Days 4 & 5 will focus on how words work and developing vocabulary knowledge. Educators will understand the importance of guiding students towards making discoveries about word relationships and generalizing
their understandings in order to read, spell, and write more efficiently. Participants will also examine factors that affect reading comprehension and effective methods for teaching comprehension will be reviewed. Participants will understand that weaknesses in comprehension cannot be addressed until the weaknesses in the subskills of reading are identified and remediated.