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SUMMARY:Literacy Minnesota: Teaching Intermediate Alphabetics
DESCRIPTION:Teaching intermediate alphabetics (syllables\, prefixes\, suffixes\, root words) is a great way to help students build their decoding and comprehension skills. Come learn a variety of fun and easy-to-use routines and activities for helping intermediate-level readers develop these important tools. \nRegister
URL:https://valrc.org/event/literacy-minnesota-teaching-intermediate-alphabetics/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Literacy Minnesota: Teaching Reading Vocabulary Remotely or In Person
DESCRIPTION:Vocabulary is everyone’s favorite reading component! And helping students master reading vocabulary is a key to helping them master comprehension. But how many words should you teach? And which words are the most important? What strategies are best for helping students learn new words? How do you get students to make new words part of their receptive and productive vocabularies? This webinar will focus on the theory and best practice behind choosing\, teaching and reviewing reading vocabulary. You’ll get a chance to learn about (and practice) a variety of activities that can be done remotely or in person. Links to great online resources will also be provided. \nRegister
URL:https://valrc.org/event/literacy-minnesota-teaching-reading-vocabulary-remotely-or-in-person-2/
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SUMMARY:VALRC: Science of Reading Overview
DESCRIPTION:This session presents a basic overview of the science of reading and effective reading instruction\, including alphabetics\, fluency\, vocabulary\, and comprehension. During the session\, we discuss strategies for each component of reading and how to use them in the classroom. Participants will leave with resources for teaching each component. \nRegister
URL:https://valrc.org/event/valrc-science-of-reading-overview/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240220T193000
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SUMMARY:Literacy Minnesota: Comprehension Strategies for Intermediate-Level Readers
DESCRIPTION:Research shows that explicitly teaching a set of comprehension strategies is a great way to help intermediate-level readers maximize their understanding of texts. Come learn a handful of great comprehension tools that will help students develop critical thinking skills and comprehension skills. \nRegister
URL:https://valrc.org/event/literacy-minnesota-comprehension-strategies-for-intermediate-level-readers-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240221T193000
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SUMMARY:Literacy Minnesota: Phonics in Beginning ESL: Recommendations\, Activities and Resources
DESCRIPTION:Phonics–the knowledge of the sounds letters make when they are combined to make words–is essential to beginning literacy and beginning level English language instruction. But\, many teachers and tutors lack the knowledge\, confidence and resources to teach the topic. Attend this session to learn why phonics instruction is important and leave with several ideas for phonics activities and resources to bring back to your teaching and tutoring sessions. \nThis session will be most useful to tutors and teachers working with beginning literacy\, low beginning and high beginning English language learners. \nRegister
URL:https://valrc.org/event/literacy-minnesota-phonics-in-beginning-esl-recommendations-activities-and-resources/
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