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The New Benchmark Assessment System 2.0 (System 2, Levels K-Z)
In this two-day institute learn how to use BAS 2.0 to pinpoint students’ reading behaviors and instructional needs with word-solving, fluency, and comprehension.
Engaging Vocabulary Instruction That Works for Grades 3-8 (Complimentary Webinar)
Join us for this 60-minute complimentary webinar filled with practical ways to make vocabulary learning fun, deepen word understanding, and empower students to use new words with confidence.
Phonological Awareness: What Is It and Why Is It Important? (Complimentary Webinar)
This hour-long complimentary webinar will clarify what phonological awareness is and how it is essential to children’s reading and writing development.
Why is Everyone Avoiding Me? Problem-Solving for Literacy Coaches (Complimentary Webinar)
In this 1-hour webinar, examine the reasons why teachers may be reluctant to participate in coaching and identify strategies to overcome these challenges.
Early Literacy Success: Building Language, Sounds, and Print Knowledge in PreK
Children in PreK come to school with many different experiences with language, sounds, and print. This two-day workshop will bring to life what very young learners need to know and understand about letters, sounds, and words and how you can support their learning by building on what they already understand.
Early Literacy Success: Building Language, Sounds, and Print Knowledge in PreK (Webinar)
This session will focus on how to provide rich, engaging experiences with language, sounds, and print in the PreK classroom.
Phonics and Vocabulary Instruction in Intermediate Grades
Learn to teach your students how to use syllabication and their understandings of morphology (the meaning of word parts) to read and comprehend text.
The Power of Fluency to Accelerate Learning
In this 2-day training, the dimensions of reading fluency will be defined and you will learn how to assess fluency and teach for automaticity and fluency during whole group, small group, and individual teaching opportunities.
It’s Both/And: Teaching Each Child with a Variety of Texts
Learn how to provide a “healthy diet” of a variety of text types that are high-quality, engaging, culturally sustaining, and connect phonics skills with reading for meaning.
Harnessing the Power of Oral Language in PreK and TK (Transitional Kindergarten) Classrooms
Opportunities to talk in the PreK and TK classroom play a very important role in supporting language development and growth. Join us for this complimentary webinar where we’ll discuss the four kinds of talk and explore opportunities to support language development throughout the school day.