Designed for K12 educators, reading specialists, and literacy advocates, this session will explore how phonemic awareness instruction can be a game-changer for older students who need support with word reading. Despite its critical importance in early reading stages, phonemic awareness remains vital for remediation in older readers, providing a foundation for improved decoding, spelling, and […]
Family engagement requires parents and caregivers to navigate a wide range of new systems and experiences, with very little support. As educators, we often aren’t aware of how caregivers experience the school environment and may take for granted that everyone understands the processes, procedures, and expectations that are commonplace to us. This can create unintentional […]
This edWebinar will focus on specific strategies or programs that school districts have found effective in closing the literacy gap in adolescent and secondary education. It highlights effective strategies and programs utilized by school districts to address the literacy gap among struggling readers, alongside ongoing challenges. The focus extends to professional development opportunities aimed at […]
It’s time to face the facts and recognize the reality that the Science of Reading does address comprehension and instructional practice. This knowledge can and should be used to inform the design and delivery of informed instruction for all students. During this edWebinar, we will:
> Discuss what the evidence has revealed about the nature of comprehension and the critical contributors to comprehension
> Explore a blueprint, an instructional framework, that addresses planning for the acquisition of essential language skills and knowledge sources necessary for making meaning of text
> Share examples of instructional routines and activities that support teaching, practicing, and applying critical skills and knowledge based on the demands of the text
Presented by Nancy Hennessy, M.Ed., Literacy Consultant; and Julia Salamone, M.Ed., Instructional Specialist, The Haverford School for Boys (PA)
Sponsored by Brookes Publishing
While following an explicit and systematic approach to your reading instruction, how can you help students who seem to get stuck on a particular skill? What can you do for students who “can’t blend?” What’s a good routine for students who are great at decoding but can’t read texts fluently? In this edWebinar, Dr. Julia […]
In this edWebinar, we will explore effective classroom practices and interventions tailored specifically for adolescents with dyslexia. Attendees will gain valuable insights into fostering academic success and promoting positive well-being among adolescent learners with dyslexia, while receiving actionable tips for creating learning environments that support students with dyslexia. Attendees will be empowered with tools and […]
Join this enlightening edWebinar as Dr. Jan Hasbrouck, esteemed literacy expert, researcher, and author, draws from both professional and personal experience to dispel dyslexia myths and emphasize the need for differentiated, systematically designed explicit instruction based on science. She’ll share Nancy Young’s infographic The Ladder of Reading & Writing to learn about the rationale and […]
Students with dyslexia often require intensive reading interventions to experience success. Trying to find the right intervention can be a difficult and frustrating process. Join this applicable edWebinar that goes beyond identification and gives attendees an in-depth look at using data for the most successful reading interventions. Our presenter, Dr. Matthew Burns, who is widely […]
The number one concern of almost all teachers is time. So how can we fit everything that literacy research shows to be positive for students into our already busy school days? Join literacy experts Dr. Cheryl Lundy Swift and Leah Mermelstein in this engaging edWebinar as they explore effective handwriting, spelling, and writing strategies that […]
