of writing about reading that are authentic to ... |
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| 2. | Building Fluency: From the Foundation Up |
This workshop seeks to bring a broader understanding to the meaning of “fluency.” Participants will learn about brain research and multiple factors that impact fluency, the importance of accuracy in developing fluent readers, the use of diagnostic data to determine students' needs, and proven strateg ... |
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| 3. | DIBELS, Analyzing Student Performance Data |
This session is designed to help teachers and leaders interpret DIBELS data and design intervention for students, based on the data. This session will provide hands-on analysis and prepare teachers to analyze performance data at the class and student level. |
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| 4. | Elementary Level Reading and Writing Skills Workshop |
Dr. Archer will provide a combined reading and writing skills workshop for elementary grade level groupings. Each session will briefly review Tier I interventions and progress monitoring procedures, followed by detailed training with Tier II interventions. Strands on reading development and language ... |
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| 5. | Genre: The Key to Unlocking Comprehension |
Do you struggle to get fluent readers in your classroom to move beyond series books like Magic Tree House and Junie B. Jones? This workshop will help you move students from picture and series books into novels. Participants will look at the reasons readers gravitate toward series books, ... |
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| 6. | Instructional Templates to Enhance Instruction |
This workshop will demonstrate how to use instructional templates to enhance core reading instruction and interventions. These templates are designed to reinforce specific skills in phonics, phonemic awareness, word reading, and multi-syllabic decoding. The session will include discussion of how to ... |
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| 7. | Literacy Leadership Network |
The Literacy Leadership Network is a professional learning community of literacy leaders from participating districts in NWESD. Our goal is to provide meaningful professional development to meet the needs of participants and their districts as we continue the work of the State Literacy Cadre in our r ... |
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| 8. | Middle/High School Levels Reading and Writing Skills Workshop |
Dr. Archer will provide a combined reading and writing skills workshop for specific grade level groupings. Each session will briefly review Tier I interventions and progress monitoring procedures, followed by detailed training with Tier II interventions. Strands on reading development and language e ... |
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| 9. | Planning for Small Group Instruction |
Meeting with students in small groups offers teachers the opportunity to provide ‘just in time’ instruction based on students’ assessment data. Participants will examine a variety of types of small group instruction including guided reading, transitional guided reading, strategy groups, and book club ... |
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| 10. | Vocabulary Instruction: Teaching Vocabulary to Enhance Comprehension |
Vocabulary plays a critical role in learning to read and in supporting comprehension. In this workshop, teachers will learn about the research base on vocabulary instruction and learn strategies to support effective instruction in the following areas: providing rich and varied language experiences, ... |
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